Justice of the Common Pleas was a puisne judicial position within the Court of Common Pleas of England and Wales, under the Chief Justice. The Common Pleas was the primary court of common law within England and Wales, dealing with "common" pleas (civil matters between subject and subject). It was created out of the common law jurisdiction of the Exchequer of Pleas, with splits forming during the 1190s and the division becoming formal by the beginning of the 13th century.[1] The court became a key part of the Westminster courts, along with the Exchequer of Pleas (qualified to hear cases involving revenue owed to the King) and the Court of King's Bench (authorised to hear cases involving the King), but with the Writ of Quominus and the Statute of Westminster, both tried to extend their jurisdiction into the realm of common pleas. As a result, the courts jockeyed for power. In 1828 Henry Brougham, a Member of Parliament, complained in Parliament that as long as there were three courts unevenness was inevitable, saying that "It is not in the power of the courts, even if all were monopolies and other restrictions done away, to distribute business equally, as long as suitors are left free to choose their own tribunal", and that there would always be a favourite court, which would therefore attract the best lawyers and judges and entrench its position.[2] The outcome was the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873, under which all the central courts were made part of a single Supreme Court of Judicature. Eventually the government created a High Court of Justice under Lord Coleridge by an Order in Council of 16 December 1880. At this point, the Common Pleas formally ceased to exist.[3]
The number of Justices at any one time varied; between 1377 and 1420 there were generally four, switching to five from 1420 to 1471. From 1471 onwards, the number was fixed at 3. This changed in the 19th century; provisions were made for the appointment of a Fourth Justice and Fifth Justice in 1830 and 1868 respectively.[4] From the start of the 14th century, Justices were appointed via letters patent made under the Great Seal, and held their appointments "under the pleasure of the King".[5] Justices received the same remuneration as judges of the Exchequer of Pleas and Court of King's Bench; £1,000 in 1660, increased to £2,000 in 1759 and £4,000 in 1809. From 1799, pensions were also awarded to retiring Justices.[6]
Name | Born/Died | Active service | Reason for termination | Notes |
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Simon of Pattishall | d. c. 1217 | 1190 – 1206 | Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | [7] |
Thomas of Moulton | d. 1240 | 1224 – 1229 | Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | [8] |
Robert of Lexinton | d. 1250 | 1227 – 1236 | Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | [9] |
William de Raley | d. 1250 | 1229 – 1233 | Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | [10] |
Robert of Nottingham | d. 1245 | 1245 | Died in office | [11] |
Henry of Bath | d. 1260 | 1238 – 1241 | Went on a trip to Ireland and was made Chief Justice of the Common Pleas when he returned | [12] |
Roger of Thirkleby | d. 1260 | 1242 – 1249 | Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | [13] |
Gilbert of Preston | c. 1209 – 1274 | 1240–1260 | Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | |
Roger of Seaton | c. 1230 – c. 1280 | 1270 – 1274 | Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | [6][14] |
Stephen Heym | d. 1275 | 1271 – 1274 | Died between sessions | [6] |
Robert Fulks | 10 April 1271 – 1274 | [6] | ||
Ralph de Hengham | c. 1235 – 18 May 1311 | 1273 – 1274 | Became Chief Justice of the King's Bench | [6][15] |
William Weyland | d. 25 March 1274 | 1273 – 1274 | Died | [16] |
