Ecclesiastical Prisons and Royal Authority in the Reign of Henry VII
After his appointment as chief justice of King's Bench in 1495, John Fyneux pressured the ecclesiastical hierarchy through indictments for escapes which explored which officials had responsibility for the prisons and how they were managed, and thereby successfully asserted the royal right of ov...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2019]
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2019, Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 750-766 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Heinrich, VII., England, König 1457-1509
/ England
/ Bishop
/ Prison
/ Supervision
/ Flight
/ Responsibility
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| RelBib Classification: | KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages KBF British Isles RB Church office; congregation SA Church law; state-church law XA Law |
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| Summary: | After his appointment as chief justice of King's Bench in 1495, John Fyneux pressured the ecclesiastical hierarchy through indictments for escapes which explored which officials had responsibility for the prisons and how they were managed, and thereby successfully asserted the royal right of oversight. By the end of Henry VII's reign his bishops, faced with ruinous fines like other lords, had largely accepted their role as gaolers under royal authority, and thus contributed to the bureaucratisation of the hierarchy which Henry VIII would exploit to such good effect. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046918002671 |