Court of Chivalry
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The Court of Chivalry was a historic English civil law court concerned with matters of heraldry, nobility, and military honor, traditionally presided over by the Earl Marshal.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Earl Marshal’s Court | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English court
ⓘ
civil law court ⓘ court of honour ⓘ |
| alsoPresidedBy | Lord High Constable of England ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Court of Honor
ⓘ
surface form:
Court of Honour
Court of Chivalry ⓘ
surface form:
Earl Marshal’s Court
|
| appealTo | House of Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedOffice | College of Arms ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Garter Principal King of Arms
ⓘ
heralds ⓘ |
| concernedWith |
armorial bearings
ⓘ
coats of arms ⓘ heraldry ⓘ military honour ⓘ nobility ⓘ questions of precedence ⓘ rights to titles of honour ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Court of Common Pleas
ⓘ
Court of King’s Bench ⓘ Admiralty courts ⓘ
surface form:
High Court of Admiralty
|
| function |
adjudication of disputes over armorial bearings
ⓘ
enforcement of codes of chivalric conduct ⓘ hearing of cases of defamation among gentlemen and nobles ⓘ regulation of heraldic practice ⓘ |
| governedBy | royal prerogative ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early modern period
ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | England ⓘ |
| languageOfRecord |
English
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| legalNature | civil jurisdiction ⓘ |
| legalSystem | English civil law ⓘ |
| legalTradition | English common law environment ⓘ |
| location |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| notCompetentFor | criminal cases ⓘ |
| presidingOfficer | Earl Marshal ⓘ |
| status |
historic court
ⓘ
largely obsolete ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
chivalry
ⓘ
military ceremony ⓘ noble status ⓘ |
| supervisingAuthority | Crown of England ⓘ |
| traditionalPresidingOfficer |
Earl Marshal
ⓘ
surface form:
Earl Marshal of England
|
| typeOfCase |
disputes over heraldic display
ⓘ
disputes over right to bear arms ⓘ questions of gentility ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Earl Marshal’s Court