John Cobham | 1273 – 1276 | Became a Baron of the Exchequer | [16] | |
Richard de Stanes | d. 1277 | 1274 – 1276 | Became Chancellor of the Exchequer | [16] |
Thomas Weyland | c. 1230 – January 1298 | 1274 – 1278 | Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | [16][17] |
John de Lovetot | d. 1294 | 1275 – 1289 | Disgraced after failing to prevent Thomas Weyland from altering court documents | [16][18] |
Ralph de Farningham | 1275 – 1278 | [16] | ||
Roger de Leicester | 1276 – 1289 | Removed for "extortion and other judicial crimes" | [16][19] | |
Walter de Helyun | 1278 – 1281 | [16] | ||
William de Brompton | 1278 – 1289 | Removed and imprisoned in the Tower of London for "corruption in his office". | [16][20] | |
Elias Beckingham | d. 1307 | 14 October 1285 – 1307 | Died | [16] |
Robert Hertford | 15 January 1290 – 1294 | [16] | ||
William Gisleham | d. January 1293 | 15 January 1290 – January 1293 | Died | [16] |
Robert Thorp | d. 1291 | 15 January 1290 – 1291 | Died | [16][21] |
William Bereford | 7 February 1292 – 1309 | Becomes Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | [22] | |
Peter Mallore | d. 1311 | 28 August 1292 – 1308 | [22] | |
William Howard | d. 1308 | 8 October 1297 – 24 August 1308 | Died | [22] |
Lambert de Trickingham | 1300 – 1316 | Became a justice of the King's Bench | [22] | |
Henry de Guldeford | 22 November 1305 – 1306 | [22] | ||
Hervey de Stanton | c. 1260 – November 1327 | 20 April 1306 – 28 September 1314 | Became a Baron of the Exchequer | [22][23] |
Henry le Stanton | 20 November 1308 – 15 June 1317 5 February 1327 – 28 October 1329 |
Became Chief Justice of the King's Bench Again appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench |
[22] | |
John de Benstede | d. 1323 | 6 October 1309 – 16 October 1320 | Retired | [22][24] |
William de Bourne | 6 October 1309 – ? | [25] | ||
William Inge | c. 1260 – May 1322 | 23 January 1313 – 1316 | Became Chief Justice of the King's Bench | [25][26] |
John Bacon | c. 1250 – c. 1323 | 29 February 1313 – 16 October 1320 | [25][27] | |
Gilbert de Rothbury | c. 1260 – 1321 | 10 March 1316 – 1321 | Died | [25][28] |
John Mutford | c. 1258 – 1329 | 20 April 1316 – 1329 | Died | [25][29] |
John Doncaster | d. 1331 | 5 June 1319 – 15 October 1320 | [25] | |
William Herle | c. 1270 – 1347 | 6 August 1320 – 29 January 1327 | Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | [25][30] |
John Stonor | c. 1281 – August 1354 | 6 August 1320 – 22 February 1329 1 April 1331 – 7 July 1335 |
Became Chief Baron of the Exchequer Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas |
[25][31][32] |
John de Bourchier | 31 May 1321 – 1329 | [25] | ||
Walter Friskeney | 9 July 1323 – 3 May 1324 31 January 1327 – 6 March 1327 |
Became a Justice of the King's Bench Became a Justice of the King's Bench |
[33] | |
Geoffrey le Scrope | d. 2 December 1340 | 27 September 1323 – 21 March 1324 | Became Chief Justice of the King's Bench | [33][34] |
Henry le Scrope | c. 1268 – 7 September 1336 | 5 February 1327 – 28 October 1329 | Became Chief Justice of the King's Bench | [33][35] |
Richard Willoughby | c. 1290 – 14 March 1362 | 6 March 1328 – 22 December 1330 9 October 1340 – November 1341 20 November 1343 – 1357 |
Became a Justice of the King's Bench Arrested for corruption Retired |
[33][36] |
John Travers | 2 March 1329 – April 1331 | Became Chief Justice of the King's Bench | [33] | |
Thomas Bacon | d. 1336 | 30 December 1329 – 28 January 1332 | Became a Justice of the King's Bench | [33] |
Robert de Malberthorp | d. 1332 | 18 January 1331 – October 1331 | Retired | [33] |
John Cambridge | d. 1335 | 18 January 1331 – October 1334 | Retired | [33] |
John Inge | 18 January 1331 – October 1340 | [31] | ||
