Lord High Constable of England

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English crown office great officer of state

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lord High Constable of England canonical	12
Lord High Constable	4
Lord High Constable of Scotland	1

Statements (45)

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 ⓘ 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lord High Constable of Scotland
style	Lord High Constable of England self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lord High Constable
symbol	white staff of office ⓘ
tenure	later held at the monarch’s pleasure ⓘ originally hereditary in the family of the Earls of Hereford ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Earl Marshal → precedes → Lord High Constable of England ⓘ

Earl Marshal → sharesJurisdictionWith → Lord High Constable of England ⓘ

Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Lord High Constable of England ⓘ

Lord High Constable of England → relatedOffice → Lord High Constable of England self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord High Constable of Scotland

Lord High Constable of England → style → Lord High Constable of England self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord High Constable

Court of Chivalry → alsoPresidedBy → Lord High Constable of England ⓘ

The Most Noble → appliesToOffice → Lord High Constable of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord High Constable

Great Officer of State → hasPart → Lord High Constable of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord High Constable

Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby → positionHeld → Lord High Constable of England ⓘ

John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset → heldOffice → Lord High Constable of England ⓘ

Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford → positionHeld → Lord High Constable of England ⓘ

Humphrey de Bohun, 6th Earl of Hereford → title → Lord High Constable of England ⓘ

Humphrey de Bohun, 6th Earl of Hereford → positionHeld → Lord High Constable of England ⓘ

John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford → positionHeld → Lord High Constable of England ⓘ

de Bohun family → heldOffice → Lord High Constable of England ⓘ

Lord High Constable of Ireland → basedOn → Lord High Constable of England ⓘ

Lord High Constable of Ireland → style → Lord High Constable of England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord High Constable