Talk:Earl Marshal
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[edit] Old talk
Can someone else review [1] because the way I read it our entry is not quite correct. Specifically:
"Our heirs and successors, do give and grant to the said Henry, Lord Howard, the office of Marshal of England, together with the name and honour of Earl Marshal of England, "
The letters patent seem to be readable as the office being Marshall of England the name and title being EM. If that is so the article should probably make that distinction Alci12 17:14, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
I am very confused, as I thought that John Marshal, William Marshal's FATHER (not just his brother) held the office of Marshal for King Stephen, and won the right for his family to hold it as a herditary title. This was the impression I got from Duby's book on William. I don't remember Strongbow being marshal at all. ???? Lordjim13 11:03, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Lord Marshal
I noticed the following wikipipe in several articles: [[Earl Marshal | Lord Marshal]]. In particular, the table at the bottom of the article Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk is quite confusing in this respect, where the two titles are used not synonymously at the first uneducated glance. Please clarify and correspondingly update the articlesEarl Marshal and Lord Marshal. This usage of surprize piping to the article that does not say a single word about "Lord Marshal" is bad. Thank you, `'юзырь:mikka 01:39, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
- P.S. What is this? `'юзырь:mikka 01:46, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
- It doesn't help that the wording isn't good: "made it stand for something"? wtf does that mean? --moof 23:56, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Modern functions
The article nowhere describes what the Earl Marshal does today. This should be in the lead section (maybe more detailed elsewhere, but a brief summary needs to be there). Hairy Dude (talk) 06:06, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
