Earl Marshal

Earl Marshal of England
Earl Marshal of England
	Arms of the Dukes of Norfolk as Earl Marshal.
	Incumbent; The 18th Duke of Norfolk ; since 24 June 2002
Style	His Grace The Most Noble
Type	Great Officer of State
Formation	1672 (current office granted by Letters Patent)
First holder	The 6th Duke of Norfolk (1672 creation)
Succession	Hereditary
Deputy	Deputy Earl Marshal; Knight Marshal (until 1846)

Last updated December 10, 2024

Earl Marshal (alternatively marschal or marischal) is a hereditary royal officeholder and chivalric title under the sovereign of the United Kingdom used in England (then, following the Act of Union 1800, in the United Kingdom). He is the eighth of the great officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord High Constable of England and above the Lord High Admiral. The dukes of Norfolk have held the office since 1672.

The marshal was originally responsible, along with the constable, for the monarch's horses and stables including connected military operations. As a result of the decline of chivalry and sociocultural change, the position of earl marshal has evolved and among his responsibilities today is the organisation of major ceremonial state occasions such as the monarch's coronation in Westminster Abbey and state funerals.^[1] He is also the leading officer of arms and oversees the College of Arms. He is the sole judge of the High Court of Chivalry.

The current earl marshal is Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk, who inherited the position in June 2002. There were formerly an Earl Marshal of Ireland and an Earl Marischal of Scotland.

History

The office of royal marshal existed in much of Europe, involving managing horses and protecting the monarch. In England, the office became hereditary under John FitzGilbert the Marshal (served c.1130–1165) after The Anarchy, and rose in prominence under his second son, William Marshal, later Earl of Pembroke. He served under several kings, acted as regent, and organised funerals and the regency during Henry III's childhood. After passing through his daughter's husband to the Earls of Norfolk, the post evolved into "Earl Marshal" and the title remained unchanged, even after the earldom of Norfolk became a dukedom.

In the Middle Ages, the Earl Marshal and the Lord High Constable were the officers of the king's horses and stables. When chivalry declined in importance, the constable's post declined and the Earl Marshal became the head of the College of Arms, the body concerned with all matters of genealogy and heraldry. In conjunction with the Lord High Constable, he had held a court, known as the Court of Chivalry, for the administration of justice in accordance with the law of arms, which was concerned with many subjects relating to military matters, such as ransom, booty and soldiers' wages, and including the misuse of armorial bearings.

In 1672, the office of Marshal of England and the title of Earl Marshal of England were made hereditary in the Howard family.^[2]^[3]^[4] In a declaration made on 16 June 1673 by Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, the Lord Privy Seal, in reference to a dispute over the exercise of authority over the Officers of Arms the powers of the Earl Marshal were stated as being "to have power to order, judge, and determine all matters touching arms, ensigns of nobility, honour, and chivalry; to make laws, ordinances and statutes for the good government of the Officers of Arms; to nominate Officers to fill vacancies in the College of Arms; [and] to punish and correct Officers of Arms for misbehaviour in the execution of their places".^[5] Additionally it was declared that no patents of arms or any ensigns of nobility should be granted, and no augmentation, alteration, or addition should be made to arms, without the consent of the Earl Marshal.

The Earl Marshal is considered the eighth of the Great Officers of State, with the Lord High Constable above him and only the Lord High Admiral beneath him. Nowadays, the Earl Marshal's role has mainly to do with the organisation of major state ceremonies such as coronations and state funerals. Annually, the Earl Marshal helps organise the State Opening of Parliament. The Earl Marshal also remains to have charge over the College of Arms and no coat of arms may be granted without his warrant. As a symbol of his office, he carries a baton of gold with black finish at either end.

In the general order of precedence, the Earl Marshal is currently the highest hereditary position in the United Kingdom outside the Royal Family. Although other state and ecclesiastical officers rank above in precedence, they are not hereditary. The exception is the office of Lord Great Chamberlain, which is notionally higher than Earl Marshal and also hereditary. The holding of the Earl Marshalship secures the Duke of Norfolk's traditional position as the "first peer" of the land, above all other dukes.^{[ citation needed ]}

The House of Lords Act 1999 removed the automatic right of hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords, but the Act provided that the persons holding the office of Earl Marshal and, if a peer, the Lord Great Chamberlain continue for the time being to have seats so as to carry out their ceremonial functions in the House of Lords.

