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Knight-marshal
Matched in: Term Knight-marshal
Knight marshal
Matched in: Term Knight marshal
Herald
Arms; of whom (1) Garter is the principal, instituted by Henry V. His office is to attend the Knights of the Garter at their solemnities, and to marshal the funerals of the nobility. (2) Clarencieux King of
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Marshalsea, Court of the
record, called the curia palatii, or Palace Court, to be held before the steward of the household and knight marshal, and the steward of the Court or his deputy, with jurisdiction to hold plea of all manner of
Tenure
and bartered for any equivalent, or granted free from all circumstances, or in consideration of any certain services. Knight service proper, or tenure in chivalry, was the original and most honourable species of tenure created by a … generally in the wars, to do him some special, certain, and honorary service in person, as to be marshal of his host, or high steward of England, or to carry his banner or his sword, or to
Escutcheon
base see Chiff and Field That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter and the other side sinister … The surface usually a shield upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed The surface of the escutcheon is called the field the upper part is called the chief
Precedence or precedency
*Lord Great Chamberlain. But see Private Stat. 1 Geo. 1, c. 3. * Lord High Constable. * Lord Marshal. * Lord Admiral. * Lord Steward of the Household. * Lord Chamberlain of the Household.} above all peers … Commissioners of the Great Seal. ' Viscounts' eldest sons. ' Earls' younger sons. ' Barons' eldest sons. || Knights of the Garter. || Privy Councillors. || Chancellor of the Exchequer. || Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Magna Carta
formally absolved from their oaths of fidelity, and chose for their general Robert Fitzwalter, with the title of Marshal of the Army of God and of the Holy Church. After the fortess of Bedford had surrendered to … full age:-'If any of our earls or barons, or any other, which holdeth of us in chief by knight's service, die, and at the time of his death his heir be of full age, and oweth to
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