John Shardelow | d. 5 March 1344 | 29 January 1332 – October 1340 16 May 1342 – 5 March 1344 |
Died |
[31] |
Richard de Aldeburgh | 29 January 1332 – October 1340 16 May 1342 – 5 March 1344 |
Died |
[31] | |
William de Shareshull | 1289/90 — 1370 | 30 May 1333 – 20 March 1334 14 May 1334 – 1340 1346 – 1350 |
Became a Justice of the King's Bench Removed by Edward III Became Chief Justice of the King's Bench |
[31][37] |
John de Trevanion | 24 September 1334 – 1334 | Died | [31] | |
William Basset | 1337 – 28 October 1341 | Died | [31] | |
Roger Hillary | d. 1356 | 18 March 1337 – 8 January 1341 4 June 1432 – 20 February 1354 |
Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas |
[31][38] |
William Scott | d.1352/6 | 18 March 1337 – 2 May 1339 | Became a Justice of the King's Bench | [39][40] |
James Woodstock | d. 1341 | 4 February 1340 – 3 January 1341 | Died | [39] |
Robert Parving | 23 May 1340 – 24 June 1340 | Became Chief Justice of the King's Bench | [39] | |
Thomas de Heppecotes | 8 January 1341 – 1342 | [39] | ||
Richard de Kelleshull | 30 May 1341 – 1354 | Retired | [39] | |
Adam Stonegrave | 28 October 1341 – 10 January 1342 | Became a Justice of the King's Bench | [39] | |
John Stouford | d. 1359 | 25 May 1345 – June 1357 | [39][41] | |
Thomas Fencotes | 14 January 1348 – 30 March 1354 | Retired | [42] | |
Henry Green | d. 1369 | 6 February 1354 – 1361 | Became Chief Justice of the King's Bench | [42][43] |
Thomas Seton | d. 6 May 1360 | 1355 – 6 May 1360 | Died | [42] |
Henry Mutlow | 4 July 1357 – 1361 | [42] | ||
John Mowbray | 11 July 1359 – 1373 | [42] | ||
William Skipwith | c. 1320 – c. 1398 | 25 October 1359 – 25 June 1361 8 October 1376 – 1388 |
Became Chief Baron of the Exchequer Retired |
[44][45] |
John Knyvet | d. 1381 | 24 June 1361 – 29 October 1365 | Became Chief Justice of the King's Bench | [44][46] |
John Delves | 3 February 1364 – 1365 | [44] | ||
William Fyncheden | d. 1374 | 29 October 1365 – 14 April 1371 | Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | [44][47] |
William Witchingham | 29 October 1365 – 1377 | [44] | ||
Roger de Kirton | d. 7 December 1383 | 27 November 1371 – 1380 | [44][48] | |
John Cavendish | 27 November 1371 – 15 July 1372 | Became Chief Justice of the King's Bench | [44] | |
Roger Fulthorpe | 27 November 1371 – 1388 | [44] | ||
Henry Percy | 26 November 1377 – 1380 | [44] | ||
Henry Asty | d. 1383 | 6 December 1380 – 1383 | Died | [49] |
John Burgh | 4 November 1383 – 1388 | [49] | ||
John Holt | d. 1418 | 4 November 1383 – 1388 | [49] | |
William Thirning | 11 April 1388 – 15 January 1396 | Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | [49] | |
William Rickhill | d. 1407 | 20 May 1389 – 1407 | Died | [49] |
John Wadham | d. 27 July 1412 | 20 May 1389 – 10 May 1398 | Retired | [49][50] |
Richard Sydenham | 20 May 1389 – 1396 | [49] | ||
John Markham | d. 31 December 1409 | 7 July 1396 – 1408 | Died | [49] |
William Hankeford | c. 1350 – 12 December 1423 | 6 May 1398 – 29 March 1413 | Became Chief Justice of the King's Bench | [49][51] |
William Brenchley | d. 20 May 1406 | 6 May 1398 – 20 May 1406 | Died | [49] |
John Cokayn | d. 1429 | 14 May 1405 – 1429 | Died | [52] |
John Colepeper | d. 30 August 1414 | 17 June 1406 – 30 August 1414 | Died | [52] |
Robert Hill | d. 1425 | 14 May 1408 – 1423 | [49] | |
Richard Norton | d. 20 December 1420 | 2 May 1413 – 26 June 1413 | Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | [49][53] |
William Lodington | d. 9 January 1420 | 16 June 1415 – 9 January 1420 | Died | [52] |
John Preston | d. 29 September 1434 | 16 June 1415 – 28 January 1428 | Retired | [52][54] |
William Babington | c. 1370 – 13 October 1454 | 30 June 1420 – 5 May 1423 | Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | [52][55] |
