List of earls in the reigns of Henry VI and Edward IV of England
Each King reigned for two periods between 1422 and 1483 as follows:
31 August 1422 – 4 March 1461 Henry VI
4 March 1461 – 3 October 1470 Edward IV
3 October 1470 – 11 April 1471 Henry VI
11 April 1471 – 9 April 1483 Edward IV
The following individuals were Earls (suo jure or jure uxoris) or Countesses (suo jure) during the reigns of Henry VI and Edward IV.
The period of tenure as
Earl of Devon (First Creation)
Earl of Devon (Second Creation)
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Earl of Devon (1469)
Earl of Devon (First Creation Restored)
Earl of Dorset (Second Creation)
Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, Earl of Dorset (1411–1426)
Earl of Dorset (Third Creation)
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl of Dorset (1442-1455)
Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (1461-1483)
Earl of Huntingdon (Fourth Creation)
John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, Earl of Huntingdon (1416-1447)
Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, Earl of Huntingdon (1447-1461)
Earl of Huntingdon (Fifth Creation)
Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, Earl of Huntingdon (1471)
Earl of Huntingdon (Sixth Creation)
William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, Earl of Huntingdon (1479-1491)
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, Earl of Kendal (1443-1444)
John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal (1446-1462)
Earl of Kent (Seventh Creation)
Earl of Kent (Eighth Creation)
Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (1465-1490)
Earl of Lincoln (Sixth Creation)
Earl of March (First Creation)
Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1416-1455)
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1455-1461)
John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu, Earl of Northumberland (1464-1470)
Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland (1473-1489)
John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (1417-1462)
John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford (1462-1513)
Earl of Pembroke (Fifth Creation)
Earl of Pembroke (Sixth Creation)
William de la Pole, Earl of Pembroke (1447-1450)
Earl of Pembroke (Seventh Creation)
Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke (1452-1461)
Earl of Pembroke (Eighth Creation)
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1468-1469)
William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1469-1479)
Earl of Richmond (Sixth Creation)
Earl of Richmond (Seventh Creation)
Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (1452-1456)
Henry Tudor, 2nd Earl of Richmond (1478-1485) [from 1485 King Henry VII of England]
Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1466-1469)
Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers (1469-1483)
Edmund, Earl of Rutland (1446-1460)
Earl of Salisbury (Second Creation)
Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury (1400-1428)
Alice Montacute, 5th Countess of Salisbury (1428-1462)
Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (jure uxoris) (1428-1460)
Earl of Salisbury (Third Creation)
Earl of Shrewsbury (Second Creation)
John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (1442-1453)
John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (1453-1460)
John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (1460-1473)
George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury (1473-1538)
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl of Somerset (1418-1444)
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, 6th Earl of Stafford (1403-1460)
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 7th Earl of Stafford (1460-1483)
Earl of Suffolk (Third Creation)
Earl of Surrey (Second Creation)
John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk, 1st Earl of Surrey (1451-1476)
Henry Grey, 2nd Earl of Tankerville (1421-1450)
Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Tankerville (1450-1460)
Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, Earl of Warenne (1477-c.1483)
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (jure uxoris) (1448-1471)
Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (1478-1499)
Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland (1397-1425)
Ralph Neville, 2nd Earl of Westmorland (1425-1484)
Earl of Wiltshire (Third Creation)
Earl of Wiltshire (Fourth Creation)
John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1470-1473)
Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (1473-1499)
Earl of Winchester (Third Creation)
Earl of Worcester (Fourth Creation)
John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester (1449-1470)
Edward Tiptoft, 2nd Earl of Worcester (1471-1485)
References
Further reading
Ellis, Geoffrey. (1963) Earldoms in Fee: A Study in Peerage Law and History. London: The Saint Catherine Press, Limited.