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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Marshalsea \Mar"shal*sea\, n. [Marshal + OE. se a seat. See See a seat.] The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] 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. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

MARSHALSEA, English law. The name of a prison belonging to the court of the king's bench.