John Martin | d. 24 October 1436 | 13 October 1420 – 24 October 1436 | Died | [52] |
John Juyn | d. 24 March 1440 | 5 May 1423 – 9 February 1436 | Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | [52][56] |
John Hals | 5 May 1423 – 23 January 1424 | Became a Justice of the King's Bench | [52] | |
James Strangways | c. 1410 – August 1480 | 6 February 1426 – 16 March 1443 | Died | [57][58] |
John Cottesmore | d. 29 October 1439 | 15 October 1429 – 20 January 1439 | Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | [57][59] |
William Paston | d. 14 August 1444 | 15 October 1429 – 14 August 1444 | Died | [57] |
Richard Newton | d. 13 December 1448 | 8 November 1438 – 17 September 1439 | Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | [57][60] |
Thomas Fulthorpe | d. 3 May 1457 | 29 January 1439 – 3 May 1457 | Died | [57] |
William Ayscough | d. 30 July 1454 | 17 April 1440 – 30 July 1454 | Died | [57] |
John Portington | d. 2 June 1454 | 1 July 1443 – 2 June 1454 | Died | [57] |
Nicholas Aysshton | d. 12 March 1466 | 9 October 1444 – 12 March 1466 | Died | [57] |
Peter Arden | d. 2 June 1467 | 7 June 1448 – 2 June 1467 | Died | [57] |
Robert Danvers | d. 17 April 1467 | 14 August 1450 – 17 April 1467 | Died | [57] |
Robert Danby | d. 1474 | 28 June 1453 – 11 May 1461 | Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | [57] |
Walter Moyle | c. 1405 – 11 December 1479 | 9 July 1454 – 11 December 1479 | Died | [61][62] |
John Needham | 9 May 1457 – 17 June 1471 | Became a Justice of the King's Bench | [61] | |
Richard Choke | d. 5 July 1483 | 5 September 1461 – 5 July 1483 | Died | [61] |
Thomas de Littleton | d. 23 August 1481 | 27 April 1466 – 23 August 1481 | Died | [61] |
Thomas Yonge | c. 1405 – 3/4 May 1477 | 4 November 1467 – 29 April 1475 | Became a Justice of the King's Bench | [61][63] |
Richard Nele | d. 15 June 1486 | 17 June 1471 – 15 June 1486 | Died | [61] |
John Catesby | d. 23 January 1487 | 20 November 1481 – 23 January 1487 | Died | [61] |
Humphrey Starkey | d. 27 August 1486 | 27 June 1483 – 27 August 1486 | Died | [61] |
Roger Townshend | c. 1430 – 9 November 1493 | 20 September 1485 – 9 November 1493 | Died | [61][64] |
John Haugh | d. 14 March 1489 | 10 December 1486 – 14 March 1489 | Died | [61] |
William Callow | d. 29 July 1487 | 31 January 1487 – 29 July 1487 | Died | [65] |
William Danvers | d. 17 April 1504 | 5 February 1488 – 17 April 1504 | Died | [65] |
John Vavasour | d. 26 November 1506 | 17 October 1489 – 16 October 1506 | Retired | [65][66] |
John Fineux | 11 February 1494 – 24 November 1495 | Became Chief Justice of the King's Bench | [65] | |
Thomas Wode | d. 31 August 1502 | 24 November 1495 – 28 October 1500 | Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | [65][67] |
John Fisher | d. 1 May 1510 | 3 November 1501 – 1 May 1510 | Died | [65] |
John Kingsmill | d. 11 May 1509 | 2 July 1504 – 11 May 1509 | Died | [65] |
John Butler | d. 15 December 1517 | 26 April 1508 – 15 December 1517 | Died | [65] |
William Greville | d. 9 March 1513 | 21 May 1509 – 9 March 1513 | Died | [65] |
William Fairfax | — 11 May 1514 | 26 June 1510 – 11 May 1514 | Died | [65] |
Richard Elyot | d. 20 May 1522 | 26 April 1513 – 20 May 1522 | Died | [65] |
Lewis Pollard | d. 21 October 1526 | 29 May 1514 – 21 October 1526 | Died | [65] |
John More | c. 1451 – 5 November 1530 | 23 January 1518 – 23 April 1520 | Became a Justice of the King's Bench | [68][69] |
Richard Broke | d. May 1529 | 29 April 1520 – 24 January 1526 | Became Chief Baron of the Exchequer | [68][70] |
Anthony Fitzherbert | c.1470 – 27 May 1538 | 20 May 1522 – 27 May 1538 | Died | [68][71] |
Thomas Englefield | d. 28 September 1537 | 12 November 1526 – 28 September 1537 | Died | [68] |
William Shelley | 1478/9 — 4 January 1549 | 17 November 1526 – 4 January 1549 | Died | [68][72] |
