English ecclesiastical courts

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English ecclesiastical courts were church-run judicial bodies in England that handled matters such as marriage, morality, wills, and clerical discipline under canon law.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf church court ⓘ
ecclesiastical court system ⓘ
appliedLaw canon law ⓘ
ecclesiastical law ⓘ
country England ⓘ
higherCourt Court of Arches ⓘ
Court of Delegates ⓘ
High Court of Delegates ⓘ
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ⓘ
historicalPeriod Stuart period ⓘ
Tudor period ⓘ
linked to: Tudor England

Victorian era ⓘ
early modern England ⓘ
medieval England ⓘ
includedCourtType Court of Arches ⓘ
archdeaconry court ⓘ
consistory court ⓘ
peculiar court ⓘ
prerogative court ⓘ
jurisdiction adultery ⓘ
blasphemy ⓘ
church discipline ⓘ
church property ⓘ
clerical discipline ⓘ
defamation ⓘ
faculty jurisdiction ⓘ
fornication ⓘ
heresy ⓘ
legitimacy ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
matrimonial causes ⓘ
morality ⓘ
pews and seats in church ⓘ
probate ⓘ
testamentary matters ⓘ
tithes ⓘ
wills ⓘ
languageOfRecord English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
lostJurisdictionTo civil courts ⓘ
lostMatrimonialJurisdictionTo Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes ⓘ
lostProbateJurisdictionTo Court of Probate ⓘ
operatedBy Church of England ⓘ
procedureType inquisitorial procedure ⓘ
punishmentType excommunication ⓘ
interdict ⓘ
penance ⓘ
suspension from office ⓘ
relatedTo English legal history ⓘ
canon law of the Church of England ⓘ
significantReform Court of Probate Act 1857 ⓘ
Ecclesiastical Courts Act 1857 ⓘ
Judicature Acts ⓘ
Reformation in England ⓘ
linked to: English Reformation
usedOfficial advocate ⓘ
chancellor ⓘ
commissary ⓘ
proctor ⓘ
registrar ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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

Act in Restraint of Appeals 1533 → relatedTo → English ecclesiastical courts ⓘ
Measures of the Church of England → enforcedBy → ecclesiastical courts of the Church of England ⓘ
linked to: English ecclesiastical courts
Act in Restraint of Appeals → transferredAppealsTo → English ecclesiastical courts ⓘ
John Greenwood → opposedBy → ecclesiastical courts of the Church of England ⓘ
linked to: English ecclesiastical courts
Canon C1 → enforcedBy → ecclesiastical courts of the Church of England ⓘ
linked to: English ecclesiastical courts
John Godolphin → areaOfInfluence → English ecclesiastical courts ⓘ
Dean of the Arches → category → Church courts of the Church of England ⓘ
linked to: English ecclesiastical courts
Official Principal of the Archbishop of Canterbury → isPartOf → ecclesiastical courts of the Church of England ⓘ
linked to: English ecclesiastical courts
Prerogative Court of Canterbury → category → Ecclesiastical courts of the Church of England ⓘ
linked to: English ecclesiastical courts
Prerogative Court of York → category → Ecclesiastical courts of the Church of England ⓘ
linked to: English ecclesiastical courts