Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas is in Common Pleas.
On 23 Apr 1520 Robert Brudenell (age 59) was appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
On 22 Nov 1530 Robert Norwich was appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
In 1545 Edward Montagu (age 60) was appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
On 23 Aug 1553 Judge Richard Morgan was appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
On 08 Oct 1554 Robert Broke was appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
In Jan 1559 James Dyer (age 49) was appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
On 05 Oct 1588 Judge Anthony Browne was appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
In 1631 Robert Heath (age 55) was appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas which post he held until Sep 1634.
In Jan 1640 John Bankes (age 51) was appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Rutland 1640. 04 Jan 1640. Savoy.
F. Lord Willoughby to his uncle, the Earl of Rutland (age 60), at Belvoir Castle [Map].
When we ate your venison my wife and I drank your health and my Lady's and did not forget little Mr. George, whom, I am glad to hear, grows towards a man. "There hath beene a marriage at the court betweene one of my Lord of Corcke (age 73) sonnse (age 21) and my Lady Elizabeth Feelding, about which there is a greate stur, for it seemes he did not prove eoe rite as a man should be to goo about such a business. For the report goese that his manly part had lost something in his former serviocesse, and beside that he was soe full of severall disceases ... as that it was tould the Queene (age 30), whoe sent for my Lady Elizabeth, and tould her that she must desier her not to lett her husband lye with her that night, whoe put of, modilestly making little answere, but she seemed so lothe to understand the Queene (age 30), as that she tould her she must command her not to come in a pair of sheets with him, and tould her the reasons; soe as that he is gone out of the way some say into France, others thinks he is in London under cower. It was discovered by his sister (age 30) Mr. Goring's (age 31) wife, to whom he had imparted his grevancess, and she had plotted it soe, to make an excuse for him, that he should falie downe stares that day, and she would come and take him up, and soe he should complane how he had breused himselfe and strained his back with the fale, that he should be soe ill he was not fitt to goe to bed to his wife that night. But could not keepe her counsel but must tell her husband Jorge Goring (age 31), and he presently ran and tould the Queene (age 30), and soe it was discovered and then it was presently in every buddy's mouth.".
My Lord Keeper is so ill that the physicians think he cannot recover. My Lord Chief Justice Bramstone is talked of to be Lord Keeper, and Bishop Wren (age 54). It is known to be between those two. My Lord Finch (age 12) will be Chief Justice of the King's Bench and the Attorney General to be Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Signet.
On 23 May 1668 John Vaughan of Transgoed (age 64) was appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. He won lasting fame for his important decision in Bushell's Case, that juries were not to be fined for returning a verdict against the direction of the judge.
On 06 Apr 1687 Robert Wright (age 53) was appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
In 1724 Thomas Wyndham 1st Baron Wyndham (age 42) was appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
In Nov 1873 John Duke Coleridge 1st Baron Coleridge (age 52) was appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.