Thomas Willoughby | d. 29 September 1545 | 9 October 1537 – 29 September 1545 | Died | [68] |
Christopher Jenney | d. 20 November 1542 | 30 June 1538 – 20 November 1542 | Died | [68] |
Humphrey Browne | d. 5 December 1562 | 20 November 1542 – 5 December 1562 | Died | [68][73] |
John Hynde | c.1480 – 17 October 1550 | 24 November 1545 – 17 October 1550 | Died | [68] |
James Hales | c.1500 – 4 August 1554 | 20 May 1549 – 4 August 1554 | Died | [68][74] |
Edmund Molyneux | d. 28 August 1552 | 22 October 1550 – 28 August 1552 | Died | [68] |
William Coke | d. 24 August 1553 | 16 November 1552 – 24 August 1553 | Died | [68] |
Edward Saunders | 4 April 1506 – 12 November 1576 | 4 October 1553 – 8 May 1557 | Became Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench | [75][76] |
William Stanford | 20 August 1509 – 28 August 1558 | 1554 – 28 August 1558 | Died | [75][77] |
James Dyer | 1510 – 24 March 1582 | 8 May 1557 – 22 January 1559 | Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | [75][78] |
Robert Catlyn | c.1510 – 16 September 1574 | 27 October 1558 – 22 January 1559 | Became Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench | [75][79] |
Anthony Browne | 1509/10 — 5 May 1567 | 22 January 1559 – 5 May 1567 | Died | [75][80] |
Richard Weston | d. 6 July 1572 | 16 October 1559 – 6 July 1572 | Died | [75] |
John Walsh, of Cathanger, Fivehead, Somerset[81] | d. 12 February 1572 | 10 February 1563 – 12 February 1572 | Died | [75] |
Richard Harpur | d. 29 January 1577 | 16 May 1567 – 29 January 1577 | Died | [75] |
Roger Manwood | 1524/5 — 14 December 1592 | 14 October 1572 – 17 November 1578 | Became Chief Baron of the Exchequer | [75][82] |
Robert Monson | c. 1525 – 24 September 1583 | 31 October 1572 – 25 March 1580 | Retired | [75][83] |
Thomas Mead | d. 26 May 1585 | 1 December 1577 – 26 May 1585 | Died | [75] |
Francis Wyndham | d. 18 June 1592 | 21 June 1579 – 18 June 1592 | Died | [75] |
William Peryam | 1534 – 9 October 1604 | 13 February 1581 – 7 February 1593 | Became Chief Baron of the Exchequer | [84][85] |
Francis Rodes | 1524/5 — 17 January 1589 | 19 June 1585 – 17 January 1589 | Died | [84][86] |
Thomas Walmsley | d. 26 November 1612 | 10 May 1589 – 26 November 1612 | Died | [84] |
Francis Beaumont | d. 22 April 1598 | 25 January 1593 – 22 April 1598 | Died | [84] |
Thomas Owen | d. 21 December 1598 | 21 January 1594 – 21 December 1598 | Died | [84] |
John Glanville | 1542 – 27 July 1600 | 30 June 1598 – 27 July 1600 | Died | [84][87] |
George Kingsmill | d. 20 March 1606 | 8 February 1599 – 29 September 1605 | Retired | [84] |
Peter Warburton | c. 1540 – 7 September 1621 | 24 November 1600 – 7 September 1621 | Retired | [84][88] |
William Daniel | d. 19 May 1610 | 3 February 1604 – 19 May 1610 | Died | [84] |
Thomas Coventry | 1547 – 12 December 1606 | 13 January 1606 – 12 December 1606 | Died | [84][89] |
Thomas Foster | 10 August 1548 – 18 May 1612 | 24 November 1607 – 18 May 1612 | Died | [84][90] |
Humphrey Winch | 1554/5 — 4 February 1625 | 7 November 1611 – 4 February 1625 | Died | [84][91] |
Augustine Nicolls | April 1559 – 3 August 1616 | 26 November 1612 – 3 August 1616 | Died | [92][93] |
Richard Hutton | d. 26 February 1639 | 3 May 1617 – 26 February 1639 | Died | [92] |
William Jones | 1566 – 6 December 1640 | 25 September 1621 – 17 October 1624 | Became a Justice of the King's Bench | [92][94] |
Francis Harvey | c. 1568 – 2 August 1632 | 18 October 1624 – 2 August 1632 | Died | [92][95] |
Thomas Chamberlayne | d. 27 September 1625 | 20 October 1624 – 27 September 1625 | Died | [92] |
George Croke | c. 1560 – 16 February 1642 | 11 February 1625 – 9 October 1628 | Became a Justice of the King's Bench | [92][96] |
Henry Yelverton | 29 June 1566 – 24 January 1630 | 10 May 1625 – 24 January 1630 | Died | [92][97] |
