Aug 21, 2022 | 17th Century, England, Legal Case, Transcription
Legal case Godden v. Hales Introduction Godden v. Hales was a King’s Bench case from 1686 between Sir Edward Hales and Mr. Godden. Hales had converted to Catholicism in 1685 and given command of a regiment of foot by King James VII/II. This position required the...
May 1, 2020 | 17th Century, England, Legal Case, Transcription
Rewriting slave law Chamberlain v. Harvey (1696) After the Glorious Revolution, the members of the convention parliament barred all of James II’s high court justices from serving, as they believed that his judges had enabled his absolutism via decisions such as...
Apr 30, 2020 | 17th Century, England, Legal Case, Transcription
Slavery in the courts Butts v. Penny(1677) A crucial English Common Law case to define African slavery, and to create mechanisms to enforce ownership and recover debts related to slave sales. Over the following decades, the English courts became a battleground over...
