Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Life and Government in England.
The legal right of clergymen to bypass the King's courts and be tried in the more lenient Church courts.
Benefit of Clergy appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for The Reigns of King Richard I and King John, especially Life and Government in England and The Feudal System.
The Reigns of King Richard I and King John
The Feudal System
Anglo-Saxon and Norman England
The Feudal System and the Church
British America: Empire and Revolution
Developments in Colonial Society
Crime and Punishment in Britain and Whitechapel
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Case Study: The Influence of the Church