Humphrey Davenport | c. 1566 – March 1645 | 2 February 1630 – 10 January 1631 | Became Chief Baron of the Exchequer | [92][98] |
George Vernon | c. 1578 – 16 December 1639 | 8 May 1631 – 16 December 1639 | Died | [92] |
Francis Crawley | 1574/5 — 13 February 1650 | 11 October 1632 – 24 November 1645 | Appointed by the king, Crawley was disabled by Parliament | [92][99] |
Edmund Reeve | c. 1589 – 27 March 1647 | 24 March 1639 – 27 March 1647 | Died | [92][100] |
Robert Foster | 1589 – 27 March 1647 | 27 January 1640 – 24 November 1645 31 May 1660 – 21 October 1660 |
Appointed by the king, Foster was disabled by Parliament Following the English Restoration, Foster was restored to the court before becoming Chief Justice of the King's Bench |
[101][102] |
Peter Phesant | 1584 – 1 October 1649 | 7 October 1645 – 1 October 1649 | Died | [101][103] |
John Godbolt | d. 3 August 1648 | 1 May 1647 – 3 August 1648 | Died | [101] |
Richard Cresheld | d. 1652 | 18 October 1648 – 8 February 1649 | Retired | [101] |
Thomas Bedingfield | 1591/2 — 24 March 1661 | 22 November 1648 – 8 February 1649 | Retired | [101][104] |
John Puleston | c. 1583 – 5 September 1659 | 12 June 1649 – 1654 | Retired | [101][105] |
Peter Warburton | 27 March 1588 – 28 February 1666 | 12 June 1649 – 1654 | Retired | [101][106] |
Edward Atkyns | 1587 – 9 October 1669 | 23 October 1649 – January 1660 | Retired | [101][107] |
Matthew Hale | 1 November 1609 – 25 December 1676 | 31 January 1653 – May 1659 | Retired | [101][108] |
Hugh Wyndham | 1602/3 — 27 July 1684 | 30 May 1654 – May 1661 22 January 1673 – 27 July 1684 |
Not reappointed Died |
[109][110] |
John Archer | 1598 – 8 February 1682 | 11 February 1659 – May 1661 4 November 1663 – 8 February 1682 |
Not reappointed Died |
[109][111] |
Robert Hyde | 1595/6 — 1 May 1665 | 31 May 1660 – 19 October 1663 | Became Chief Justice of the King's Bench | [109][112] |
Thomas Tyrrell | 1593/4 — 8 March 1672 | 7 July 1660 – 8 March 1672 | Died | [109][113] |
Samuel Browne | c. 1598 – 11 April 1668 | 3 November 1660 – 11 April 1668 | Died | [109][114] |
William Wilde | c. 1611 – 11 April 1668 | 16 April 1668 – 21 January 1673 | Became a Justice of the King's Bench | [109][115] |
Robert Atkyns | d. 18 February 1710 | 25 April 1672 – 17 April 1689 | Became Chief Baron of the Exchequer | [109][116] |
William Ellis | July 1609 – 3 December 1680 | 18 December 1672 – 4 July 1676 30 April 1679 – 3 December 1680 |
Removed Died |
[117][118] |
William Scroggs | c. 1623 – 24 January 1695 | 23 October 1676 – 31 May 1678 | Became Chief Justice of the King's Bench | [117][119] |
Vere Bertie | c. 1638 – 23 February 1681 | 15 June 1678 – 29 April 1679 | Removed | [117][120] |
Thomas Raymond | 1626/7 — 14 July 1683 | 7 February 1680 – 24 April 1680 | Became a Justice of the King's Bench | [117][121] |
Job Charlton | c. 1614 – 27 May 1697 | 26 April 1680 – 20 April 1686 | Removed | [117][122] |
Creswell Levinz | 1627 – 29 January 1701 | 12 February 1681 – 9 February 1686 | Removed | [117][123] |
Thomas Street | d. 8 March 1696 | 29 October 1684 – 1689 | Not reappointed on the accession of William III and Mary II | [117] |
Henry Bedingfield | 1632 – 6 February 1687 | 10 February 1686 – 21 April 1686 | Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | [117][124] |
Edward Lutwyche | 6 September 1634 – 11 June 1709 | 21 April 1686 – 1689 | Not reappointed on the accession of William III and Mary II | [117][125] |
John Powell | 1632/3 — 7 September 1696 | 24 April 1686 – 13 April 1687 18 March 1689 – 7 September 1696 |
Became a Justice of the King's Bench Died |
[126][127] |
Christopher Milton | 1615 – March 1693 | 14 April 1687 – 6 July 1688 | Removed | [126][128] |
