In exercise of his pretended position, James purported to create titles of nobility, now referred to as Jacobite Peerages, for his English supporters and members of his court, which, of course, were not recognised in England.
Obavljajući svoju pretendiranu službu, Jakov je kreirao plemićke titule, danas poznato kao jakobitsko plemstvo, za svoje engleske pristalice i članove dvora, koje u Engleskoj, naravno, nisu bile priznate.