VII. John the Scot, Earl of Huntingdon, who died without issue at
Darnhall Abbey, Cheshire, on the 7th June 1237.
These Norman Earls had their Chamberlains or Chancellors; also Justices
(before whom causes which of their nature should otherwise belong
respectively to the King’s Bench and Common Pleas were triable), a
Baron of Exchequer, a Sheriff and other officers similar to those of
the Crown at Westminster.
They also had palatinate Barons who held court in council with them.
The form of act or grant of Hugh Lupus began thus: “Ego Comes Hugo et
mei Barones.” These barons were--