Earl Marshal and among his responsibilities today is the organisation of major ceremonial state occasions like the monarch's coronation in Westminster Abbey and state funerals. He is also a leading officer of arms and oversees the College of Arms. The current Earl Marshal is Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk, who inherited the position in 2002. There was formerly an Earl Marshal of Ireland and Earl Marischal of Scotland. 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,
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