High Commission Court

E45864

ecclesiastical court tribunal

The High Commission Court was a powerful ecclesiastical tribunal in England that enforced religious conformity and became notorious for its arbitrary and oppressive use of authority before being abolished in the 17th century.

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Label	Occurrences
High Commission Court canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ecclesiastical court ⓘ tribunal ⓘ
abolishedBy	Long Parliament 1640 ⓘ surface form: Long Parliament
abolishedDuring	reign of Charles I ⓘ
appliesTo	religious conformity ⓘ
basedOn	royal prerogative ⓘ
canImpose	excommunication ⓘ fines ⓘ imprisonment ⓘ suspension from office ⓘ
characterizedBy	arbitrary authority ⓘ oppressive procedures ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
dissolvedIn	17th century ⓘ
enforces	Acts of Uniformity ⓘ royal injunctions on religion ⓘ
governs	offences against the established church ⓘ
handles	cases of heresy ⓘ cases of moral and disciplinary offences by clergy ⓘ cases of nonconformist worship ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	clergy of the Church of England ⓘ laypersons accused of religious nonconformity ⓘ
hasReputation	instrument of religious persecution ⓘ symbol of Stuart absolutism ⓘ
historicalSignificance	contributed to tensions leading to the English Civil War ⓘ
jurisdiction	Church of England ⓘ
languageOfRecord	English ⓘ Latin ⓘ
legalArea	canon law ⓘ ecclesiastical law ⓘ
locatedIn	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
notableFor	enforcement of religious uniformity ⓘ lack of jury trials ⓘ persecution of religious dissenters ⓘ use of interrogation and oaths ex officio ⓘ
opposedBy	Parliamentarians ⓘ Puritanism ⓘ surface form: Puritans common lawyers ⓘ
partOf	Tudor and early Stuart religious policy ⓘ
reasonForAbolition	abuse of power ⓘ conflict with common law courts ⓘ opposition from Parliament ⓘ
relatedTo	Court of Arches ⓘ Star Chamber ⓘ
subordinateTo	monarch of England ⓘ
timePeriod	early 17th century ⓘ late 16th century ⓘ

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Subject: High Commission Court
Description of subject: The High Commission Court was a powerful ecclesiastical tribunal in England that enforced religious conformity and became notorious for its arbitrary and oppressive use of authority before being abolished in the 17th century.

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Long Parliament 1640 → abolishedInstitution → High Commission Court ⓘ

subject surface form: Long Parliament