HEREDITARY IN GROSS

An office, not being held by serjeanty, or attached to some particular office or title, is said to be 'in gross'. Examples include:

★ the Lord Great Chamberlain;

★ the right to carry the spurs at a coronation (vested in the Lord Hastings and the Lord Churston, by descent from the Hastings Earl of Pembroke via Lord Grey de Ruthyn);

★ the Grand Carver of England.
Certain Irish or Scottish offices, and some others which are doubtful or obsolete, are also held by this form of tenure.