A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies ... - John Burke, Bernard Burke - Google Books

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King James I instituted the order of Baronet in 1611, and in the 230 years between that date and the year 1841, when the second edition of this work was originally published, nearly 1,000 Baronetcies succumbed to extinction or dormancy, the result of…