Category Archives: primogenture

When Would the New Peer Be Addressed as Such? How Can One Prove Himself the Next Peer?

Posted on September 29, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

Question: When is the new peer properly addressed by his title after the death of the previous title holder? The man is the peer immediately,  and servants, solicitors and such might address him by his new title, but it was … Continue reading →

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Question from Reader Regarding “Abeyance” and Daughters Inheriting

Posted on September 22, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

Question: I was looking for names and titles I could use for a story in an older copy of Debrett’s. Some of the titles in abeyance had been in that state since the 1200 hundreds.  One  peerage was called out of abeyance in 1836 … Continue reading →

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Use of “Marquess” vs. “Marquis” and My Newest Story, “Never Contradict a Lady” + the Release of “Regency Summer Melodies” + a Giveaway

Posted on June 30, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

In Great Britain and historically in Ireland, a marquess ranks below a duke and above an earl. A woman with the rank of wife to a marquess is a marchioness. The dignity, rank, or position of the title is a marquisate or marquessate. In France, … Continue reading →

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The Book That Made My Friend Cry: A Touch of Mercy, Book 5 of the REALM Series

Posted on May 19, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

  This was the book in which my friend Kim said, “You should have warned me about what was happening. I was in tears for hours afterwards.”  The heroine of the book is Miss Mercy Nelson. She is the younger … Continue reading →

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Procedure for a Man to Claim a Peerage

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

This seems to be the month when authors and readers send me questions of “procedures” for those living in Georgian/Regency England. PROCEDURE ON CLAIMS Most claims are going to be straight forward and having the claim settled will only take … Continue reading →

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Happy Release Day!!! Love Her But, LEAVE HER WILD

Posted on February 10, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

Book Blurb and Purchase Links: Leave Her Wild: A Pride and Prejudice Vagary A Mandate from His Uncle  The only reason Fitzwilliam Darcy has come to London for the Short Season is to save his beloved Pemberley. He requires a … Continue reading →

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A Hodgepodge of Thoughts on What It Meant to Be the “Heir” in Regency England

Posted on January 13, 2025 by Regina Jeffers

Regularly, I have a number of people who ask me questions regarding points in the story he/she is writing. Heck, I have a handful of those of whom I ask my questions also. On Facebook, I belong to a group … Continue reading →

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Serendipity in the Writing Process + the Coming Release on Friday of “The Colonel’s Ungovernable Governess” + a Giveaway

Posted on May 8, 2024 by Regina Jeffers

Those of you who know me, know something of my writing process. For example, I still compose in a wide ruled spiral notebook. I choose wide ruled because I can write such words as “timeline” in the margin without breaking … Continue reading →

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Mystery and Suspense Month: The Earl Claims His Comfort: Book 2 of the Twins’ Trilogy on Sale Until November 5

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Regina Jeffers

ALL BOOKS FEATURED THIS MONTH ARE ON SALE IN THE eBOOK VERSION FOR $1.39. GRAB THEM WHILE THE PRICE IS RIGHT. THE SALE ENDS SUNDAY,  5 NOVEMBER, 2023. In most historical romances, the idea of a peerage passing from one … Continue reading →

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Happy 6th Book Birthday to The Earl Claims His Comfort: Book 2 of The Twins’ Trilogy

Posted on September 15, 2023 by Regina Jeffers

On 4 August 2023, I shared an excerpt from Book 1 of the Twins’ Trilogy, Angel Comes to the Devil’s Keep, Book 1 of the Twins’ Trilogy, for that book was celebrating its 7th’s Book Birthday. Today I have an … Continue reading →

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