House of Howard Earls of Arundel in the 4th quarter. Earl Marshal 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). It is the eighth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord High Constable and above the Lord High Admiral. The Earl Marshal has responsibility for the organisation of State funerals and the monarch's coronation in Westminster Abbey. He is also a leading officer of arms. The office is hereditary in the Howard Family in their
Norragh (hereditary barony) Norragh (hereditary barony) The Barony of Norragh in County Kildare was an Irish feudal barony- the holder had the right to call himself Baron, but did not hold a peerage and had no right to sit in the Irish House of Lords. It was granted by Richard fitz Gilbert de Clare, Lord of Leinster and Earl of Pembroke, also known as Strongbow, to Robert St. Michael before 1176. In 1220 Peter de Norrach, probably a descendant of St. Michael, was baron of Norragh. In 1241 Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke granted Geoffrey son of Peter two-thirds of the barony