marshalsea

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

M'ARSHALSEA, noun In England, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household. Court of marshalsea a court formerly held before the steward and marshal of the king's house, to administer justice between the king's domestic servants.
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