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MARSHAL. 261 shall/") whose s. ami !>., another John Marshall, d. s. p. 1] Of), leaving William Marsha)!, his br. and h., who (oddly enough) became jure uxoris (as stated below) Marshal of England aud ESaf] of Pembroke, and who is stated to have been confirmed, "20 April 1200, as -'Chief Marshal of the King's Court. "( b ) " Thus the two oficcs t>i Marshal of the King's house and Marshal of England 6ccame united and inheritable in the same family. "("J The first " Marshal of England" is generally considered to have Roger DE Mont- gomery, who was Marshal of the Norman army at the Conquest, but the first on record is Gilbert DE Clare, who acquired that office in 1135, and who in 1138 was cr. EaKI. OS Pembroke. He d. 114S and was sue. by his s. Richard (called " Strong' bow,") who was "Marshal of England,' 1 at the Coronation of Henry II. in 1154. He d. s.p.m. 117b', leaving a da. and h., Isabel, who in. William Marshall, Marshal of the Household (see above) who, in her right, became Marshal of England and Earl 08 Pembroke. He (/. 1219, leaving William, his s. and h., who having been, v.p. one of the 25 Barons to enforce (1215) the Magna Chart", was then styled "Comes Maresehal, junior." He d. 1231, being sue. by his four younger brothers successively, on the death of the last of whom, in 1245, King Henry III., iu 1248-49, " gave the Marshal's Hod " into the hands of Maud,;' 1 ; Countess of Norfolk, eldest of the five sisters and cuheirs of the last five Earls of Pembroke, which she thereupon delivered to Roger (Bigod), Eahl at Norfolk, her s. aud h. Bp. " whose homage the King received for the same.( c ) He d. s.p. 1270, aud was sue. by his nephew and h. Roger, Earl of Norfolk, who surrendered the reversion (on his death) of his Earldom aud the Marshal's Rod to the King, 12 April 1302, anil d. s.p., 11 Dec. 1306, when the office became vetted in the Crown. King Edward II. (after some grants " durante bene ptacito ") conferred the office of Marshal of England," 10 Feb. 1316, on his br. Thomas (PlaXTagenet), Earl OF RKolk, who d. s.p.m. in 133S, whose da. aud h. Margaret, sua jure Countess and nvards (1397) Duchess of Norfolk, was often styled Countess or Lady Marshal.(') office was however frequently disposed of during her life, until her grandson aud ., Thomas (Mowbray), Earl of Nottingham (afterwards Duke of Norfolk) was, 10 '.397, made " Earl Marshal of England." See below, office of " Marshal " or " GYcaf Marischull " of Scotland was held in that ..jjrtom from a very early period (1010, by tradition) by the family of Keith, of whom Sir William Keith was cr. in or before July 1458, EARL MAHISHAL [S.] See full particulars under that dignity, cr. 1458 ; forfeited 1716. As to the office of Marshal of Ireland, see vol. i, p. xvii., for (a somewhat hazy) notice of the same, taken from the "Lib. llib." Walter Dlvereix), 1st Earl of Essex, was, y May 1570', made Earl Marshal of Ireland. He d. 22 Sep. 1576, aged 35, at Dublin. MARSHAL, i.e., EARLS MARSHAL(') OF ENGLAND. A list of these is as under. 1. 1397, 1. Thomas (Mowbray), Earl of Xottixgham, s.~j lf> to of John (Mowbray), Loud Mowbray, by Elizabeth, da. and %t 1398. h. of John (Segu.yve), LORD Skgravk by Margaret, his wife, [ 2* 5 siio jure Duchess and Countess of Norfolk, who was da, and =•= if h. of Thomas (Plantaoenet), Eaiil of Norfolk and Marshal of England ^jj aboveuamcd, was 6. 1307, and having sue. his br. (John, Earl of Nottingham), J jj § Mareschall, here Set forth, appears to mean the office of Marshal of the A'ing's House, an office distinct from that afterwards known by the name of Earl Marshal of England." See note '• a " uext above. (") To this John "King Henry II. confirmed his office of Marshal, which John at the Coronation of Richard I. bore the great gilt spurs." See p. 200, note "a." ( b ) Doyle's " Official Baronage " under " Pembroke." ( c ) Vide p 260, note "a." ( d ) To her also was assigned the manor of Hempsted Marshall (see p. 260, 'note " d "), whereby it would seem that she and her heirs would have right to the office of Marshal of the Household. (») " Nobilis Dfia, Una Margarita Mnrckall, Comitissa Northjolk ct Dha dc Segravc, quaj obiit 24° die Maii, anno dfli 1389." M.I. at Greyfriars, Loudon. ( f ) This office alone of all the great offices of England (eee p. 260, note " b "), has the