Barony of Halton

Barony of Halton
Creation date1071
First holderNigel of Cotentin
Last holderHenry Bolingbroke
StatusExtinct (merged in the Crown)
Extinction date30 September 1399
Former seat(s)Halton Castle
Arms
Mesne lord of the Earl of Chester

The Barony of Halton, in Cheshire, England, comprised a succession of 15 barons and hereditary Constables of Chester under the overlordship of the Earl of Chester. It was not an English feudal barony granted by the king[a] but a separate class of barony within the County Palatine of Chester.

  1. ^ Sanders (1960), p. 138


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