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The Marshalsea Court (or Court of the Marshalsea, also known as the Court of the Verge or the Court of the Marshal and Steward)[1] was a court associated with the Royal Household in England. Associated with, but distinct from, the Marshalsea Court was the Palace Court, which came into being in the 17th century.
Both courts had jurisdiction within a geographical area known as the Verge of the court,[2] which was fixed by statute of Richard II as extending 12 miles from the King's palace or place of residence.[3]
The Marshalsea and Palace Courts were both abolished on 31 December 1849.[4]
- ^ Jones, W.R. (1970a). "The Court of the Verge: The Jurisdiction of the Steward and Marshal of the Household in Later Medieval England", The Journal of British Studies, Vol. 10, No. 1, November 1970.
- ^ termed virgata regia in Fleta.
- ^ 13 Ric. 2, st. 1, c.2
- ^ by Act of Parliament: 12 & 13 Vict. c.101 (a.k.a. County Courts Act 1849).