..."Next to whom
Was John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster."
King Henry VI., Part 2d, ii. 2.
The first Duke of Lancaster was Henry, previously Earl of Derby, whose daughter Blanche was married by John of Gaunt, the latter succeeding to the title.
[5] Originally published in the Manchester Mercury, 19th October 1752.
[6] Unless, possibly, as contended by Mr. T. G. Rylands in the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society's Proceedings for 1878, vol. xvii. p. 81, following Horsley and Keith Johnston, Pliny intended the Mersey by his "Belisama." But West, Professor William Smith, and authors in general, consider that the "Belisama" was the modern Ribble.
[7] Retained to this day as the name of one of the principal Lancashire "Hundreds," it is West Derby which gives title to the Earls of the house of Stanley, and not, as often supposed, the city in the midland counties.
[8] Vide Mr. Inglis's Twenty-third Report to Government on the Certified and Industrial Schools of Great Britain, December 1880.
[9] J. G. Kohl. England, Scotland, and Ireland, vol. iii. p. 43. 1844.