HL Deb 27 July 1903 vol 126 cc297-8

Report made from the Committee for Privileges—

That the Barony of Fauconberg is an ancient barony in fee;

That it is proved by the writ of summons addressed to William Nevill in the seventh year of Henry VI., and by the sitting in Parliament of the said William Neyill as Lord Fauconberg in the fourteenth year of Henry VI., and by the other evidence adduced on behalf of the Petitioners, that the Barony of Fauconberg was, in the reign of King Henry VI., vested in William Nevill, in right of his wife Joan;

That on the death of the said Joan in the seventh year of Henry VII., the said Barony of Fauconberg fell into abeyance between James Strangways and William Conyers, afterwards Lord Conyers, the grandsons and co-heirs of the said William Nevill Lord Fauconberg and his said wife;

That the Petitioners Marcia Amelia Mary Countess of Yarborough, Baroness Conyers, and Violet Ida Evelyn Countess of Powis, are now the co-heirs of the said William Lord Conyers;

That the Barony of Fauconberg is at His Majesty's disposal;

That the Barony of Darcy (de Knayth) is an ancient barony in fee;

That it is proved by the Parliament Roll of eighteenth Edward III. and the other evidence adduced on behalf of the Petitioners that John Darcy sat in Parliament in right of that barony in that year;

That the Barony of Darcy (de Knayth) descended to Philip Lord Darcy, at whose death without male issue it fell into abeyance between his two daughters and co-heirs, Margery and Elizabeth;

That the said Margery married Sir John Conyers who was the grandfather of William, first Lord Conyers;

That on the death of John Lord Conyers in 1557, the Barony of Darcy (de Knayth) fell into abeyance between his three daughters, Anne, Elizabeth and Katherine;

That in 1641 the abeyance then existing in the said Barony of Darcy (de Knayth) was determined by Letters Patent in favour of Conyers, Lord Darcy and Lord Conyers;

That the Barony of Darcy (de Knayth) descended in succession to Conyers, Lord Darcy and Lord Conyers, who was created Earl of Holdernesse in the year 1682;

That the Barony of Darcy (de Knayth) again fell into abeyance in the year 1888 and that the Petitioners Marcia Amelia Mary Countess of Yarborough, Baroness Conyers, and Violet Ida Evelyn Countess of Powis are the co-heirs to the said Barony of Darcy (de Knayth);

That the Barony of Darcy (de Knayth) is at His Majesty's disposal;

With respect to the Barony of Meinill, it is not proved to the satisfaction of the Committee that any person ever sat in this House under that title:

Read, and agreed to: and resolved and adjudged accordingly; and Resolution and Judgment to be laid before His Majesty by the Lords with White Staves.