Lord High Constable of England
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The Lord High Constable of England is a great officer of state historically responsible for commanding the army and overseeing matters of chivalry, military justice, and royal ceremonies.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English crown office
→
great officer of state → |
| appointedBy |
Monarch of England
→
British monarch →
surface form: "Monarch of the United Kingdom"
|
| associatedWithTitle |
Duke of Buckingham
→
Earl of Hereford → |
| ceremonialRole |
bearing a staff of office at coronations
→
sitting as a judge in ceremonial courts at coronations → |
| ceremonialUse |
office now normally vacant except for coronations
→
revived for the coronation of a monarch → |
| country | Kingdom of England → |
| currentStatus | largely ceremonial and intermittent office → |
| decline | military functions largely obsolete by early modern period → |
| domain |
chivalric law
→
military affairs → royal ceremonial law → |
| eraOfGreatestPower | Middle Ages → |
| hasDuty |
commanding the royal army
→
coronation ceremonies → military justice → oversight of chivalry → royal ceremonies → state occasions → |
| historicalFunction |
custody of prisoners of war
→
head of the Court of Chivalry → judge in matters of arms and armourial bearings → military discipline → oversight of tournaments and feats of arms → regulation of heralds and officers of arms → |
| historicalRank | second in command of the army after the king → |
| historicalStatus |
key officer in the royal household
→
one of the highest military offices of the medieval English crown → |
| jurisdiction | England → |
| languageOfName | English → |
| legalAuthority |
jurisdiction of the Court of Chivalry
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jurisdiction over matters of honour and arms → |
| overlapsWith | Earl Marshal → |
| partOf |
Royal Household of the United Kingdom
→
surface form: "Household of the Monarch of the United Kingdom"
|
| precedence | one of the Great Officers of State → |
| relatedOffice |
Lord High Constable of Ireland
→
Lord High Constable of England →
surface form: "Lord High Constable of Scotland"
|
| style |
Lord High Constable of England
→
surface form: "Lord High Constable"
|
| symbol | white staff of office → |
| tenure |
later held at the monarch’s pleasure
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originally hereditary in the family of the Earls of Hereford → |
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this entity surface form: "Lord High Constable of Scotland"
this entity surface form: "Lord High Constable"