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Star Chamber Matters: An Early Modern Court and its Records: Index

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  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Notes on Contributors
  6. List of Figures and Tables
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. 1. Introduction: Star Chamber Matters
  9. 2. The Records of the Court of Star Chamber at The National Archives and Elsewhere
  10. 3. Reading Ravishment: Gender and ‘Will’ Power in Early Tudor Star Chamber, 1500–50
  11. 4. Sir Edward Coke and the Star Chamber: the Prosecution of Rapes at Snargate, 1598–1602
  12. 5. ‘By Reason of her Sex and Widowhood’: an Early Modern Welsh Gentlewoman in the Court of Star Chamber
  13. 6. Consent and Coercion, Force and Fraud: Marriages in Star Chamber
  14. 7. Labourers, Legal Aid and the Limits of Popular Legalism in Star Chamber
  15. 8. Jacobean Star Chamber Records and the Performance of Provincial Libel
  16. 9. A Marine Insurance Fraud in the Star Chamber
  17. 10. Star Chamber and the Bullion Trade, 1618–20
  18. 11. Contemporary Knowledge of the Star Chamber and the Abolition of the Court
  19. Index

Index

abduction, 41–59, 79, 90, 94, 98–103, 105–10, 112–3

Acts of Union (1536 and 1543), 80, 82–3, 86, 88, 95

Admiralty court, 157, 161, 166

annulment, 100–1, 112

arbitration, 11, 62

assault, 62, 65–6, 69–70

assembly, unlawful, 62, 79, 91

assize court, 2, 47, 70, 72–3, 75–6, 121

attorney, see lawyer

attorney general, 12–3, 15, 34, 157, 175, 179, 188, 192, 204

Augmentations, court of, 25

Bacon, Francis (lord chancellor and attorney general), 8, 151, 165, 179–181, 185, 187–8, 191

bailiff, 62, 66

Barnes, Thomas Garden, 4–5, 14–5, 19, 27–8

barrister, see lawyer

Bedfordshire, 103

bishop, judicial function, 16, 195–6, 207–10, 210–15

Bonner, Edmund (bishop of London), 52

borough court, 51, 68

Brazil, 171

bribery, see subornation

bullion (gold), 16, 28, 175–6, 178–88, 190–2, 203,

Caesar, Julius (master of the rolls), 11, 187–8, 191

Cambridge University, 77

canon law, 86, 100, 111, 113, 127. See also ecclesiastical courts

Catholic, 76, 114, 169–71, 180

Cecil, Robert (lord treasurer), 178

Cecil, William (lord treasurer and secretary of state), 36, 188

Chancery, 12, 31–2, 41–2, 45–6, 48, 51–2, 89, 157, 167–8, 198

Chapter House, see Westminster Palace

Cheshire, 31, 101

church court, see ecclesiastical court

churchwarden, 71

Coke, Edward (attorney general), 8, 16, 61–3, 66–8, 70–1, 76–8, 113, 135, 137–8, 153, 196

commissary court, 121

common law, 1–2, 7–9, 41, 45–6, 51–2, 62, 73, 78, 86, 99, 102, 108, 110, 112–3, 125, 155, 175, 180

Common Pleas, court of, 10–11, 36, 47, 99

common rights, 12, 116, 124 n27

consent, marital, 41, 45, 50, 53–6, 58–9, 71, 98–114

conspiracy, 108, 166, 191

constable, 58, 61, 91

copyhold tenancy, 86, 88, 131

Cornwall, 146

coroner’s inquest, 69, 74

corruption, 83, 117, 137, 181

Cotton, Isaac (clerk of the process of Star Chamber and legal writer), 199

counterfeit coin, 176–9, 184, 186

county session, 51

coverture, 45, 101

customary law, 86–7, 115, 124

customary practices, 79, 86–8, 92, 94–5, 131, 206

customs (financial), 178, 181, 184, 194, 208

debt, 90, 94–5, 108, 122–4, 125 n32, 171, 185, 191

defamation, 28, 137

deodand, 26

Derbyshire, 47

Devereux, Robert (earl of Essex), 77, 83, 85

disguise, 49

divorce, 52, 114

Dorset, 139

dower, 54, 86–9

Dutch East India Company, 182, 185

ecclesiastical court, 9, 46, 51–2, 67, 70–1, 99–103, 108, 111–3, 137

Edgerton, Thomas (lord chancellor), 38, 68, 108, 150–1

Ellesmere, lord, see Edgerton, Thomas (lord chancellor)

