 The Lord Chancellor, Lord Ellesmere, issued a common injunction from the Chancery prohibiting the enforcement of the common law order.The two courts became locked in a stalemate, and the matter was eventually referred to the Attorney-General, Sir Francis Bacon.Sir Francis, by authority of King James I, upheld the use of the common injunction and concluded that in the event of any conflict between the common law and equity, equity would prevail.