Editing Stuart Restoration (section)

===Regrant of certain Commonwealth titles===
{{Further|Knights, baronets and peers of the Protectorate}}

The [[Instrument of Government]], [[The Protectorate]]'s written constitutions, gave to the [[Lord Protector (Cromwell)|Lord Protector]] the King's power to grant titles of honour. Over 30 new [[knighthood]]s were granted under the Protectorate. These knighthoods [[Indemnity and Oblivion Act|passed into oblivion]] upon the Restoration of Charles II, but many were regranted by the restored King.

Of the eleven Protectorate [[baronet]]cies, two had been previously granted by Charles I during the Civil War, but under [[Commonwealth (England)|Commonwealth]] legislation they were not recognised under the Protectorate (hence the Lord Protector's regranting of them). When that legislation passed into oblivion these two baronets were entitled to use the baronetcies granted by Charles I, and Charles II regranted four more. Only one now continues: [[Williams-Bulkeley Baronets|Richard Thomas Willy]], 14th baronet, is the direct successor of Griffith Williams. Of the remaining Protectorate baronets one, [[William Ellis (solicitor-general)|William Ellis]], was granted a knighthood by Charles II.

[[Edmund Dunch, Baron Burnell of East Wittenham|Edmund Dunch]] was created [[Baron]] Burnell of East Wittenham in April 1658, but this barony was not regranted. The male line failed in 1719 with the death of his grandson, also [[Edmund Dunch (Whig)|Edmund Dunch]], so no one can lay claim to the title.

The one hereditary [[viscount]]cy Cromwell created for certain,{{efn|Cromwell had intended to make [[Bulstrode Whitelocke]] a viscount, but it is not clear if he so before he died.}} (making [[Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle|Charles Howard]] Viscount Howard of Morpeth and Baron Gilsland) continues to this day. In April 1661, Howard was created [[Earl of Carlisle]], Viscount Howard of Morpeth, and Baron Dacre of Gillesland. The present Earl is a direct descendant of this Cromwellian creation and Restoration recreation.