Court of High Commission

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The Court of High Commission was a powerful ecclesiastical tribunal in early modern England that enforced religious conformity and became notorious for its role in imposing controversial Anglican policies under the Stuarts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English royal court
ecclesiastical court
tribunal
abolishedBy Long Parliament 1640
surface form: Long Parliament

Triennial Act reforms
appliesTo England
Wales
associatedWith Archbishop of Canterbury
William Laud
associatedWithPolicy Anglican uniformity
anti-Puritan measures
enforcement of religious conformity
authorityDerivedFrom royal supremacy
chairperson Archbishop of Canterbury
competence clerical discipline
ecclesiastical offences
heresy
moral offences
religious nonconformity
country Kingdom of England
criticizedFor abuse of royal prerogative
arbitrary procedures
lack of jury trials
use of ex officio oath
dissolved 1641
establishedBy Elizabeth I of England
historicalPeriod Stuart England
Tudor dynasty
surface form: Tudor England
inception 1559
jurisdiction Church of England
legacy symbol of Stuart religious authoritarianism
legalBasis Act of Supremacy 1534
surface form: Act of Supremacy 1559
location London, England
surface form: London
memberOf English ecclesiastical legal system
metAt Lambeth Palace
Whitehall
notableUnder Charles I of England
Elizabethan religious settlement
surface form: Elizabethan Religious Settlement

James VI and I
surface form: James I of England
opposedBy Parliamentarians
Puritanism
surface form: Puritans

common lawyers
power censorship of publications
ex officio oaths
excommunication
imprison offenders
issue fines
licensing of preachers
relatedTo Star Chamber
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
subordinateTo Kingdom of England
surface form: English Crown

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Laudian religious reforms enforcedBy Court of High Commission
High Commission relatedTo Court of High Commission
this entity surface form: Court of High Commission for Scotland