There were many events after granting of Magna Carta in 1215 that had significant impacts on the development of the jury system. In November 1215, Pope Innocent II opened a council of the Western Church, known as the Fourth Lateran Council. This was the 12th ecumenical council recognised by the Church. In this time, Pope Innocent III prohibited priests from taking part in trial by ordeal. Trial by ordeal eventually became eliminated in remote places as priests disobeyed the order. This led to the prime ways in which guilt or innocents was determined being abolished, making England’s criminal law unenforceable. It meant the jury process became more ordinary. In 1275, the Statue of Westminster I came about in England. This statute stated
