The Justice of Chester was the chief judicial authority for the county palatine of Chester, from the establishment of the county[1] until the abolition of the Great Sessions in Wales and the palatine judicature in 1830.[2]
Within the County Palatine (which encompassed Cheshire, the City of Chester, and Flintshire), the Justice enjoyed the jurisdiction possessed in England by the Court of Common Pleas and the King's Bench.[3] While the legal reorganisation of Wales and the Marches under Henry VIII diminished the authority of the Earl of Chester (i.e., the Prince of Wales) in the County Palatine, the authority of the Justice was, in fact, increased. In 1542, the Great Sessions were established in Wales, that country being divided into four circuits of three shires each. Denbighshire, Flintshire, and Montgomeryshire were made part of the Chester circuit, over which the Justice presided. Under Elizabeth I, a second justice was added to each of the Welsh circuits,[4] after which the senior and junior justice are generally referred to as the Chief Justice of Chester and the Second or Puisne Justice of Chester.
Because the Cheshire justices were free to practise as barristers in the English courts or sit in Parliament, the post of Chief Justice was often awarded as a form of patronage by the Government to aspiring lawyers. The offices of Chief and Puisne Justice were abolished in 1830, as part of reforms that also brought Wales under the jurisdiction of the courts at Westminster.
^Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition. p. 691.
^Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition. p. 332.
^Bothwell, James. Edward III and the English Peerage: Royal Patronage, Social Mobility, and ... p. App. 2.
^Institute of Archaeology and Natural History, Suffolk. Proceedings, Volume 4, Issues 1-4. p. 28.
Bibliographyedit
Yates, Joseph Brooks (1856). The Rights and Jurisdiction of the County Palatine of Chester, the Earls Palatine, the Chamberlain, and Other Officers. Charles Simms & Co. Retrieved 4 May 2007.
The Penny Cyclopedia of the Society for the Dissemination of Useful Knowledge, Volume XXVI. London: Charles Knight & Co. 1843. Retrieved 4 May 2007.
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The Justice of Chester was the chief judicial authority for the county palatine of Chester from the establishment of the county 1 until the abolition of the Great Sessions in Wales and the palatine judicature in 1830 2 Within the County Palatine which encompassed Cheshire the City of Chester and Flintshire the Justice enjoyed the jurisdiction possessed in England by the Court of Common Pleas and the King s Bench 3 While the legal reorganisation of Wales and the Marches under Henry VIII diminished the authority of the Earl of Chester i e the Prince of Wales in the County Palatine the authority of the Justice was in fact increased In 1542 the Great Sessions were established in Wales that country being divided into four circuits of three shires each Denbighshire Flintshire and Montgomeryshire were made part of the Chester circuit over which the Justice presided Under Elizabeth I a second justice was added to each of the Welsh circuits 4 after which the senior and junior justice are generally referred to as the Chief Justice of Chester and the Second or Puisne Justice of Chester Because the Cheshire justices were free to practise as barristers in the English courts or sit in Parliament the post of Chief Justice was often awarded as a form of patronage by the Government to aspiring lawyers The offices of Chief and Puisne Justice were abolished in 1830 as part of reforms that also brought Wales under the jurisdiction of the courts at Westminster Contents 1 Justices of Chester 2 Chief and Puisne Justices of Chester 3 References 4 BibliographyJustices of Chester editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2008 Philip Orreby 1202 29 5 John de Grey c 1246 6 William de Vernon 1229 1236 Richard de Vernon Earl of Lincoln John Lestrange 1241 1245 John Grey 1245 1249 Alan la Zouche 1250 1255 7 Gilbert Talbot 1255 7 Roger de Montalt Mohaut aka Mold 1258 1259 7 Fulk de Orreby 1259 1261 7 Thomas de Orreby 1261 1262 7 William la Zouche 1262 8 Luke de Thaney c 1265 8 7 James de Audley c 1265 7 Reginald de Grey 1st Baron Grey de Wilton c 1270 Robert de Ufford c 1276 9 Guncelin Badelesmere 1276 79 Reginald de Grey 1st