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Its jurisdiction and powers were successively reduced by the common law courts to the point where, after 1737, the Court ceased to be convened and was in time regarded as obsolete and no longer in existence. That understanding was authoritatively overturned, however, by a revival of the Court in
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The Privy Council Appeals Act 1832 abolished the High Court of Delegates and transferred its powers to hear appeals in ecclesiastical and admiralty cases to the King in Council. The council had previously served only as a court of final resort from the delegates under the infrequently invoked
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courts, appeals from the Court of Chivalry were made to the Crown in Chancery, with appeals being heard by commissioners appointed by letters patent under the Great Seal in each case. Sittings by these commissioners became known as the High Court of Delegates by the time of the 1832 Act.
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1954, when the Earl Marshal appointed the then Lord Chief Justice to sit as his surrogate. The Lord Chief Justice Lord Goddard confirmed that the Court retained both its existence and its powers, and ruled in favour of the suit before him.
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was convicted of treason, stripped of his titles and offices, and executed. Since then the office of Lord High Constable of England has only been appointed to perform ceremonial duties during a
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for cases heard by the High Court of Chivalry. From 1 February 1833, following the passage of the Judicial Committee Act 1833, appeals have been heard directly by the
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Since it was created in the fourteenth century, the court has always sat when required, except for the short time between 1634 and its temporary abolition by the
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when it sat on a regular basis. During this time, the court heard well over a thousand cases, of which evidence survives from 738 cases.
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in order to make clear that the Duke of Norfolk was indeed Hereditary Earl Marshal and that he had appointed
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Historically the court had two hereditary judges – the Duke of Norfolk as Earl Marshal of England, and the
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Privy Council Appeals Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4 c. 92), preamble.
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and there has only been the Earl Marshal acting as the sole judge.
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The High Court of Chivalry: A Study of the Civil Law in England
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The High Court of Chivalry: A Study of the Civil Law in England
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The High Court of Chivalry in the early seventeenth century
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Privy Council Appeals Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4 c. 92)
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Lieutenant, Assessor and Surrogate to the Earl Marshal
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In 1832, the Privy Council Appeals Act 1832 made the
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A session of the Court of Chivalry being held in the
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Courts and tribunals established in the 14th century
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The court was last convened in 1954 for the case of
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procedure of petitioning for commissions of review.
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England and Wales
Earl Marshal
Appeals to
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
hereditary
Earl Marshal
Duke of Norfolk
civil law (as opposed to common law)
English and Welsh law
heraldry
Earl Marshal
Duke of Norfolk
surrogate
Scotland
Court of the Lord Lyon
civil
criminal court
Lord Lyon King of Arms
procurator fiscal
Scottish legal system

adding to it

College of Arms
Long Parliament in 1640

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Manchester Corporation
letters patent

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