Court of the Lord High Steward
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The Court of the Lord High Steward was a special English court convened to try peers of the realm for high treason or other serious offenses, presided over by the Lord High Steward.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Court of the Lord High Steward canonical | 1 |
| Lord Steward’s Court | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9153837 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Court of the Lord High Steward Context triple: [Lord High Steward, trialVenue, Court of the Lord High Steward]
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A.
Court of Augmentations
The Court of Augmentations was a Tudor-era English government body established under Henry VIII to manage and administer the lands and revenues seized from dissolved monasteries.
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B.
Court of Oyer and Terminer
The Court of Oyer and Terminer was a special colonial Massachusetts tribunal notorious for conducting the Salem witch trials of 1692, during which it authorized numerous executions for alleged witchcraft.
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C.
Court of Chivalry
The Court of Chivalry was a historic English civil law court concerned with matters of heraldry, nobility, and military honor, traditionally presided over by the Earl Marshal.
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D.
Court of St James's
The Court of St James's is the royal court of the British monarch, serving as the formal designation for the United Kingdom’s diplomatic accreditation and ceremonial royal functions.
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E.
Imperial Chamber Court
The Imperial Chamber Court was one of the highest judicial institutions of the Holy Roman Empire, responsible for adjudicating major legal disputes among its territories and subjects.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Court of the Lord High Steward Target entity description: The Court of the Lord High Steward was a special English court convened to try peers of the realm for high treason or other serious offenses, presided over by the Lord High Steward.
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A.
Court of Augmentations
The Court of Augmentations was a Tudor-era English government body established under Henry VIII to manage and administer the lands and revenues seized from dissolved monasteries.
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B.
Court of Oyer and Terminer
The Court of Oyer and Terminer was a special colonial Massachusetts tribunal notorious for conducting the Salem witch trials of 1692, during which it authorized numerous executions for alleged witchcraft.
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C.
Court of Chivalry
The Court of Chivalry was a historic English civil law court concerned with matters of heraldry, nobility, and military honor, traditionally presided over by the Earl Marshal.
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D.
Court of St James's
The Court of St James's is the royal court of the British monarch, serving as the formal designation for the United Kingdom’s diplomatic accreditation and ceremonial royal functions.
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E.
Imperial Chamber Court
The Imperial Chamber Court was one of the highest judicial institutions of the Holy Roman Empire, responsible for adjudicating major legal disputes among its territories and subjects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English court
ⓘ
special court ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
English peerage
ⓘ
members of the House of Lords ⓘ |
| associatedTitle |
Lord High Steward of England
ⓘ
linked to:
Lord High Steward
|
| authorityDerivedFrom | royal prerogative ⓘ |
| category |
courts and tribunals with royal prerogative origin
ⓘ
historic courts of England ⓘ |
| competence |
felony
ⓘ
high treason ⓘ serious criminal offenses ⓘ |
| convenedBy |
Crown of England
ⓘ
monarch of England ⓘ |
| conveningCondition | when a peer was indicted for treason or felony ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| decisionMaker |
Lord High Steward
ⓘ
assembled peers ⓘ |
| dissolutionReason | decline of trials of peers ⓘ |
| function |
to try peers for high treason
ⓘ
to try peers for serious crimes ⓘ |
| governingLaw |
acts of Parliament
ⓘ
royal commissions ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early modern England
ⓘ
late medieval England ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | peers of the realm ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | extraordinary court ⓘ |
| legalSystem | English common law ⓘ |
| location |
England
ⓘ
Palace of Westminster ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
convened only for particular cases
ⓘ
limited to peers of the realm ⓘ presided over by a great officer of state ⓘ |
| partOf | English constitutional history ⓘ |
| presidingOfficer | Lord High Steward ⓘ |
| region | British Isles ⓘ |
| relatedInstitution |
Court of Chivalry
ⓘ
Court of Star Chamber ⓘ
linked to:
Star Chamber
|
| relatedTo |
House of Lords
ⓘ
Lord High Steward ⓘ impeachment in the United Kingdom ⓘ trial of peers ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successor | ordinary criminal courts of England and Wales ⓘ |
| trialParticipants | peerage as jury ⓘ |
| trialType | criminal trial ⓘ |
| usedFor | single specific trials ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Court of the Lord High Steward Description of subject: The Court of the Lord High Steward was a special English court convened to try peers of the realm for high treason or other serious offenses, presided over by the Lord High Steward.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Court of the Lord High Steward