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praecomes

praecomes [CL prae-+comes] , premier or foremost earl (in quot. w. ref. to Henry Beauchamp earl of Warwick, created duke of Warwick in 1445). 1444 hiis testibus ‥ carissimis consanguineis nostris Humfredo duce Buk’, Henrico ~ite regni nostri Anglie et comite Warr’, et Johanne comite Oxon’ (ChartR 188 m. 23) Dign. Peer V 251 (cf. CalCh 51).

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