Habeas Corpus Act 1640

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The Habeas Corpus Act 1640 is an Act of the Parliament of England (16 Cha I. c. 10) with the long title "An Act for the Regulating the Privie Councell and for taking away the Court commonly called the Star Chamber." ^[1] The Act was passed by the Long Parliament shortly after the impeachment and execution of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford in 1641 and before the English Civil War. It abolished the Star Chamber. ^[2]

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1. ^ 'Charles I, 1640: An Act for [the Regulating the Privie Councell and for taking away the Court commonly called the Star Chamber.', Statutes of the Realm: volume 5: 1628-80 (1819), pp. 110-12. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=47221. Date accessed: 06 March 2007.
2. ^ 'Book 1, Ch. 11: Charles I', A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark (1773), pp. 154-74. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=46728. Date accessed: 06 March 2007.