The Earldoms under Edward I Author(s): T. F. Tout Source: Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, New Series, Vol. 8 (1894), pp. 129-155 Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Royal Historical Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3678037 Accessed: 26-06-2016 08:57 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://about.jstor.org/terms JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Cambridge University Press, Royal Historical Society are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Transactions of the Royal Historical Society This content downloaded from 128.178.131.113 on Sun, 26 Jun 2016 08:57:01 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms I29 THE EARLDOMS UNDER EL)WARD I. BY PROFESSOR T. F. TOUT, M.A, I DO not propose to lay before you to-night any new theory of the constitutional position of the earldoms under Edward I. My purpoye is political rather than constitutional, and, where it is not political, biographical and topographical. I wish to attempt the task of describing simply and clearly what were the number and nature of the earldoms under Edward I., with what great houses they were connected, in what districts their strength mostly lay, what manner of men the earls themselves were, and in what relations they stood to the king.