Ferdinando Pulton
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Ferdinando Pulton[1] (1536–1618) was an English legal writer, the first to attempt a comprehensive book treating criminal law. This was his De pace Regis et regni, first published in 1609.[2]
Pulton belonged to Lincoln's Inn, but he was a Roman Catholic, so that at that time a legal career was denied to him. He was a student at Christ's College, University of Cambridge.
He wrote also a Collection of Sundrie Statutes (1618). This is credited with making the term Star Chamber common in use.[3] Earlier works were his Abstract of all the Penal Statutes (1577)[4] and A kalender, or table, comprehending the effect of all the statutes (1606).
He resided in Bourton, Buckinghamshire.[5]
References
- Concise Dictionary of National Biography
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Notes
- ↑ Also Ferdinand, or Fardinando Pulton.
- ↑ In print (2005) Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Star Chamber: Definition and Much More from Answers.com
- ↑ 1586 edition at Internet Archive
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".