A few days beforehand Oxford at his house at Hackney had entertained the Earl of Lincoln, a nobleman known for erratic and violent behaviour similar to his host's.

But Richard III's nephew John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, hatched another attempt the following year.

* 1585 – Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral ( b. 1512 )

Lincoln was named after Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle, 9th Earl of Lincoln – a cousin of the Wentworth governors.

* 1217 – The Second Battle of Lincoln is fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke.

After Anne's death, however, Richard named another nephew, John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, the son of his older sister Elizabeth.

* February 2 – Battle of Lincoln: Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Empress Matilda wrest control of the English throne from King Stephen.

This bill was supported by some of the most able and learned men in England, including the Earl of Northumberland, the Bishop of Lincoln, the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the Attorney General for England and Wales, the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and the Chief Justice of the King's Bench.

** Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln

* June 16 – Battle of Stoke Field: The rebellion of pretender Lambert Simnel, led by John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, and Francis Lovell, 1st Viscount Lovell, is crushed by troops loyal to Henry VII.

* June 16 – John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln ( b. c. 1463 )

** Henry Brandon, Earl of Lincoln, nephew of King Henry VIII, son of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk

* May 20 – First Barons ' War in England: Occupying French forces are defeated at the Battle of Lincoln by English royal troops led by William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke and survivors forced to flee south.

Edward of Warwick was described as " simple-minded ", and after Anne died, Richard promptly named another nephew — John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln — as his heir presumptive.

An impostor claiming to be Edward, whose name was Lambert Simnel, although it is difficult to say if that was his real name, came to the attention of John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln.

With the help of Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare and his brother Thomas FitzGerald of Laccagh, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Lincoln recruited 4, 500 Irish mercenaries, mostly Kerns, lightly armoured but highly mobile infantry.

Lincoln then outmanoeuvered King Henry's northern army, under the command of the Earl of Northumberland by ordering a force under John, Lord Scrope to mount a diversionary attack on Bootham Bar, York, on 12 June.

In 1861, his only child, Henrietta, married Henry Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln ( and later Duke of Newcastle ).

* Bessie Clinton, née Bessie Blount, mistress of Henry VIII and wife of Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln

* Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, 16th-century English admiral

* Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln ( c. 1523-March 1534 ).

The title of Duke of Newcastle is extinct since 1988 ; however the title of Earl of Lincoln is still extant within the family due to a very distant relative, while the Barony of Ogle is in abeyance, as there is more than one person who has a legal right to claim the title.

The Earl expected them to follow his orders and in 1578 he scolded Bishop Edmund Scambler and his colleagues for forgetting formerly held ideals: " The care of this world truly hath choked you all, yea almost all ".

* Earl Clark ( born 1988 ), basketball player for the Orlando Magic, formerly for the University of Louisville Cardinals.

He was born on 25 February 1475, at Warwick, the family home of his mother, the Duchess of Clarence, formerly Lady Isabella Neville, elder daughter of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick.

The Garrison House in the centre of town, constructed in 1745, was formerly the barracks / Captain's mansion, then the home of the Earl of Glasgow, and is now in community ownership ( see " Current Developments " below ).

There was formerly an Earl Marshall of Ireland and Earl Marischal of Scotland.

The 9th Duke was succeeded by his and Consuelo Vanderbilt's eldest son: John, 10th Duke of Marlborough ( 1897 – 1972 ) who after eleven years as a widower, remarried at the age of 74, to ( Frances ) Laura Charteris, formerly the wife of the 2nd Viscount Long and the 3rd Earl of Dudley, and granddaughter of the 11th Earl of Wemyss.

The village stands 3¾ miles SW of Leatherhead r. station, and 4¼ NW by W of Dorking ; has a post office under Leatherhead ; was formerly a place of some importance, said to have contained sixteen churches ; and gives the title of Earl to the Howards of Grange.

The village was home to seven public houses, including ' The Talbot ', ' The Bulls Head ', ' The Royal Oak ', ' The Bridge House ', ' The White Hart ', ' The Blacksmiths Arms ' and ' The Lord Shrewsbury ' ( formerly The Wild Duck, renamed The Lord Shrewsbury ; ' Lord ' is an acceptable form of oral address for an Earl ).

Nickelodeon Studios closed down in 2005 and was converted into the Blue Man Group Sharp Aquos Theatre in 2007 ; Nickelodeon now tapes its live-action series at the Nickelodeon On Sunset studios ( formerly the Earl Carroll Theatre ) in Hollywood, California and other studio locations in Hollywood and other areas.

He was born in The College in Youghal, the second son and sixth child of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork and his second wife, formerly Catherine Fenton.

Arms of " Bigod Modern ": Per pale or and vert, a lion rampant gules, adopted by Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk, after 1269 following his inheritance of the office of Marshal of England from the Marshal family, of which these had formerly been the armorials

In 2005, the upstairs space previously occupied by Playdium was rented by three NewCap Radio radio stations: 790 CFCW, K-97 97. 3 ( Formerly, 97. 3 K-Rock ), and 96. 3 Capital FM ( formerly 96. 3 Big Earl ).

At the age of eleven he was entered as a novice in the Norman monastery of St Evroul-en-Ouche, which Earl Roger had formerly despoiled but, in his later years, was loading with gifts.

Outlying villages were absorbed by Altrincham's subsequent growth, along with the grounds of Dunham Massey Hall, formerly the home of the Earl of Stamford, and now a tourist attraction with three Grade I listed buildings and a deer park.

* Rhino, the stage name of Kenny Earl Edwards, heavy metal drummer in the band HolyHell, formerly with the band Manowar

It was formerly a freehold owned by the Earl of Onslow, and purchased for £ 1 an acre by Surrey County Council in 1966.

* Skegness Academy ( formerly known as St Clement's College & the Earl of Scarbrough High School ) is a secondary modern on Burgh Road.

The last great Justiciar, Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent, was removed from office in 1232, and the Chancellor soon took the position formerly occupied by the Chief Justiciar as second to the King in dignity, as well as in power and influence.

In 1821 Lord Eldon had been created Viscount Encombe and Earl of Eldon by George IV, whom he managed to conciliate, partly, no doubt, by espousing his cause against his wife, whose advocate he had formerly been, and partly through his reputation for zeal against the Roman Catholics.

:" An ancient manor in this parish takes its name from the family of Brudenell, ( collateral ancestors of the Earl of Cardigan ), who formerly possessed it ; from them it descended by female heirs to the Drurys and Osbornes.

He was the only son of the 11th Earl of Shrewsbury and his second wife, formerly Anna Maria Brudenell, a daughter of 2nd Earl of Cardigan ( she became the notorious mistress of the 2nd Duke of Buckingham, who killed her husband in a duel in 1668 ).