Thomas Jenner | 1638 – 31 December 1706 | 6 July 1688 – 1689 | Not reappointed on the accession of William III and Mary II | [126][129] |
William Gregory | 1 March 1625 – 28 May 1696 | 18 April 1689 – 8 May 1689 | Became a Justice of the King's Bench | [126][130] |
Thomas Rokeby | c. 1631 – 26 November 1699 | 8 May 1689 – 25 October 1695 | Became a Justice of the King's Bench | [126][131] |
Peyton Ventris | November 1645 – 6 April 1691 | 9 May 1689 – 6 April 1691 | Died | [126][132] |
Edward Neville | d. 7 August 1705 | 30 October 1691 – 7 August 1705 | Died | [126] |
John Powell | 26 May 1645 – 14 June 1713 | 26 October 1695 – 23 June 1702 | Became a Justice of the King's Bench | [126][133] |
John Blencowe | 30 November 1642 – 8 May 1726 | 24 November 1697 – 22 June 1722 | Retired | [126][134] |
Robert Tracy | 1655 – 11 September 1735 | 23 June 1702 – 26 October 1726 | Retired | [126][135] |
Robert Dormer | d. 18 September 1726 | 11 February 1706 – 18 September 1726 | Died | [136] |
Alexander Denton | d. 22 March 1740 | 25 June 1722 – 22 March 1740 | Died | [136] |
Robert Price | 14 January 1655 – 2 February 1733 | 20 October 1726 – 2 February 1733 | Died | [136][137] |
Francis Page | 1660/1 — 19 December 1741 | 4 November 1726 – 27 September 1727 | Became a Justice of the King's Bench | [136][138] |
Spencer Cowper | 23 February 1670 – 10 December 1728 | 24 October 1727 – 10 December 1728 | Died | [136][139] |
John Fortescue Aland | 7 March 1670 – 19 December 1746 | 23 January 1729 – 25 June 1746 | Resigned | [136][140] |
Thomas Reeve | 1672/3 — 19 January 1737 | 15 April 1733 – 26 January 1736 | Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | [136][141] |
John Comyns | c. 1667 – 13 November 1740 | 5 February 1736 – 7 July 1738 | Became Chief Baron of the Exchequer | [136][142] |
William Fortescue | d. 16 December 1749 | 7 July 1738 – 5 November 1741 | Became Master of the Rolls | [136][143] |
Thomas Parker | d. 29 December 1784 | 21 April 1740 – 29 November 1742 | Became Chief Baron of the Exchequer | [136][144] |
Thomas Burnet | 19 February 1694 – 7 January 1753 | 5 November 1741 – 7 January 1753 | Died | [136][145] |
Thomas Abney | 1690/1 — 7 January 1753 | 10 February 1743 – 19 May 1750 | Died | [136][146] |
Thomas Birch | d. 12 March 1757 | 24 June 1746 – 12 March 1757 | Died | [147] |
Nathaniel Gundry | d. 30 March 1754 | 23 June 1750 – 30 March 1754 | Died | [147] |
Edward Clive | 1704 – 18 April 1771 | 29 January 1753 – 13 February 1770 | Retired | [147][148] |
Henry Bathurst | 20 May 1714 – 6 August 1794 | 2 May 1754 – 23 January 1771 | Became Lord Chancellor | [147][149] |
William Noel | 19 March 1695 – 8 December 1762 | 3 May 1757 – 8 December 1762 | Died | [147][150] |
Henry Gould | 1710 – 5 March 1794 | 15 December 1762 – 5 March 1794 | Died | [147][151] |
Joseph Yates | 1722 – 7 June 1770 | 16 February 1770 – 7 June 1770 | Died | [147][152] |
William Blackstone | 10 July 1723 – 14 February 1780 | 25 June 1770 – 14 February 1780 | Died | [147][153] |
George Nares | 1716 – 20 July 1786 | 26 January 1771 – 20 July 1786 | Died | [147][154] |
John Heath | 1736 – 16 January 1816 | 7 July 1780 – 16 January 1816 | Died | [147][155] |
John Wilson | 6 August 1741 – 18 October 1793 | 6 November 1786 – 18 October 1793 | Died | [147][156] |
Giles Rooke | 3 June 1743 – 7 March 1808 | 7 November 1793 – 7 March 1808 | Died | [147][157] |
Soulden Lawrence | 1751 – 8 July 1814 | 7 March 1794 – 18 June 1794 31 March 1808 – 28 May 1812 |
Became a Justice of the King's Bench Retired |
[158][159] |
Francis Buller | 17 March 1746 – 4 June 1800 | 18 June 1794 – 4 June 1800 | Died | [158][160] |
Alan Chambre | 4 October 1739 – 20 September 1823 | 11 June 1800 – 11 January 1816 | Retired | [158][161] |
Vicary Gibbs | 27 October 1751 – 8 February 1820 | 29 May 1812 – 6 November 1813 | Became Chief Baron of the Exchequer | [158][162] |
