This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Secretaries of State power in imprisonments debated in old law
A historical discussion argues that Secretaries of State did exercise power to commit for trial or punishment. It contrasts common law, statutes, and ancient reports, citing Holt and Kendal Roe cases, and posits that enduring practice since Elizabethan times supports such commitments by secretaries, despite debates over legal basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isme
Charles II
Henry VI
Privy Council
Hart
D’anveris
Scroggs
D’anvers
D’ Anvers
Edward II
England
Kendal and
Roe
Conservators of the Peace
Office of Justice of Peace
John Hawles
Arguendo
Staundford
Secretary of
Commons
Hainous
Hoth Veen
Zales
D’ Auvers
John Holt
Salkeld
Sir Bartholomew
Lord Trevor
Folin'Hawles
Holt
Bartholomew
Kendal
Queen Elizabeth S
Fran Halingham
Hellyard
Whch
Anderton
Agng’s
Suikeld
D’davers
Elizabeth
Francis Houlingham
Morres
Lionel Jenkins