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marshalsea
m a r s h a l s e a hex:#109;#97;#114;#115;#104;#97;#108;#115;#101;#97;
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- Marshalsea - n. - The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household.
- Verge - n. - The compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king's household had special jurisdiction; -- so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore.