ATKINS.

act as Judge after the execution
of Charles I., i. 470.
ATKINS, John, committal of by
Lord Holt for pretending to be a
prophet, ii. 173.

ATKYNS, Sir Robert, interference
by, in the House of Commons
on behalf of Kelynge, Chief Jus-
tice, i. 510-constitutional senti-
ments of, at Oxford assizes, as to
the right of the people to petition
the Crown for redress of grievances,
ii. 16-removed from the Bench
by James II. for his honesty, 53
-pamphlet by, against the King's
dispensing power, 88-appointed
Chief Baron in 1688, 117.
ATTORNEYS, examination of, directed

by statute, i. 132-to be sworn
every term, ib.-exclusive occu-
pation by of the Inns of Chan-
cery, 515- strictures upon by
Sir M. Hale, 585-by Walpole,
ii. 276-by Cobbett, iii. 3-ill
usage of, by Lord Kenyon, 83-
opinion of, entertained by Lord
Tenterden, 342-modern disuse of
the title of, 93.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL, emoluments
of the office of, i. 266.
AUBREY'S Miscellanies, quotations
from, i. 211, 228.

AUCTION, law respecting sales by
mock, ii. 410.

AULA Regis, origin and duties of,
i. 2, 5, 23, 185-Puisne Judges
of, 41, 54-trials before, 42-abo-
lition of, 64, 70-appellate juris-
diction of vested in the Parlia-
ment, 71,
AYLESBURY election, case of Ashby
v. White, respecting votes re-
jected at an, ii. 157, 161, 166-
Marquis of, ancestors of, i. 69.

B.

BACON, Justice, refuses to act as
Judge after execution of Charles
I., i. 470.

BACON, Lord, efforts by, to be made

Solicitor-General, i. 231-anguish
at the selection of Fleming, 232
-obtains the office, 236-splen-
VOL. III.

BALLOONS.

did eulogium by, on Lord Coke,
239-parliamentary reputation of,
251-patronized by Lord Essex,
ib.-ungrateful and infamous be-
haviour of, on the trial of Lord
Essex, 253-King's Counsel, 260
-letter of defiance to Coke, 261
-speech to the King, respect-
ing proclamations, 274-reasons
by, for the appointment of Sir E.
Coke to be Chief Justice of Eng-
land, 276-made Attorney-Ge-
neral, 277-letter to the King,
respecting the charge against the
Earl of Somerset, 280-alarm of,
that Lord Coke should be ap-
pointed Chancellor, 281-letter
by, to the Judges, respecting
commendams, 283-letter respect-
ing Coke's Reports, 289-in-
placable enmity of, to Sir E.
Coke, 295-indiscreet attempts
of, to break off the marriage be-
tween Sir J. Villiers and Lady F.
Coke, 299-impeachment and
conviction of, for taking bribes,
311-sentence on, 312, 365-
character of, contrasted with that
of Lord Coke, 345, 346-his bitter
speech against Oliver St. John,
450-maxim of respecting over-
loquacious Judges, 548.- See
Lives of the Chancellors, ii. 266.
BACON, Roger, chaplain to Henry
III., anecdote of, i. 45.
BADMINTON, case respecting villein-
age within manor of, i. 188-
mansion, suggestion of Sir M.
Hale to the Duke of Beaufort,
respecting its construction, 353.
BAGS carried by barristers, ancient
and modern rules respecting, iii.
106.
BAMRIDGE, Thomas, Warden of the
Fleet, his trial and acquittal for
murder of a prisoner by alleged
neglect, ii. 206, 216.

BALDWIN, Sir John, Chief Justice
of Common Pleas, death of, i. 174.
BALIOL, John, contest of, for the
crown of Scotland, decided in his
favour by arbitration, i. 68.
BALLOONS, trespass by travelling in,
considered, iii. 169-voyages in,
2 A

BALMARINO.

by Lunardi, in county of Fife,
anecdote related by Lord Camp-
bell respecting, 258.
BALMARINO, Lord, pleads guilty to
the charge of high treason for
aiding the Pretender in 1745, ii.
359-erroneous anecdote narrated
by Horace Walpole respecting,
363.

BANBURY, Knowllys claiming to be
Earl of, charge of murder against,
ii. 148.
BANKES, Sir John, Attorney-Ge-
neral, i. 401-made Chief Justice
of. the Common Pleas, 458—
death, 468.
BANNOCKBURN, famous battle of,
i. 81.

BAR, the English, power of admit-
ting to by the Inns of Court judi-
cially recognised, i. 243, 515; ii.
417-course of practice at, in the
17th century, i. 520-penury of
learning and ability at in 1676,
ii. 1-pupilising system of educa-
tion for, 328-contempt of litera-
ture attributed to, 277-solicita-
tion of briefs for a beginner on
circuit reprobated by, 236-jea-
lousy of the, at the favouritism
of Judges to individual members
of, iii. 295.

BARBERS, ancient fraternity of,
ready wit and entertaining in-
formation of, iii. 249.

BARILLON, ambassador of France to
James II., original despatches of
to his court examined by Mr.
Macaulay, ii. 78.

BARNARD, Sir John, alderman of
London, interference of, on behalf
of Elizabeth Canning, ii. 277.
BARNET, battle of, gained by Ed-
ward IV., i. 152.
BARNWOOD, near Gloucester, birth-
place of Saunders, Chief Justice,
ii. 59-bequest by him to the
poor of, 73.