Elton, Geoffrey, 4, 5

enchantment, 99, 104, 107, 111

enclosure, 116

engrossing, 8

entry, forcible, 49, 58, 79, 90–1, 95

epilepsy, 111

equity court, 24, 29–30, 38–9, 126, 130, 155. See also Chancery, Exchequer and Requests, court of.

Essex, 71

Essex, earl of, see Devereux, Robert (earl of Essex)

estreat, 33

Exchequer, 10, 31, 33, 35, 37, 68, 106, 115, 178, 191, 196

Ferdinando I of Tuscany (grand duke), 169–72

Fitzherbert, Anthony (legal writer), 70

forestalling, see engrossing

France, 62, 65, 160

fraud, 16, 99, 104, 106–8, 112–3, 155–8, 161–3, 165–6, 168, 174–6, 189, 194

freehold tenancy, 86

gaol, see prison

gentry, 11, 44, 79–80, 82–4, 86–7, 92–6, 115

Gloucestershire, 140

goldsmith, 175–7, 179–80, 182–8, 191

Gray’s Inn, 3, 20, 129 n45

Great Fire of London (1666), 156

guardianship, 52, 79, 89–90, 94–5, 101–3, 105–7

Guy, John, 4, 19

Hawarde, John (legal writer), 8, 108

Heath, Nicholas (chancellor), 25

Heath, Robert (attorney general), 149

Hertfordshire, 57

Hobart, Henry (attorney general and chief justice of the Common Pleas), 110, 113, 157, 187

Holy Roman Empire, 181

Howard, Thomas (lord treasurer), 181, 188, 193

Hudson, William (legal writer), 7, 11, 37, 126–7, 138, 150–2, 199, 213

illiteracy, 130

in forma pauperis, 125–9, 132. See also legal aid.

Inner Temple, 77

insurance, 16, 155–68, 170, 172–3

Ireland, 85, 166

Italy, 157–9, 169–71

Jew, 158–9, 162, 164, 166, 171, 173 n145

jointure, 86–9, 92

justice of the peace (JP), 62, 65–6, 71, 109

Kent, 10, 61–3, 66, 68, 70–1, 75–7

King’s Bench, court of, 10–1, 36, 47, 65, 99, 121

labourer, 106, 115–25, 128, 131–3

Lambarde, William (legal writer), 7, 37, 198–9, 213

land title dispute, 24, 53, 90–1, 93, 95–6, 118, 125

Laud, William (archbishop), 201–2, 204, 210, 214

law French, 194–6

lawyer, 2, 5, 35, 37, 57, 62, 66, 68, 76, 96, 108, 118, 129, 132, 138, 150–1, 194, 196–8, 213–14

legal advice, 124, 130, 184

legal aid, 120, 125 n32, 126–8, 131–2. See also in forma pauperis.

Levant Company, 169–170

libel, 2, 6, 14, 16, 28, 135–51, 153, 213

Lollard, 75, 77

London, 19, 51–2, 71, 76, 90, 108–10, 118, 157, 161, 163, 168, 185, 200. See also Southwark.

long parliament (of Charles I), 207 n95, 207, 211–15

Low Countries, the, 176, 185, 188, 191

Magna Carta, 6–7

maintenance, 125

malfeasance, 120

manorial law, 86, 88

Marches of Wales, court of, 51, 53, 83. See also Welsh law.

