Judgment
The holding of the case can best be summed by Coke's words,
| “ | In all cases when the King is party, the sheriff may break the party's house, either to arrest him, or to do other execution of the K's process, if otherwise he cannot enter. But before he breaks it, he ought to signify the cause of his coming, and to make request to open doors… | ” |
The case is also famous for Coke's quote;
| “ | the house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence as for his repose. | ” |
which became the popular proverb "an Englishman's home is his castle"
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