Court of Chivalry

The Court of Chivalry is an ancient English civil court[?] under the jurisdiction of the Earl Marshall of England, the Duke of Norfolk, that judges cases regarding heraldry.

The court was last convened in 1954, in a case in which a theatre (the Manchester Palace of Varieties) was using the arms of the City of Manchester both inside the theatre and on its seal; the city had requested that the theatre cease the usage, and had met with refusal. The court ruled in favour of the City of Manchester.

See also: time immemorial, chivalry

External links

• About the Court of Chivalry (http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/about%5C12.htm)
• Regulation of Heraldry in England: the Middle Ages (http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/england1.htm)
• Cases in the Court of Chivalry (http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/squibb.htm)
• A short piece about the Courts of Chivalry (http://www.chronique.com/Library/Glossaries/glossary-KCT/gloss_c.htm#court)