Church of England. Court of Arches of Canterbury

The Court of Arches was the court of appeal for civil cases of the consistory courts of the dioceses of the province of Canterbury. Until 1874, it included the province of York. . The Court of Arches dealt with four main types of cases: 1. Matrimonial: suits relating to clandestine marriages, validity of marriage contracts, or to nullify marriages . 2. Testamentary: the largest proportion of cases brought before the Court of Arches were disputed inheritances,...