<Tr> <Td> William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> d . 1088 </Td> <Td> Fought alongside William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings and was rewarded with considerable land holdings in England . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> c. 1306--1376 </Td> <Td> English nobleman and admiral . Succeeded to the Earldom of Surrey in 1347 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John of Gaunt </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1340--1399 </Td> <Td> Third son of King Edward III of England . Duke of Lancaster . Owned land in almost every county in England, with a household comparable to that of a monarch . </Td> </Tr> <P> For Classical Antiquity, even more than for the High Middle Ages, the definition of personal wealth becomes difficult to compare with the modern period; especially in the case of divine kings, where an entire empire might be considered the personal property of a deified emperor . </P>

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