EARL MARSHAL • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Earl Marshal

... approaching fast towards his end; and fearing lest Norfolk should escape him, he sent a message to the commons, by which he desired them to hasten the bill, on pretence that Norfolk enjoyed the dignity of earl marshal, and it was necessary to appoint another, who might officiate at the ensuing ceremony of installing his son prince of Wales. The obsequious commons obeyed his directions, though founded on so frivolous a pretence; and the ...

— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. - From Henry VII. to Mary • David Hume