A great officer of state who had anciently several courts underhis jurisdiction , as the court of chivalry and the court of honor . Under him is theherald’s office, or college of arms. He was also a judge of the Marslialsea court, nowabolished. This office is of great antiquity, and has been for several ages hereditary inthe family of the Howards. 3 Bl. Comm. G8, 103; 3 Steph. Comm. 335, note.
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