AƲmerle or Albemerle is the Name of a small Town and Territory in the Dukedome of Normandy, it belonged heretofore to Stephen Son of Odo, descended from the Earls of Champagne, who William the Conqueror made Earls of Albemarle as being the Son of his half sister by the Mothers side, and gave unto him for the further Maintenance of his Estate, the Territory of Holderness in Yorkshire; this Title he enjoyed and left to his Posterity who enjoyed it also; and when his Issue failed, the Kings of England honoured others with it though they had long since lost their Estate in Normandy. The Dukes and Earls whereof take thus in order.
Cambria triumphans, or, Brittain in its perfect lustre shevving the origen and antiquity of that illustrious nation, the succession of their kings and princes, from the first, to King Charles of happy memory, the description of the countrey, the history of the antient and moderne estate, the manner of the investure of the princes, with the coats of arms of the nobility / by Percie Enderbie, Gent.
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- Cambria triumphans, or, Brittain in its perfect lustre shevving the origen and antiquity of that illustrious nation, the succession of their kings and princes, from the first, to King Charles of happy memory, the description of the countrey, the history of the antient and moderne estate, the manner of the investure of the princes, with the coats of arms of the nobility / by Percie Enderbie, Gent.
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- Enderbie, Percy, d. 1670.
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- London :: Printed for Andrew Crooke ...,
- 1661.
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- Great Britain -- History.
- Wales -- History.
- Wales -- Genealogy.
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"Cambria triumphans, or, Brittain in its perfect lustre shevving the origen and antiquity of that illustrious nation, the succession of their kings and princes, from the first, to King Charles of happy memory, the description of the countrey, the history of the antient and moderne estate, the manner of the investure of the princes, with the coats of arms of the nobility / by Percie Enderbie, Gent." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A39396.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 20, 2025.
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ALBEMARLE.