In Chapter 8 (pg. 126) Baker discusses the Ecclesiastic Courts in England that covered crimes committed by the Clergy, marriage and probate law. However, Baker makes not mention of an Inquisition court system as in France or Spain and I don't believe such a court ever existed in England.

I was wondering why England contained religious court that covered family and probate law, but had no Inquisitorial Court to handle heresy, witchcraft, etc.? Which courts then handled religious crimes such as heresy? Did the fact that there were no Inquisition mean that witchcraft and heresy were less often prosecuted in England?

-- MichaelCoburn - 24 Sep 2014