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Shrewsbury, then Earl Marshal of England, holding his baton of office.
Kenilworth 2004
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“Your Grace, Lord Stergos, Earl Marshal, my lord Duke,” Snudge said solemnly, bowing in the saddle.
Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003
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His son, John Howard, was created Earl Marshal and Duke of
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 575, November 10, 1832 Various
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Gaunt, with whom was the Earl Marshal, Percy, Earl of Northumberland.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch Arthur Dimock
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Agnellus wielded considerable influence in affairs of state and in his efforts to avert civil war between the King and the Earl Marshal, who had leagued with the Welsh, he contracted a fatal illness.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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But the Earl Marshal set up, along the road into Scotland, from where the stone marks the border, a row of forty gallows, all high, but some higher than others; for some of the prisoners were men of condition.
The Fifth Queen Crowned Ford Madox Ford 1906
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But within the month it so befel that some of the lords and dukes came to the Earl Marshal, and prayed him to call together a great Folk-mote of all Oakenrealm; and he answered them graciously, and behight them to do as they would; and even so did he.
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There he made no delay but went straight to the High House, and had privy speech of the Earl Marshal; and him he told how he had smitten Christopher, and, as he deemed, slain him.
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The King complained of such omissions and of the want of precedent; Lord Effingham, the Earl Marshal, told him, it was true there had been great neglect in that office, but he had now taken such care of registering directions, that next coronation would be conducted with the greatest order imaginable.
Letters of Horace Walpole 01 Walpole, Horace 1890
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Lord Effingham, the Earl Marshal, offered, for amazing apology, the assurance that the next coronation would be conducted with perfect order, an unfortunate speech, which had, however, the effect of affording the King infinite entertainment.
A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4) Justin McCarthy 1871
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