<P> The power of the Court of Star Chamber grew considerably under the House of Stuart , and by the time of King Charles I , it had become synonymous with misuse and abuse of power by the King and his circle . King James I and his son Charles used the court to examine cases of sedition , which meant that the court could be used to suppress opposition to royal policies . It came to be used to try nobles too powerful to be brought to trial in the lower court . </P>
in the early 1600s what crime was used extensively by the english court of the star chamber
sedition