‘Allowable or not?’ John Stokesley, the court of requests and royal justice in sixteenth-century England
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Flannigan, Laura https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3028-0918
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jats:titleAbstract</jats:title> jats:pIn 1523 the theologian John Stokesley was dismissed as a judge in the English court of requests following an investigation by the royal council. This article reconsiders the significance of this episode as part of continuous efforts to define royal justice across the sixteenth century. Grounded in unprecedentedly detailed research in the early Requests archive, the article studies the business and personnel of Requests before, during and after Stokesley’s presidency. It demonstrates that Stokesley’s indiscretions probably undermined the principles of royal justice and required amendment. But this was no simple victory for the common law over extra-legal, equitable justice.</jats:p>
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4303 Historical Studies, 43 History, Heritage and Archaeology, 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Historical Research
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0950-3471
1468-2281
1468-2281
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93
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
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