Robert Dallas | 16 October 1756 – 25 December 1824 | 18 November 1813 – 4 November 1818 | Became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas | [158][163] |
James Alan Park | 6 April 1763 – 8 December 1838 | 23 January 1816 – 8 December 1838 | Died | [158][164] |
Charles Abbott | 7 October 1762 – 4 November 1832 | 12 February 1816 – 2 May 1816 | Became a Justice of the King's Bench | [158][165] |
James Burrough | August 1749 – 25 March 1837 | 4 May 1816 – 16 January 1830 | Retired | [158][166] |
John Richardson | 3 March 1771 – 19 March 1841 | 30 November 1818 – 18 June 1824 | Retired | [158][167] |
Stephen Gaselee | d. 26 March 1839 | 5 July 1824 – 22 February 1837 | Retired | [168] |
John Bosanquet | 2 May 1773 – 25 September 1847 | 1 February 1830 – 16 January 1842 | Retired | [168][169] |
Edward Hall Alderson | d. 27 January 1857 | 1 November 1830 – 29 April 1834 | Became a Baron of the Exchequer | [168][170] |
John Vaughan | 11 February 1769 – 25 September 1839 | 29 April 1834 – 25 September 1839 | Died | [168][171] |
Thomas Coltman | d. 11 July 1849 | 23 February 1837 – 11 July 1849 | Died | [168] |
Thomas Erskine | 12 March 1788 – 9 November 1864 | 9 January 1839 – 4 November 1844 | Retired | [168][172] |
William Henry Maule | 25 April 1788 – 16 January 1858 | 11 November 1839 – 3 July 1855 | Retired | [168][173] |
Cresswell Cresswell | 20 August 1793 – 29 July 1863 | 26 January 1842 – 11 January 1858 | Became a judge of the newly created Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes | [168][174] |
William Erle | 1 October 1793 – 28 January 1880 | 6 November 1844 – 27 October 1846 | Became a justice of the Queen's Bench | [168][175] |
Edward Vaughan Williams | 1797 – 2 November 1875 | 27 October 1846 – 7 February 1865 | Retired | [168][176] |
Thomas Noon Talfourd | 26 May 1795 – 13 March 1854 | 28 July 1849 – 13 March 1854 | Died | [168][177] |
Richard Crowder | 17 May 1796 — 5 December 1859 | 24 March 1854 – 5 December 1859 | Died | [178][179] |
James Shaw Willes | 13 February 1814 – 2 October 1872 | 3 July 1855 – 2 October 1872 | Died | [178][180] |
John Barnard Byles | 11 January 1801 – 3 February 1884 | 9 January 1858 – 23 January 1873 | Retired | [178][181] |
Henry Singer Keating | 13 January 1804 – 1 October 1888 | 14 December 1859 – 5 February 1875 | Retired | [178][182] |
Montague Edward Smith | 25 December 1806 – 3 May 1891 | 7 February 1865 – 3 November 1871 | Became a member of the Privy Council | [178][183] |
William Brett | 13 August 1815 – 5 December 1859 | 24 August 1868 – 1 November 1875 | Became a judge of the High Court of Justice (Common Pleas Division) | [178][184] |
Robert Collier | 21 June 1817 – 27 October 1886 | 7 November 1871 – 22 November 1871 | Became a member of the Privy Council | [178][185] |
William Robert Grove | 11 July 1811 – 1 August 1896 | 30 November 1871 – 1 November 1875 | Became a judge of the High Court of Justice (Common Pleas Division) | [178][186] |
George Denman | 23 December 1819 – 21 December 1896 | 17 October 1872 – 1 November 1875 | Became a judge of the High Court of Justice (Common Pleas Division) | [178][187] |
George Honyman | 22 January 1819 – 16 September 1875 | 23 January 1873 – 18 February 1875 | Retired | [178][188] |
Thomas Dickson Archibald | 1817 – 18 October 1876[189] | 6 February 1875 – 1 November 1875 | Became a judge of the High Court of Justice (Common Pleas Division) | [178] |
John Walter Huddleston | 8 September 1815 – 5 December 1890 | 22 February 1875 – 12 May 1875 | Became a Baron of the Exchequer | [190][191] |
Nathaniel Lindley | 29 November 1828 – 9 December 1921 | 12 May 1875 – 1 November 1875 | Became a judge of the High Court of Justice (Common Pleas Division) | [190][192] |