Earl Marshal of Ireland

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Marshal of Ireland or Earl Marshal of Ireland is a hereditary title originally awarded to William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke in the Lordship of Ireland, which descended to Baron Morley. The title of Marshal, like that of Baron Morley, has been in abeyance since 1697. William Lynch in 1830 described the duties attached to the office before it became ceremonial: [1]

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Besides the duties which seemed to have been exercised by the Marshal of England, there were some other public services of great trust and consequence which devolved on the Marshal of Ireland. This appears from entries on the rolls of King John and Henry the Third, whereby we find that under the Marshal's care and superintendence were placed all the castles and fortresses, not only of the King, but of all minors and others whose estates were in the hands of the Crown : these he was bound to inspect and have always duly guarded and munitioned. The Marshal also in Ireland with the King's Justiciary laid out the bounds, and assigned the districts or territories granted to the Barons by the King, and exercised many other high functions, as will appear on reference to those rolls.

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Holders of the title include:

The Barony of Morley was held by his descendants until it fell into abeyance in 1697.

Abeyance

The representatives are among the issue of the final (15th) Baron Morley's aunt or aunts, viz

  1. Elizabeth who m. Edward Cranfield of whose issue (if any) nothing is known; and
  2. Katharine (the 1st da.), who m. as his first wife John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers, who died on 10 October 1654, leaving by her three sons and five daughters. The issue of all the sons became extinct (with the Earldom of Rivers), in 1728, while two of the daughters died without issue. Of the three other daughters of the Countess Rivers
    1. Lady Jane Savage, is represented by her issue by her third husband George Pitt, of whom were the Barons Rivers, extinct 1880,
    2. Lady Catherine, by her second husband, was represented by the Earls of Portmore, extinct 1835; and
    3. Lady Mary married (as his first wife), Henry Killigrew, Groom of the Bedchamber, by whom she had a son, James, living March 1682/3, who is said to have died without issue. [9]

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Citations

  1. Lynch pp. 74–75
  2. Lynch p. 72
  3. 1 2 Nicholas Harris Nicolas, A synopsis of the peerage of England], pages 761 and 764
  4. 1 2 Cockayne p. 266
  5. Banks, p. 356
  6. 1 2 3 Cockayne p. 371
  7. Banks, p. 357
  8. Details of Letters Patent confirming the office to him are in Calendar of Patent Rolls, 13 May 1411 (12 Henry IV), Volume 4, page 289 referring to Charter to John Marshal in Rotuli Chartarum, 12 November 1207, (9 John), page 173
  9. Cockayne p. 373

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