 Since it was created in the fourteenth century the court has always sat when required, except for the short time between 1634 and its temporary abolition by the Long Parliament in 1640 when it sat on a regular basis.During this time the court heard well over a thousand cases, of which evidence survives from 738 cases.The court was last convened in 1954 for the case of "Manchester Corporation v Manchester Palace of Varieties Ltd"; prior to this, the Court had not sat for two centuries and before hearing the case, the Court first had to rule whether it still existed.