Baron Zouche

Barony of Zouche

Arms of Alan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche of Ashby (1267–1314) as shown on his seal affixed to the Barons' Letter of 1301: Gules, ten bezants 4, 3, 2, 1.[1]
Creation date16 August 1308 (Baron Zouche of Haryngworth)
Created byEdward II
PeeragePeerage of England
First holderWilliam la Zouche, 1st Baron Zouche
Present holderWilliam Frankland, 19th Baron Zouche
Remainder toHeirs of the body
Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche
1329 seal of William la Zouche, 1st Baron Zouche of Mortimer (d. 1337), jure uxoris Lord of Glamorgan, husband of Eleanor de Clare (1292–1337), daughter and eventual heiress of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, 7th Earl of Gloucester, Lord of Glamorgan and feudal baron of Gloucester. Inscribed: S(igillum) Will(elm)i La Zouche Domini De Glamorgan ("Seal of William la Zouche, Lord of Glamorgan"). His shield and the caparison of his horse show the Zouche arms gules bezantée.

Baron Zouche is a title which has been created three times, all in the Peerage of England.

  1. ^ The arms of la Zouche are blazoned in various 13th- and 14th-century rolls of arms including the Falkirk Roll, the Caerlaverock Poem, Glover's Roll and the Camden Roll as Gules, bezantée.