baronetage
Minor nobility class
Baronetage refers collectively to baronets as a class—the hereditary rank below baron but above knight in British nobility.
It also means a list or directory of baronets and their families, similar to a peerage for higher nobility: He consulted the baronetage to trace her family's history.
The rank was created in 1611 to raise funds for the Crown.
Honored mounted soldier
- peerOne of similar standing
- gentryHighborn but not noble
- squireKnight's noble assistant
- nobilityTitled ruling class
aristocracy · peerage · duke · marquess · earl · viscount · precedence · rank
Following in order
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
- descentDownward slope or lineage
primogeniture · entailment · bloodline · dynasty · scion · heirloom · patrimony · legacy
Stored historical records
- recordsStored data or albums
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- catalogueSystematic list of items
- directoryFile system container
roster · index · roll · compilation · chronicle · inventory · ledger · registry
Family line of descent
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- forebearsAncestral family members
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
kinship · clan · roots · ancestors · genealogist · armorial · heraldry · crest
Atlantic archipelago nation
- EnglandLargest British country
- ScotlandNorthern British nation
- IrelandNorth Atlantic island republic
- CommonwealthAssociation of sovereign states
monarchy · crown · sovereign · royal · honours · Whitehall · Westminster · Nova Scotia
knight
Honored mounted soldier
nobility · aristocracy · peerage · duke · marquess · earl · viscount · precedence · rank · order
succession
Following in order
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
descent · primogeniture · entailment · bloodline · dynasty · scion · heirloom · patrimony · legacy · heir
archive
Stored historical records
- recordsStored data or albums
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- catalogueSystematic list of items
directory · roster · index · roll · compilation · chronicle · inventory · ledger · registry · annals
ancestry
Family line of descent
progenitors · kinship · clan · roots · ancestors · genealogist · armorial · heraldry · crest · blazon
United Kingdom
Atlantic archipelago nation
Commonwealth · monarchy · crown · sovereign · royal · honours · Whitehall · Westminster · Nova Scotia · Great Britain
baronetagepeerage
System of noble ranks
nobility · House of Lords · barony · dukedom · earldom
baronetagecommoners
Ordinary citizens, untitled
commonalty · peasantry · yeomanry · working class · proletariat
baron, baronial, baronet, barony, barons, baronetcy, baronies, baronets