Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland
Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland Earl Marshal, was an English nobleman of the House of Neville.
Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, wearing the Lancastrian Collar of Esses; detail of his effigy at Staindrop Church, County Durham
Alabaster effigy of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland with his two wives, Staindrop Church, County Durham, considered the finest sepulchral monument in the north of England. On his tunic he displays the arms of Neville; his head rests on a helm atop which is the bull's head crest of Neville
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428–1471), "The Kingmaker", a grandson of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland, and Joan Beaufort. On his shield he displays his maternal arms of Montacute, but displays the Neville bull's head crest at sinister and stands on the same Neville heraldic beast
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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, ranking beneath the Lord High Constable of England and above the Lord High Admiral. The dukes of Norfolk have held the office since 1672.
Earl Marshal
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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