Guide to the Palace of Westminster . he late J. L. Pearson, To commemorate the trial of Charles I., tablets are affixedupon the flight of steps which lead from Westminster Hall toSt. Stephens Porch, bearing the following inscriptions— This Tablet marks the spot where Charles Stuart, King of England,stood before the Court which sat pursuant to the ordinance for erectinga High Court of Justice for his trial, which was read the first, second, andthird time, and passed by Parliament on the 4th January, 1648-9. TheCourt met on Saturday, 20th, Monday the 22nd, Tuesday the 23rd,and on Saturday,
Guide to the Palace of Westminster . he late J. L. Pearson, To commemorate the trial of Charles I., tablets are affixedupon the flight of steps which lead from Westminster Hall toSt. Stephens Porch, bearing the following inscriptions— This Tablet marks the spot where Charles Stuart, King of England,stood before the Court which sat pursuant to the ordinance for erectinga High Court of Justice for his trial, which was read the first, second, andthird time, and passed by Parliament on the 4th January, 1648-9. TheCourt met on Saturday, 20th, Monday the 22nd, Tuesday the 23rd,and on Saturday, the 27th January, 1648-9, when the sentence of deathwas pronounced upon the King. The trial of the King was, by order of the Court, held where theCourts of Kings Bench and Chancery sat in Westminster Hall, and thisTablet marks the position of the Bar that separated those Courts fromthe length of the Hall. * Tablets are inserted in the floor of the Hall, indicating where theseevents took place, see pp. 75 and 77. Page Seventy HDL >- u UJ X -JUJPL, < I U In explanation of these inscriptions it must be borne in mindthat during the 17th and 18th centuries the Court of KingsBench and the Court of Chancery sat side by side at thesouthern end of Westminster Hall, enclosed within woodenpartitions extending down the Hall in length about 34 feetfrom the south end wall, upon a platform which was raisedup across the Hall. To form the Court for the Kings trial those partitions wereremoved, whilst a barrier, which was erected across the end ofthe platform to separate the Courts from the rest of the Hall,was retained. The Kings Judges were seated facing down the Hall onDenches placed in front of the southern end wall, and thePresident Bradshaw sat in the centre of the Court. BeforeBradshaw was placed the King : and the chair assigned to himstood with its back almost touching the bar which formed thelower end of the Court. The dimensions of the Courts of Kings Bench and Chancery
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