List of earls in the reign of Richard II of England

The names listed below were Earls (suo jure or jure uxoris) or Countesses (suo jure) during the reign of King Richard II of England, who reigned from 1377 to 1399.

Earl of Arundel

Earl of Buckingham

Earl of Cambridge (Second creation)

Earl of Derby (Second creation)

  • John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Derby, Earl of Lancaster (jure uxoris), Earl of Leicester (jure uxoris) (1361–1399)
  • Henry Bolingbroke, 3rd Earl of Derby, Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester, Earl of Northampton (1399) (from 1399 King Henry IV of England)

Earl of Devon

Earl of Essex (Fourth creation)

  • Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Buckingham, Earl of Essex (jure uxoris) (1380–1397)

Earl of Gloucester (Fourth creation)

Earl of Huntingdon (Third creation)

Earl of Huntingdon (Fourth creation)

Earl of Kent (Sixth creation)

Earl of Lancaster

  • John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Derby, Earl of Lancaster (jure uxoris), Earl of Leicester (jure uxoris) (1361–1399)
  • Henry Bolingbroke, 3rd Earl of Derby, Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester, Earl of Northampton (1399) (from 1399 King Henry IV of England)

Earl of Leicester (Second creation)

  • John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Derby, Earl of Lancaster (jure uxoris), Earl of Leicester (jure uxoris) (1362–1399)
  • Henry Bolingbroke, 3rd Earl of Derby, Earl of Lancaster, Earl of Leicester, Earl of Northampton (1399) (from 1399 King Henry IV of England)

Earl of March

Earl of Norfolk (Third creation)

Earl of Northampton

Earl of Nottingham

Earl of Nottingham (Second creation)

Earl of Oxford

Earl of Pembroke (Fourth creation)

Earl of Richmond (Second creation restored)

Earl of Rutland

  • Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, Earl of Cambridge, Earl of Rutland (1390–1415)

Earl of Salisbury (Second creation)

Earl of Somerset (Second creation)

Earl of Stafford

Earl of Suffolk (Second creation)

Earl of Suffolk (Third creation)

Earl of Surrey

Earl of Warwick

Earl of Westmorland

Sources

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Ellis, Geoffrey. (1963) Earldoms in Fee: A Study in Peerage Law and History. London: The Saint Catherine Press, Limited.