EARL Marshal of England, is a great officer who had anciently several courts under his jurisdiction, as the court of chivalry, and the court of honour. Under him is also the herald's office or college of arms. He hath some pre-eminence in the court of Marshalsea, where he may sit in judgment against those who offend within the verge of the king's court. The office is of great antiquity in England, and anciently of greater power than now: and has been for several ages hereditary in the most noble family of Howard.