Lords Marshal of England, 1135–1386

Arms of "Bigod Modern": Party per pale or and vert, overall a lion rampant gules, adopted by Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk (1269-1306), after 1269 following his inheritance of the office of Marshal of England from the Marshal family BigodModernArms.JPG — Arms of "Bigod Modern": *Party per pale or and vert, overall a lion rampant gules*, adopted by Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk (1269–1306), after 1269 following his inheritance of the office of Marshal of England from the Marshal family

Gilbert Giffard ?–1129 (?)
John Fitz-Gilbert “the Marshal” 1130–1165 (?)
John Marshal 1165–1194
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke 1146 or 1147–1219
William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke 1219–1231
Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke 1231–1234
Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke 1234–1241
Walter Marshal, 5th Earl of Pembroke 1242–1245
Anselm Marshal, 6th Earl of Pembroke 1245
Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk 1245–1269
Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk 1269–1306
Robert de Clifford 1307–1308
Nicholas Seagrave 1308–1316
Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk 1316–1338
William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury 1338–1344
Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk 1338–1377
Henry Percy, Lord Percy 1377
John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel, Lord Maltravers 1377–1383 (died 1379)
Thomas Mowbray, 1st Earl of Nottingham 1385–1386

Earls Marshal of England, 1386–present

	Term of office		Monarch
Thomas de Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk	1386	1398	Richard II
Thomas Holland 1st Duke of Surrey	1398	1399	Richard II
Ralph de Neville 1st Earl of Westmorland	1400	1412	Henry IV
John de Mowbray 2nd Duke of Norfolk	1412	1432	Henry IV
			Henry V
			Henry VI
John de Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk	1432	1461	Henry VI
John de Mowbray 4th Duke of Norfolk	1461	1476	Edward IV
			Henry VI
			Edward IV
Jointly: Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk 1476–1481^[6] Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York 1478–1483 Sir Thomas Grey (acting) 1476–1483	1476	1483	Edward IV
	1476	1483	Edward V
John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk	1483	1485	Richard III
William de Berkeley 1st Marquess of Berkeley	1486	1492	Henry VII
Lord Henry Duke of York	1494	1509	Henry VII
Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk	1509	1524	Henry VIII
Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk	1524	1533
Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk	1533	1547
Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset	1547	1551	Edward VI
John Dudley 1st Duke of Northumberland	1551	1553	Edward VI
Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk	1553	1554	Mary I
Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk	1554	1572	Mary I
Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk	1554	1572	Elizabeth I
George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury	1572	1590
In commission: William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley Charles Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham	1590	1597
Robert Devereux 2nd Earl of Essex	1597	1601
In commission	1602	1603
Edward Somerset 4th Earl of Worcester	1603	1603	James I
In commission:^[7] Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devon	1604	1616
In commission:^[7] Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke	1616	1622
Thomas Howard Earl of Arundel and Surrey	1622	1646
Thomas Howard Earl of Arundel and Surrey	1622	1646	Charles I
Henry Howard Earl of Arundel and Surrey	1646	1652	Charles I
Vacant	1652	1661	Interregnum
James Howard 3rd Earl of Suffolk	1661	1662	Charles II
In commission:^[8] Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton John Robartes, 1st Baron Robartes Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland	1662	1672
Henry Howard 6th Duke of Norfolk	1672	1684
Henry Howard 7th Duke of Norfolk	1684	1701
			James II
			Mary II William III
Thomas Howard 8th Duke of Norfolk	1701	1732	Mary II William III
			Anne
			George I
			George II
Edward Howard 9th Duke of Norfolk	1732	1777	George II
Edward Howard 9th Duke of Norfolk	1732	1777	George III
Charles Howard 10th Duke of Norfolk	1777	1786
Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk	1786	1815
Bernard Edward Howard 12th Duke of Norfolk	1815	1842
			George IV
			William IV
			Victoria
Henry Charles Howard 13th Duke of Norfolk	1842	1856
Henry Granville Fitzalan-Howard 14th Duke of Norfolk	1856	1860
Henry Fitzalan-Howard 15th Duke of Norfolk	1860	1917
			Edward VII
			George V
Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard 16th Duke of Norfolk	1917	1975	George V
			Edward VIII
			George VI
			Elizabeth II
Miles Fitzalan-Howard 17th Duke of Norfolk	1975	2002
Edward William Fitzalan-Howard 18th Duke of Norfolk	2002	Incumbent
Edward William Fitzalan-Howard 18th Duke of Norfolk	2002	Incumbent	Charles III

Deputy Earls Marshal of England

The position of Earl Marshal had a Deputy called the Knight Marshal from the reign of Henry VIII until the office was abolished in 1846.^[9]

Deputy Earls Marshal have been named at various times, discharging the responsibilities of the office during the minority or infirmity of the Earl Marshal. Prior to an Act of Parliament in 1824, Protestant deputies were required when the Earl Marshal was a Roman Catholic, which occurred frequently due to the Catholicism of the Norfolks.

