Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	esq_n	john_n	william_n	62,837	5	9.9142	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28452	The academie of eloquence containing a compleat English rhetorique, exemplified with common-places and formes digested into an easie and methodical way to speak and write fluently according to the mode of the present times : together with letters both amorous and moral upon emergent occasions / by Tho. Blount, Gent.	Blount, Thomas, 1618-1679.	1654 (1654)	Wing B3321; ESTC R15301	117,120	245

Phisick you must not say Mr. Doctor T.G. nor Doctor T.G. Esq for Doctor both comprehends Master and Esquire and of these the Divine hath first place the Civilian next and the Phisitian last To an ordinary Gentleman thus To my approved friend To my most esteemed friend To my much valued friend To my very much respected friend To my worthy good friend or the like Note that all the younger Sons of Dukes and Marquesses are Lords for their lives only and are called Lord John or Lord William c. by their Christian names The eldest Son of an Earle is a Lord by birth so is not a Viscounts Son till his Father be dead The youngest Sons of Viscounts and Barons are but Esquires yet are honorable and take place of all Baronets and Knights The eldest Son of a Baron is but an Esq during his Fathers life Esquire comes from the French Escuier in latin Armiger or Scutifer i. a bearer of Armes or of a Sheild and is that Degree of Gentry which is next to a Knight It is conceived that at the first these Esquires were bearers of Arms to Lords and Knights and thereby had their name and dignity Now to be true Esquires according to the Law of Armes they must either be Lords younger Sons Baronets or Knights eldest Sons members of Parlement Sheriffs Justices of the Peace Serjeants at Law Barristers at Law yet the late Earle Marshall would not allow Barristers to be Esquires but in the Act for Polemoney they were ranked by the then Parliament as Esquires and paid as Esq or of some ancient family that has it by being heir to a Knight in the right line Though now a dayes I know not by what warrant all Gentlemen that have but some considerable Estate in Lands take that title upon them when as the Estate though never so great adds no title And that the title of Esq should descend from Father to Son as the Estate of Gentry doth is meer fabulous saies Mr. Herne in his Glory of Generosity p. 100. Ladies have for the most part the same attributes as their husbands Both in Letter and discourse we give a Dutches the title Grace But to a Marchioness Countess Viscountess or Baroness right honourable and in discourse your honour and among their equals or in more familiar discourse Madam If you write to any of these the title Madam is very moding both at the beginning and end of your Letter But if the person writing be of much lower Rank then the Lady written unto it will be decent to say May it please your honour or Right honourable All the daughters of Dukes Marquesses and Earles are Ladies by birth and are called Lady Anne Lady Mary c. But the daughters of a Viscount or Baron are but Mistris yet are honorable And their Addition being named in instruments of Law or Conveyances is no more then a Yeomans daughter hath and that is Spinster wherein there seems to be some title wanting And for the better understanding the point of precedency I have thought fit to transcribe an abstract of two Decrees made by King James touching the same in the 10 and 14 years of his raigne which you may read more at large in Mr. Seldens Titles of honour Page 906. That the younger Sons of Viscounts and Barons shall take place and precedence before all Baronets That such Bannerets as shall be made by the Kings Majesty his heirs and Successors or by Henry now Prince of Wales under his or their Standard displayed in an Army Royall in open war and the King or Prince personally present for their lives onely and no longer shall for ever in all places take place and precedence as well before all other Bannerets whatsoever as likewise before the younger Sonnes of Viscounts and Barons and before all Baronets The younger Sons of Viscounts and Barons and all Baronets shall take place before all Bannerets whatsoever other then such as shall be made by the King as aforesaid That the Knights of the Garter Privy Councellors to the King the Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries the Chancellor and under Treasurer of the Exchequer Chanceller of the Dutchy the chief Justice of the Kings Bench the Master of the Rolls The chief Justice of the Common-pleas the chief Baron of the Exchequer and all other the Judges and Barons of the degree of the Coif of the said Courts shall have place before the younger sons of Viscounts and Barons and before all Baronets That Baronets and their heires Males shall alwayes have place next unto the younger Sonnes of Viscounts and Barons and their wives shall take place accordingly And in another Decree 14 Jacobi That the eldest sonnes of Baronets and their wives as well during their husbands lives as after And the daughters of the same Baronets following next after the said wives of the eldest sonnes of Baronets shall have place and precedence before the eldest son and the wife of the eldest sonne of any Knight of what Order soever And likewise the younger sonnes of such Baronets and their wives shall take place accordingly before the younger Sons of any Knights c. ERRATA PAge 3. l. 19. r Matter p. 11. l. 10. r Proleptoton p. 38. l. 15. r Jocus p. 43. l. 16. r Periphrasis p. 44. l. 35. r continuance p. 49. l. 19. r my Soul and l. 20 refresh p. 61. l. 10. r astonish p. 63. l. 18. r in Bac. p. 70. l. 15. dele the same p. 71. l. 3. dele in p. 72. l. 18. r hardest p. 69. l. 27. r enclines p. 79. l. 8. r forth teares p. 107. l. 34. r a sleep p. 112. l. 9. r her own p. 124. l. 3. r preterhard p. 128. l. 11. r there p. 134. l. 22. r over p. 138. l. 15. dele p. 142. l 2. r form p. 153. l. 16. r best self p. 170. l. 11.12 r intime p. 197. l. 17. r guift and l. 31. r united FINIS Prov. 16.21 24. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 H C. Max. 296. | It was a time of great rain