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Writs of Prohibition under James I

Robert C. Palmer, Cullen Professor of History and Law, The University of Houston


For prohibition cases in 1590, see the WAALT in the Thematic sector under Prohibitions/Premunire, then under the 1590s page. These lists are in a wiki, so that users can begin posting their own databases.

Commentary
(to come)

1.The Prohibition of Nicholas Fuller, Trinity term 1607, King's Bench
          Issues: professional privilege, oath ex officio, self-incrimination, court of high commission, construction of statutes


2. The Prohibition of John Pledall and Suzanna Michel, Trinity term 1607, King's Bench
          Issues: oath ex officio, self-incrimination, court of high commission, adultery, construction of pardons and letters patent


3. The Prohibition of John Wiseman, Trinity term 1607, King's Bench
          Issues: court of high commission, marriage and abandoment, alimony


4. The Prohibition of William Negus, Trinity term 1607, Common Pleas
          Issues: imposition of new tithes, use of depositions at common law, construction of statutes


5. The Prohibition of Robert Fawne, Trinity term 1607, Common Pleas
          Issues: high commission, protection of offices as free tenements, statutes and organizational bylaws


6. The Prohibition of Thomas Hicke, Trinity term 1607, Common Pleas
          Issues: tithes, statutes, consultation, tithes on lands of dissolved monasteries


7. The Prohibition of Robert Woodyerd & Thomas Symons, Trinity term 1607, Common Pleas
          Issues: high commission, defamation, parish order, tithing, imprisonment, construction of statutes


8. The Prohibition of Edward Farndon & Thomas Andrewes, Michaelmas term 1607, King's Bench
          Issues: oath ex officio, self-incrimination, court of high commission, construction of statutes, parish order, jurisdiciton over scandalous publications