John Marshal (died 1165)
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John Marshal was a minor nobleman of Anglo-Norman origins who served as marshal of England and fought in the 12th-century civil war on the side of Empress Matilda. He is best remembered as the father
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Earl Marshal
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Earl Marshal is a hereditary royal officeholder and chivalric title under the sovereign of the United Kingdom used in England. He is the eighth of the great officers of State in the United Kingdom, ra
John Marshal (died 1165)
…family foundation of Bradenstoke in Wiltshire. His death was not sudden, as he had time to write a testament. After John, the title of marshal (later Earl Marshal) became honorific and hereditary. John was the son of Gilbert Giffard. He also had a brother named Walter Giffard, who held a clerical office…
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Depiction by Matthew Paris (d.1259) of the arms of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1194–1219): Party per pale or and vert, overall a lion rampant gules
Arms of "Bigod Modern": Party per pale or and vert, overall a lion rampant gules, adopted by Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk (1269–1306), after 1269 following his inheritance of the office of Marshal of England from the Marshal family
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