On the Power Attribute of the Court of Admiralty of England in the Tudor Dynasty

Why the court of admiralty of England reached its peak during the Tudor period is a long-standing issue in academic circles, and it is necessary to clarify the attribute of the Court of Admiralty before answering this question. A comprehensive inspection of the admirals, judges of admiralty courts’ patents, and statutes of the realm during the Tudor period reveals that, on the one hand, the court of admiralty passed the substantive admirals’ judicial privileges, the typification of court of admiralty orders, and the autonomy of trial and enforcement privileges. On the other hand, on the basic of maritime upstarts, the court of admiralty, got rid of the control of the royal power and became an independent force in the English judicial system. The substantively operating independently court of admiralty may be the first comprehensive national judicial institution established in England in the early modern period.