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
Lord High Constable of England Coronation of a monarch; in other circumstances the Earl Marshal exercises the traditional duties of the office. The Lacys and Verduns were hereditary constables of Ireland from the 12th to the 14th century; and the Hays, Earls of Erroll, have been hereditary Lord High Constables of Scotland from early in the 14th century. A cousin was alive who was not granted the titles due to him and his heirs: Gilbert de Bohun, 8th Earl of Hereford, 7th Earl of Essex and 3rd Earl of Northampton, died 1381 "At this point, the office merged with the Crown and was revived only