marriage, forced, 46–8, 56, 59, 97–107, 113–4

marriage regulation, 16, 51–2, 55, 99, 103–4, 111–4

marriage settlement, 86–8, 92

merchant, 17, 28, 156–66, 168–71, 173, 175–91, 205, 208

Mill, William (clerk of the council), 9, 31, 33, 38, 128–9.

mint, royal, 175, 178–9, 182, 184, 186

Montague, Henry (chief justice and recorder of London), 166, 187, 211

Moore, Francis (lawyer and legal writer), 168, 197

More, Thomas (lord high chancellor), 31

Morocco, 163, 171–2

murder, 70, 74, 102

Netherlands, the, 157–61, 163–4, 166, 173, 175, 178–9, 185, 203

Norfolk, 76, 78, 100

Northumberland, 103

Noy, William (attorney general), 211

ore tenus proceedings, 7, 13, 186 n35

Oxford University, 202

pardon, 6, 164, 178, 183, 185–6, 192–3

parliament, 1, 8, 27, 41, 46, 48, 51, 54, 99, 102, 111, 156, 176, 181, 195, 208, 211–13

peine forte et dure, 74

performativity, 16, 136–43, 148–9, 152–3

perjury, 9, 117, 119–21, 123, 129, 131

personal rule (of Charles I), 193, 208

piracy, 29, 161–3

plague, 75

plea of clergy, 71

poetry or verse, 28, 81–2, 137–9, 142–3, 147–9

Poland, 177, 190

Portugal, 159, 161, 163, 170–1

priest or minister, 61–2, 64–5, 67–9, 77, 121

prison

Bridewell prison, 71

Fleet prison, 6, 57, 189

gaol, 57, 69

Newgate prison, 124–125, 129

Poultry Compter prison, 186

Tower of London, 6

See also punishment sentenced by Star Chamber, imprisonment

privy council, 1, 8, 24, 32, 36, 166, 211

proclamation, royal, 8, 28, 178–80, 184, 186, 189, 193, 202-3

Prynne, William, 2, 203, 210–12

Pulton, Ferdinando (legal writer), 70, 153

punishment sentenced by Star Chamber

banishment, 23, 32

corporal, 6, 23

fine, 6, 23, 28, 33–5, 62, 68, 102, 106, 108, 111–2, 157, 175–7, 180–1, 185, 187, 189–91, 208

imprisonment, 6, 22–3, 30, 34, 102, 106, 108, 111, 176–7, 187, 189 See also prison

pillory, 187

puritan, 66–70, 76–8, 202, 204

Queen’s Bench, see King’s Bench, court of

rape or ravishment, 41–52, 54–5, 58–9, 61–6, 70–5, 77, 101. See also sexual violence or assault.

record, type of

answer, 21–2, 27, 29, 31, 34, 42, 52, 54–5, 63, 89–90, 92, 95, 124, 127–30

bill of complaint, 2–3, 7, 9–13, 17, 21–5, 27, 29–31, 42, 48, 50, 54, 58, 63, 89, 95, 105, 121, 124, 136–7, 144–9, 153, 180, 182

bond, 31–3

decree, 21, 23, 31–2, 35, 175, 203, 205

demurrer, 2, 22, 27, 31, 164, 168

deposition, 2–3, 16–7, 24, 30–1, 34, 42, 54, 63, 66–7, 71, 105, 116, 120–1, 124, 131, 166, 189

