Title: High Sheriff of Lancaster
Name: Edmund Plantagenet, First Earl of Lancaster
Herald date: 1267-1295
Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale Or a label of three points Azure semee de lys Or.
Edmund Crouchback (1244-1296) was the younger son of King Henry III. His name derives not from any physical deformity but indicates that he had taken part in the Crusades and worn the cross on his back. As well as the earldom of Lancaster Edmund was also created Earl of Leicester after the execution of the rebel lord, Simon de Montfort, and this vast expanse of land and the wealth that accompanied it was to be increasingly important in the history of England and of the monarchy itself from this time onwards.
