STAC 8/203/38 — Lloyd v. Barker (Star Chamber, 1607)
The National Archives (UK), Kew — series STAC 8 (Star Chamber Proceedings, James I) · Trinity term, 5 Jac. I (1607)
This is the working record of a first-hand diplomatic transcription of STAC 8/203/38 — the Star Chamber examinations, interrogatories, answer, and depositions arising from the proceedings against Justice Barker and others, the factual matrix behind Floyd v. Barker, 12 Co. Rep. 23 (1607), the foundation of judicial immunity doctrine. The file self-dates to Trinity term, 5 Jac. I; the TNA catalogue styles the cause Lloyde v. Lewys, the leaf-001 caption styles it Lloyd v. Barker & others, and the membrane-009 endorsement reads ad sect[am] Barker — the three styling strata are themselves an open research question.
Every reading here is provisional. These are working papers: uncertainty is marked rather than resolved, deltas between passes are logged, and unresolved readings are flagged for professional arbitration against the original. Corrections and collaboration are welcome — contact@lawsofexistence.com.
- Open a membrane below — the leaf image sits beside its documents (PDF).
- Compare the image against the transcript (continuous text with editorial notes) and the line index (line-by-line census).
- Readings marked
[?]are uncertain;⟦…⟧notes record what later passes changed and why. - The working papers below track every open question and delta across passes.
[?]- uncertain reading
[…] / [__]- supplied / illegible
^word^- interlineation (inserted above the line)
~~text~~- scribal strike-through
«or»- in-line insertion
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⟦4B: …⟧- editorial fold-in note from a later verification pass
