Charles II
historical figure · 4 works · 5 mentions · 9 anchored passages
the King · 16 and 17 Charles II · Charles · Charles II. · Defender of the Faith · King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland
in the texts
The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660
Son of Charles I, restored to the throne in 1660 after issuing the Declaration of Breda.
Charles II dated the Declaration of Breda in the twelfth year of his reign.
Charles II was not what Charles I had been, nor were Juxon and Sheldon what Laud had been.
After a period of disorder following Oliver’s death in the same year, Charles II was restored to the Crown.
An Essay on the Trial by Jury
King of England under whom a jury qualification statute was enacted.
All which persons having such estato as aforesaid are hereby enabled and made liable to be returned and serve as jurors for the trial of issues before the justices aforesaid, any law or statute to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding,”—16 and 17 Charles II.
The Genius of the Common Law
Restoration king associated with practical statecraft and the abolition of military tenures.
Charles II, alone of his dynasty, had a share of the practical worldly wisdom that told the Tudors where to hold their hand.
The later example is the statute, commonly called of Wards and Liveries, which abolished military tenures and their incidents at the restoration of Charles II, in substance re-enacting the work of the Commonwealth.
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
King of England under whom the feudal system, and with it disputes over feudal military service, was abolished.
, when the feudal system was abolished, quarrels frequently arose, the most famous of which, in 1297, led to Edward’s unseemly wrangle with his hereditary Constable and Marshal, who refused to embark for Gascony except in attendance on the King’s person.