Note 1368 — Chapter X · RISE OF CIVIL MARRIAGE
Reading edition
Laud had put an end to these irregular marriages in the Tower. At his trial in 1644 he was for this accused of interfering with popular liberty, and ably defended himself by showing the legality of his action: Jeaffreson, op. cit., II, 116, 117; Burn, op. cit., 145 n. 2.