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.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (51)

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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Referenced by (4)

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

Laudian religious reforms → enforcedBy → Court of High Commission ⓘ
High Commission → relatedTo → Court of High Commission for Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Court of High Commission
English ecclesiastical courts → higherCourt → Court of Delegates ⓘ
linked to: Court of High Commission
correspondence of William Laud → hasMainSubject → Court of High Commission ⓘ