Father Thomas Copley S.J. (d. 1652) was born in Madrid in 1595/6 to an exiled English Catholic family. He joined the Maryland mission in 1637 under the alias Philip Fisher. In 1645 in the midst of the English Civil War, Richard Ingle, captain of the Reformation and under the authority of a Parliamentary Letter of Marque, plundered Maryland. Ingle, who mostly pursued wealthy Catholics, brought to England under arrest the Jesuit priests Thomas Copley and Andrew White on charges related to the legislation, An Act Against Jesuits, Seminary Priests and Other Such Disobedient Persons (1585). This article examines the proceedings of the High Court of Admiralty and the High Court of Chancery that relate to Ingle’s Rebellion (1645-1646). In particular, it examines the methods employed by Fr. Copley not only to escape execution but also to pursue Richard Ingle for damages to property and person. It therefore delineates the intersections between national allegiance, civil rights, and confessional adherence in Catholic and non-Catholic imaginations in both England and her empire. Importantly, this case study illustrates how English Jesuits navigated and used an immature English imperial jurisprudence to their advantage.

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耶稣会士和绅士种植园主：英格尔的叛乱与托马斯·科普利 SJ 的诉讼

Thomas Copley SJ 神父（卒于 1652 年）于 1595/6 年出生于马德里一个流亡的英国天主教家庭。1637 年，他化名菲利普·费舍尔加入马里兰州传道部。1645 年，英国内战期间，英国海军上尉理查德·英格尔改革并在马克议会信件的授权下，掠夺了马里兰州。英格尔主要追捕富有的天主教徒，他将耶稣会神父托马斯·科普利和安德鲁·怀特逮捕到英格兰，罪名是与立法有关的指控，《反对耶稣会士、神学院牧师和其他此类不听话的人的法案》（1585 年）。本文研究了与英格尔叛乱（1645-1646 年）有关的高等海事法院和高等衡平法院的诉讼程序。特别是，它检查了 Fr 采用的方法。科普利不仅要逃避死刑，还要追究理查德英格尔的财产和人身损失。因此，它描绘了英格兰及其帝国在天主教和非天主教想象中的国家效忠、公民权利和忏悔信仰之间的交叉点。重要的，