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.

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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)

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Court of Chivalry alternativeName Court of Chivalry
this entity surface form: Earl Marshal’s Court
Court of the Lord Lyon associatedWith Court of Chivalry
Earl Marshal legalAuthority Court of Chivalry