Hereditary in gross

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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.