Earl Marshal 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. In a declaration made on 16 June 1673
Earl of Denbigh Earl of Denbigh Earl of Denbigh (pronounced "Denby") is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1622 for the courtier and soldier William Feilding, 1st Viscount Feilding. The earldom was one of the hereditary peerages whose entitlement to sit in the House of Lords removed by the House of Lords Act 1999. The family seat is Newnham Paddox House, near Rugby, Warwickshire. The Feilding Family have been Lords of Newnham Paddox in Monks Kirby, Warwickshire since 1433. Despite almost certainly being of Warwickshire origin, in the middle of the seventeenth century following their elevation to the