Editing High Court of Chivalry (section)

==Sittings==
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The court was last convened in 1954<ref name="THS001"/> for the case of ''[[Manchester Corporation]] v Manchester Palace of Varieties Ltd''.<ref>''[[Manchester Corporation]] v Manchester Palace of Varieties Ltd'', P 133; [1955] 1 All ER 387</ref> Prior to this, the court had not sat for two centuries (since 1737), and before hearing the case, the court first had to rule whether it still existed.<ref>{{cite book |first=G. D. |last=Squibb |title=The High Court of Chivalry: A Study of the Civil Law in England |publisher=Oxford |date=1959}}</ref> The proceedings opened with the reading of various [[letters patent]] in order to make clear that the Duke of Norfolk was indeed Hereditary Earl Marshal and that he had appointed [[Rayner Goddard, Baron Goddard|Lord Goddard]], who was the [[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales]], as his lieutenant in the court. It also had ruled that the Earl Marshal was allowed to sit in judgment without the [[Lord High Constable of England]], an office which until 1521 was also held as a hereditary dignity by the [[Duke of Buckingham|Dukes of Buckingham]].<ref name="THS001"/> The case itself was that the Palace Theatre had been displaying the arms of the [[Manchester City Council|Manchester Corporation]] (now Manchester City Council) both inside and on its seal and this usage implied that it was linked with the city's council. The corporation had requested that the theatre stop using it, but this request had been refused. The court ruled in favour of the corporation.<ref name="THS001"/>