Editing Parvise (section)

==Parvis of St Paul's Cathedral==
In London in the [[England in the Middle Ages|Middle Ages]] the [[Serjeant-at-law| Serjeants-at-law]] practised at the parvis of [[St Paul's Cathedral]], where clients could seek their counsel. In the 14th century [[Geoffrey Chaucer]] referred to ''"A sergeant of the laws ware and wise/ That often hadde yben at the par[[Middle English orthography|u]]{{efn|that is, v (the letter "v" in its modern shape did not appear in the repertoire of most Middle English scribes}}is..."''.{{sfn|Chaucer|loc=verse 8396}} Later, [[ecclesiastical court]]s developed at [[Doctors' Commons]] on the same site.

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