Name	Tenure	Deputy to
The 1st Earl of Carlisle	1673–?
The 3rd Earl of Carlisle	1701–1706
The 6th Earl of Suffolk and 1st Earl of Bindon	1706–1718
The 4th Earl of Berkshire	1718–1725
The 1st Earl of Sussex	1725–1731
The 1st Earl of Effingham	1731–1743
The 2nd Earl of Effingham	1743–1763
The 12th Earl of Suffolk and 5th Earl of Berkshire	1763–1765
The 4th Earl of Scarbrough	1765–1777
The 3rd Earl of Effingham	1777–1782
Charles, Earl of Surrey	1782–1786
Lord Henry Howard-Molyneux-Howard	1816–1824	12th Duke of Norfolk
Lord Edward Fitzalan-Howard	1861–1868	15th Duke of Norfolk
The 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent	1917–1929	16th Duke of Norfolk
Edward, Earl of Arundel and Surrey	2000–2002	17th Duke of Norfolk

Notes

↑ "The history of the Royal heralds and the College of Arms". The College of Arms website. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
↑ Sliford 1782, p. 36
↑ "The Monarchy Today > the Royal Household > Official Royal posts > Earl Marshal". Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
↑ Companion to British History
↑ Squibb, G.D. (1959). The High Court of Chivalry: A Study of the Civil Law in England. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. pp. 79–80.
↑ Anne Mowbray Countess Marshal: Although Anne, Countess of Norfolk, Baroness Mowbray and Segrave is presumed to be the Countess Marshal, at the age of 7 on her marriage to the Duke of York, between 1476 and 1483 Sir Thomas Grey KT is said by Camden to have held the office of Earl Marshal. This hereditary claim to this office, probably descended from Sir Thomas Grey Kt (1359–1400), husband of Joan de Mowbray (1361–1410), daughter of John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray and Elizabeth de Segrave, 5th Baroness Segrave. Joan de Mowbray's son was also called Sir Thomas GREY (1384–1415) was the Sheriff of Northumberland and born at Alnwick Castle, seat of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland. Thomas married Alice daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland. Another Sir John Grey KG (1386–1439) married Lady Margaret MOWBRAY (b.1388 or 1402–1459) eldest daughter of Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk (1366–1399) [Earl Marshal] and Lady Elizabeth FitzAlan (1366–1425). REF Complete Peerage. Volume V, L-M (1893) page 262
1 2 Venning, Timothy (2005). Compendium of British Office Holders . Palgrave Macmillan. p. 480. ISBN 978-1-4039-2045-4.
↑ Sliford 1782, p. 37
↑ Money Barnes, Major R. The Soldiers of London Seeley, Service & Co 1963, p.288

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[1] "The history of the Royal heralds and the College of Arms". The College of Arms website. Retrieved 16 April 2009.

[2] Sliford 1782, p. 36

[3] "The Monarchy Today > the Royal Household > Official Royal posts > Earl Marshal". Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2013.

[4] Companion to British History

[5] Squibb, G.D. (1959). The High Court of Chivalry: A Study of the Civil Law in England. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. pp. 79–80.

[6] Anne Mowbray Countess Marshal: Although Anne, Countess of Norfolk, Baroness Mowbray and Segrave is presumed to be the Countess Marshal, at the age of 7 on her marriage to the Duke of York, between 1476 and 1483 Sir Thomas Grey KT is said by Camden to have held the office of Earl Marshal. This hereditary claim to this office, probably descended from Sir Thomas Grey Kt (1359–1400), husband of Joan de Mowbray (1361–1410), daughter of John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray and Elizabeth de Segrave, 5th Baroness Segrave. Joan de Mowbray's son was also called Sir Thomas GREY (1384–1415) was the Sheriff of Northumberland and born at Alnwick Castle, seat of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland. Thomas married Alice daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmoreland. Another Sir John Grey KG (1386–1439) married Lady Margaret MOWBRAY (b.1388 or 1402–1459) eldest daughter of Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk (1366–1399) [Earl Marshal] and Lady Elizabeth FitzAlan (1366–1425). REF Complete Peerage. Volume V, L-M (1893) page 262

[Venning-7] 1 2 Venning, Timothy (2005). Compendium of British Office Holders . Palgrave Macmillan. p. 480. ISBN 978-1-4039-2045-4.

[8] Sliford 1782, p. 37

[9] Money Barnes, Major R. The Soldiers of London Seeley, Service & Co 1963, p.288

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Earl Marshal High Court of Chivalry
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Officers Extraordinary	New Zealand (Phillip O'Shea) Maltravers (John Martin Robinson) Norfolk (David Rankin-Hunt) Wales (Thomas Lloyd) Arundel (Anne Curry) Fitzalan (Alastair Bruce of Crionaich)
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