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
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 England
linked to: Tudor dynasty
inception 1559
jurisdiction Church of England
legacy symbol of Stuart religious authoritarianism
legalBasis Act of Supremacy 1559
location London
linked to: London, England
memberOf English ecclesiastical legal system
metAt Lambeth Palace
Whitehall
notableUnder Charles I of England
Elizabethan Religious Settlement
James I of England
linked to: James VI and I
opposedBy Parliamentarians
Puritans
linked to: Puritanism

common lawyers
power censorship of publications
ex officio oaths
excommunication
imprison offenders
issue fines
licensing of preachers
relatedTo Star Chamber
religion Anglicanism
subordinateTo English Crown
linked to: Kingdom of England

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Laudian religious reforms enforcedBy Court of High Commission
High Commission relatedTo Court of High Commission for Scotland
linked to: Court of High Commission