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
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
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
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
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
Cornwall, 146
Cotton, Isaac (clerk of the process of Star Chamber and legal writer), 199
counterfeit coin, 176–9, 184, 186
county session, 51
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
deodand, 26
Derbyshire, 47
Devereux, Robert (earl of Essex), 77, 83, 85
disguise, 49
Dorset, 139
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)
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
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
Great Fire of London (1666), 156
guardianship, 52, 79, 89–90, 94–5, 101–3, 105–7
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
Jew, 158–9, 162, 164, 166, 171, 173 n145
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
lawyer, 2, 5, 35, 37, 57, 62, 66, 68, 76, 96, 108, 118, 129, 132, 138, 150–1, 194, 196–8, 213–14
legal aid, 120, 125 n32, 126–8, 131–2. See also in forma pauperis.
libel, 2, 6, 14, 16, 28, 135–51, 153, 213
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
maintenance, 125
malfeasance, 120
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
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
Netherlands, the, 157–61, 163–4, 166, 173, 175, 178–9, 185, 203
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
plague, 75
plea of clergy, 71
poetry or verse, 28, 81–2, 137–9, 142–3, 147–9
Portugal, 159, 161, 163, 170–1
priest or minister, 61–2, 64–5, 67–9, 77, 121
prison
Bridewell prison, 71
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
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
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
pleading, 2–3, 22–4, 27, 32, 42, 164, 168, 174
proof, 2–3, 23–4, 27, 42, 58–9, 112
Reformation, 25, 77, 99, 102, 114
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
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.
Sherfield, Henry, 202, 205, 207
ship money, 212
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
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
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
subornation, 117, 119, 121–2, 125, 186
Suffolk, 32
Suffolk, earl of, see Howard, Thomas (lord treasurer)
Surrey, 30
theatre or plays, 70, 138, 156
threat of violence, 30, 79–80, 105
tithe dispute, 31
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.
widow, 46–7, 54, 79–80, 83, 86–9, 91–2, 94–6, 102
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