interrogatory, 2, 23, 31, 42, 49–50, 52, 55, 63, 67, 107, 166

order, 21, 23, 31–2, 175, 196

pleading, 2–3, 22–4, 27, 32, 42, 164, 168, 174

proof, 2–3, 23–4, 27, 42, 58–9, 112

rejoinder, 22, 27, 31, 34

replication, 21–2, 27, 31, 42

writ, 22, 31–4, 179–80

Reformation, 25, 77, 99, 102, 114

relator suit, 157, 165, 167

religious nonconformity, 6, 75, 195, 202, 210–11

reports (legal), 3, 8, 13, 37-9, 106, 108, 196–200, 206

reputational damage, 136, 140, 142–3, 150

Requests, court of, 12, 24, 28, 30, 38, 115, 126–7,

riot, 18, 22, 24, 34, 49–50, 71, 116, 124

Rushworth, John (legal writer), 39

sailor, 156, 159–60, 173

Scofield, Cora Louise, 4, 19

Scotland, 49, 179

sedition, 2, 30

servant, 52–3, 58, 61, 66, 69, 71, 74, 76, 84, 90–1, 106, 108, 120–1, 188

sexual violence or assault, 16, 43, 48–50, 61–6, 71–2, 78, 101–2. See also rape or ravishment.

Shakespeare, William, 18, 70

Sherfield, Henry, 202, 205, 207

sheriff, 22, 33, 57, 207

ship money, 212

shipwreck, 156–7, 160, 182

Skelton, Elfreda, 4, 14

slander, 69, 76, 137–138

smuggling, 176–82, 185, 187–94

soap makers, petition of, 207 n95

Southwark, 67, 109. See also London.

Spain, 158, 160–2, 165, 169–70, 173, 178, 182

spectatorship, 136, 138–9, 141–3, 150, 153

Staffordshire, 47

Star Chamber

abolition (1641), 1–3, 99, 193, 206–15

cataloguing challenges, 19–22, 29–30, 39, 42

criticism from contemporaries, 6–9, 13, 15, 193–4, 204–11, 213

exemplary function, 134, 198–201

historical reputation and notoriety, 1, 4–5, 14–5, 135, 137,

jurisdiction and types of cases, 1, 3, 9, 25–6, 28, 42, 51–2, 78, 83, 99, 110, 113, 138, 164–5, 168, 180, 211

jurisdictional conflict, 9, 17, 108, 112–3

length of records, 2–3, 175

litigants, characteristics of, 11–3, 16, 44–6, 83, 116, 123–7, 131–3

officers and clerks, 9, 21–2, 25–6, 31, 33–7, 129, 150–1

order and decree books, missing, 3, 16, 21, 23, 28, 31, 33, 37–9, 42, 106

origins (statute of 1487), 1, 9, 20, 99, 210–13

popularity, 5–6, 9, 11–5

prerogative actions, 8, 13, 46, 152, 212

public attendance, 149–50, 200–1

reports and notes, 3, 8, 11, 13, 16, 37–9, 99, 106, 138, 188, 194–8, 204, 212–3

revenue source, 16, 181, 185, 206–7

State Papers, 30–3, 36

subornation, 117, 119, 121–2, 125, 186

Suffolk, 32

Suffolk, earl of, see Howard, Thomas (lord treasurer)

suicide, 25–7

Surrey, 30

Sussex, 62, 101, 182

Swett, Katharine, 80, 87, 94

theatre or plays, 70, 138, 156

theft, 69–70, 124

threat of violence, 30, 79–80, 105

tithe dispute, 31

treason, 6, 109, 214

trespass, 69, 121

Verulam, lord, see Bacon, Francis (lord chancellor and attorney general)

vexatious litigation, 17, 117, 127, 136–7, 153

Wales, 16, 41, 48–9, 51, 79–86, 88–90, 93–6, 98, 103. See also Welsh law.

Waltham Forest, 50

ward, 43, 48, 55, 58–9, 103, 106–7

court of, 32

Welsh law, 79, 81–3, 86. See also Wales.

Westminster Palace, 20–2, 32

widow, 46–7, 54, 79–80, 83, 86–9, 91–2, 94–6, 102

will or testament, 87, 118–22

Williams, John (lord keeper), 199, 202, 205

Wiltshire, 101

witchcraft, see enchantment

Wolsey, Thomas (lord chancellor), 4, 24, 36

Wren, Christopher, 21

Yelverton, Henry (attorney general), 175–6, 179–80, 182, 184–5, 189–92, 204

yeoman, 44, 61–3, 68, 93, 119, 139

Yorkshire, 68, 100

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