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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 70. Chapters: Earl of Anglesey, Earl of Banbury, Earl of Bath, Earl of Berkshire, Earl of Bradford, Earl of Brentford, Earl of Bridgewater, Earl of Bristol, Earl of Buckingham, Earl of Burlington, Earl of Carlisle, Earl of Carnarvon, Earl of Chesterfield, Earl of Chichester, Earl of Clarendon, Earl of Conway, Earl of Cornwall, Earl of Craven, Earl of Cumberland, Earl of Danby, Earl of Devon, Earl of Essex, Earl of Falmouth, Earl of Feversham, Earl of Gainsborough, Earl of Godolphin, Earl of Grantham, Earl of Halifax, Earl of Hereford, Earl of Holderness, Earl of Holland, Earl of Huntingdon, Earl of Kent, Earl of Leicester, Earl of Lichfield, Earl of Lincoln, Earl of Macclesfield, Earl of Marlborough, Earl of Middlesex, Earl of Monmouth, Earl of Newport, Earl of Norfolk, Earl of Northampton, Earl of Northumberland, Earl of Norwich, Earl of Nottingham, Earl of Orford, Earl of Peterborough, Earl of Plymouth, Earl of Portland, Earl of Radnor, Earl of Rochester, Earl of Rochford, Earl of Romney, Earl of Scarsdale, Earl of Southampton, Earl of Stamford, Earl of Strafford, Earl of St Albans, Earl of Sunderland, Earl of Sussex, Earl of Tankerville, Earl of Thanet, Earl of Torrington, Earl of Warrington, Earl of Warwick, Earl of Wiltshire, Earl of Yarmouth, Earl Poulett, Earl Rivers. Excerpt: The title of Earl of Devon was created several times in the English peerage, and was possessed first by the de Redvers (de Reviers, Revieres) family, and later by the Courtenays. It is not to be confused with the title of "Earl of Devonshire," held, together with the title Duke of Devonshire, by the Cavendish family, although the letters patent for the creation of the latter peerages used the same Latin words, Comes Devon. Close kinsmen and powerful allies of the Plantagenet kings, especially Edward III, Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V, the Earls...