in the Constance Kent case, he argued, against settled opinion, that the principle of priest–penitent privilege applied in English law. He maintained a lifelong friendship and correspondence with Hope-Scott and his family and Newman dedicated his Verses on Various Occasions to him as gratitude for his support in the Achilli trial. Badeley died on 29 March 1868 at his chambers at 13 Paper Buildings in the Inner Temple. References Bibliography The first edition of this text is available at Wikisource (see ). Further reading 1800s births 1868 deaths 19th-century Anglicans 19th-century English lawyers 19th-century Roman Catholics Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Canon law of the Church of England Converts to Roman Catholicism from Anglicanism English Anglo-Catholics English barristers English Roman Catholics