Baron Grey de Wilton 1281 1290 Reginald de Grey 1st Baron Grey de Wilton c 1297 Richard Massy c 1300 8 Robert Holland 1st Baron Holand c 1307 c 1320 Pain de Tibetot c 1311 10 Richard Daumary c 1325 11 William de Clinton 1st Earl of Huntingdon c 1330 12 Hugh de Freyne c 1335 13 Henry Ferrers 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby 1336 1342 14 Thomas de Felton 1369 1381 15 Sir John Holland 1381 1385 Edmund of Langley 1st Duke of York 1385 1387 Robert de Vere Duke of Ireland 1387 1388 Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester 1388 1391 John Holland 1st Duke of Exeter 1391 1394 Thomas de Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk 1394 1398 William le Scrope 1st Earl of Wiltshire 1398 1399 Henry Percy 1400 1403 Gilbert Talbot 5th Baron Talbot 1403 1419 Thomas Beaufort Duke of Exeter 1420 1427 Humphrey Duke of Gloucester 1427 1440 William de la Pole 1st Duke of Suffolk 1440 1450 jointly from 1443 murdered 1450 Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley 1443 1459 jointly to 1450 John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury 1459 1460 KIA 1460 in commission 1460 John Needham 1461 Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby 1461 1471 Richard Duke of Gloucester 1471 Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby 1471 1504 Sir Thomas Englefield 1505 1514 Sir Nicholas Hare 1540 1545 Sir Robert Townshend 1545 1557 Sir John Pollard 1557 George Wood Esq 1558 of Hall atte Wood Balterley Staffordshire John Throckmorton 1558 1578 Sir George Bromley 1564 1589 Richard Shuttleworth 1589 1592 Sir Richard Lewknor 1592 1616Chief and Puisne Justices of Chester editYear Chief Justice Puisne Justice1603 Sir Richard Lewknor Henry Townshend1616 Sir Thomas Chamberlayne1620 Sir James Whitelocke1624 Sir Thomas Chamberlayne1625 Sir John Bridgeman Marmaduke Lloyd1636 Richard Prytherg1638 Sir Thomas Milward1648 John Bradshaw Peter Warburton1649 Thomas Fell1660 Timothy Turner1661 Sir Geoffrey Palmer Bt Robert Milward1662 Sir Job Charlton1674 George Johnson1680 Sir George Jeffreys1681 John Warren1684 Sir Edward Herbert1686 Sir Edward Lutwyche1686 Sir Job Charlton1689 Sir John Trenchard Lyttelton Powis1690 John Coombe1696 Salathiel Lovel1697 Joseph Jekyll1707 John Pocklington1711 John Warde1714 Edward Jeffreys1717 Spencer Cowper1726 John Willes1729 Sir John Willes William Jessop1734 John Verney Richard Potenger1738 Matthew Skinner1740 John Talbot1749 William Noel1756 Taylor White1762 John Morton1771 John Skynner1777 Francis Buller1778 Daines Barrington1780 Lloyd Kenyon1784 Richard Pepper Arden1788 Edward Bearcroft Francis Burton1796 James Adair1798 William Grant1799 James Mansfield1804 Vicary Gibbs1805 Robert Dallas1813 Richard Richards1814 Sir William Garrow1815 William Draper Best1816 Samuel Marshall1817 John Leach Thomas Jervis1818 William Draper Best1818 John Copley1819 Charles WarrenOffices abolished 1830References edit Yates p 6 Yates p 7 Yates pp 32 33 The Penny Cyclopedia p 505 Jones Douglas The Church in Chester 1300 1540 p 102 Gastrell Francis Notitia Cestriensis Or Historical Notices of the Diocese of Chester Cheshire p 140 a b c d e f g Jones Philip In Search of Chester s Medieval Castle a b c Hanshall J H The history of the county palatine of Chester p 143 Magna Carta Ancestry A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families 2nd Edition p 494 Public Records Great Britain Report 1840 1908 Volume 36 p 27 THE THIRTY SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT p 370 Plantagenet Ancestry A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families 2nd Edition p 691 Plantagenet Ancestry A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families 2nd Edition p 332 Bothwell James Edward III and the English Peerage Royal Patronage Social Mobility and p App 2 Institute of Archaeology and Natural History Suffolk Proceedings Volume 4 Issues 1 4 p 28 Bibliography editYates Joseph Brooks 1856 The Rights and Jurisdiction of the County Palatine of Chester the Earls Palatine the Chamberlain and Other Officers Charles Simms amp Co Retrieved 4 May 2007 The Penny Cyclopedia of the Society for the Dissemination of Useful Knowledge Volume XXVI London Charles Knight amp Co 1843 Retrieved 4 May 2007 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Justice of Chester amp oldid 1128864257, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
