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
William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (French: "Guillaume le Maréchal") (11906 April 1231) was a medieval English nobleman and was one of Magna Carta sureties. He fought during the First Barons' War and was present at the Battle of Lincoln (1217) alongside his father William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, who led the English troops in that battle. He commissioned a biography of his father to be written, called "L'Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal". William was born in Normandy probably during the spring of 1190, the eldest son of William Marshal, 1st Earl of