Star-chamber

William Noy as attorney-general instituted proceedings against Prynne in the Star-chamber.

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William Noy as attorney-general instituted proceedings against Prynne in the Star-chamber.

Archive 2009-11-29 Toby O'B 2009

Star-chamber matter of it: if he were twenty Sir John

The Merry Wives of Windsor 2004

QUOTATION: I will make a Star-chamber matter of it.

Quotations 1919

Sir Hugh, persuade me not; I will make a Star-chamber matter of it; if he were twenty Sir John Falstaffs he shall not abuse Robert Shallow, esquire.

Act I. Scene I. The Merry Wives of Windsor 1914

Statute 39 Eliz., ch. iv, evil-doers were whipped and sent back to the place of their nativity; moreover, Star-chamber whippings were frequent.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

It is a good thing that the Inquisition, Star-chamber, and other compulsory institutions of the dark past have departed from Europe, and have never been tolerated in America.

The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891 Various 1888

Star-chamber seems to have been twofold: first, to inure men's minds to an authority more immediately connected with the crown than the ordinary courts of law and less tied down to any rules of pleading or evidence; secondly, to eke out a scanty revenue by penalties and forfeitures.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

Foremost among these courts in power and in infamy were the Star-chamber and the High

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

It will sufficiently illustrate the spirit of these times to mention that the sole offence imputed to the Bishop of Lincoln in the last information against him in the Star-chamber was that he had received certain letters from one

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 John [Editor] Rudd 1885