BARRISTER, Consulted in person in

17th century, i. 586-wigs first
worn by, at the Restoration, 482;
early designation of, ii. 28-de-
fects of the system of legal educa-

BAYLEY.

tion of, 327-regulation respect-
ing bags of, iii. 106; continued
youth of, 272-travel the circuit
on horseback, 273-appointed
King's Counsel formerly required
to take the Sacrament, 319.
BARTHOLOMEW, Roger, burgess of
Berwick-on-Tweed, complaint by
to Edward I. against certain Eng-
lish Judges, who exercised juris-
diction on the north side of the
Tweed, i. 81.

BASSET, Philip, last Chief Justiciar,
i. 58-taken prisoner at the battle
of Lewes, 60.

BASSET, R., Chief Justiciar, a com-
panion of William I., i. 16.
BATHING, decision of Lord Tenterden
against a common-law right of the
public to the use of the sea-shore
for, iii. 298.

BATHURST, Lord Apsley, Justice of
the King's Bench, decision of,
in Buxton v. Mingay, respecting
medical men, ii. 276-made Lord
Commissioner of Great Seal, 469
-made Lord Chancellor, 490—
incapacity of for the office, 495,
499.- See Lives of the Chan-
cellors, v. 432.
BATTLE, trial by, or grand assize,
form of proceedings in, i. 27
awarded in an appeal of murder,
in Ashford v. Thornton, 104;
iii. 170-abolished by statute, ii.
207; iii. 171.

-

BAXTER, Richard, appointed a King's
Chaplain, i. 545-intimacy of,
with Sir M. Hale, 568-imprison-
ed for non conformity, 570-his
anecdotes of Sir M. Hale, 572,
585, 587-588-unfair trial of, be-
fore Jeffreys, ii. 76.
BAYEUX tapestry, events of the Nor-
man invasion noticed in, i. 4.
BAYLEY, Rt. Hon. Sir John, Justice
of King's Bench, iii. 221, 287—
Baron of Exchequer, i. 573-Lord
Raymond's Reports edited by, ii.
211-ease and delight of at nisi
prius trials, 397-appointment as
Judge, iii. 236- character and
legal qualifications of, 155, 291.

BEAUVOIR.

BEAUVOIR, Dr. O., a learned man,
Master of Canterbury Cathedral
School at the accession of George
III., iii. 250, 253.

BEDFORD castle, invested and taken
by Henry III., i. 49.

BEDFORD, Earl of, prosecuted in the

Star Chamber, i. 452-made Lord
Treasurer, 458.

BEDINGFIELD, Sir Henry, Chief
Justice of Common Pleas, death
of, ii. 100.

BEDINGHAM, Justice, resigns his
place as Judge on the execution
of Charles I., i. 470.
BEDLOE, testimony of disbelieved by
juries, ii. 13, 15-complaint by
to the Council voted false, 19.
BEGUM charge, speech of Lord Ellen-
borough, respecting the, on the
trial of Warren Hastings, iii. 126.
BELKNAPPE, Robert, Chief Justice

of Common Pleas, i. 109-signs,
under coercion, the answer at
Nottingham-arrested and con-
victed of treason, 110-attainted,
111-transported to Ireland, 112
-return to England and death,
113-attainder reversed, 114.
BELKNAPPE, Lady, action by as a
feme sole during the banishment
of her husband, i. 113; iii. 47.
BELLETT, ex parte, application for a
writ de ventre inspiciendo granted
in, iii. 34.

BENEFACTA, R. de, Chief Justiciar,
a Norman, i. 12-birth, conduct at
Hastings, ample rewards of, 13.
BENEVOLENCES, or compulsory loans,
legality of, disputed by Oliver St.
John, i. 450.

BERKELEY, Lady Harriet, trial re-
specting the alleged seduction of,
ii. 40.

BERKELEY, Mr. Justice, arrested on

the judgment seat and committed
a close prisoner to Newgate, i. 405.
BERKELEY, Sir John, Governor of
Exeter, orders the immediate exe-
cution of a parliamentarian officer,
i. 418.

BEXWELL V. CHRISTIE, decision in,

BOLEYN.

respecting the rights of purchasers
at auctions, ii. 410.
BIGOD, Hugh, a distinguished soldier
and lawyer, i. 55-makes a cir-
cuit, 56-flight from the battle of
Lewes, 57.

BILLING, Sir T., parentage, i. 145

-joins the Yorkists, 146-Justice
of King's Bench, 147-Chief
Justice, 148-conduct at Bur-
dett's trial, 149-again a Lancas-
trian, 151-again a Yorkist, 152
-decisions of, in the Year Books,
153-death, 154.

BISHOPS, their legal right to hunt in
a park asserted, i. 314-bill for
the eradication of, 461-for the
removal of from House of Lords,
462-trial of the seven, ii. 48,
104, 113-counsel employed for,
48, 56.

BLACKSTONE, Sir W., appointed a

Justice of the King's Bench in
1770, ii. 395-Commentaries on
the Laws of England by, quota-
tions from, i. 134, 150, 513, 567;
iii. 38-patronized by Lord Mans-
field, ii. 378-argument of, in the
famous case of Perrin v. Blake,
433-his pure style of writing,
i. 62; ii. 566-legal argument of,
against Lord Mansfield as to the
application of the rule in Shelley's
case, 564-unintentional pun of,

iii. 337.

BLATHWAYT, Mr. Secretary, evi-
dence of, on the trial of the
Bishops, ii. 49.

BLOIS, P. de, letter from, to Henry

II. on the administration of justice
in the Aula Regis, i. 23.
BLUNDELL v. Catterall, important
decision in, denying the common
law right of the public to the
use of the seashore for bathing,
iii. 298.

BLUNT, Sir C., trial of, for partici-

pation in Essex's rebellion, i. 221.
BODLEIAN Library, ancient MSS.
contained in, i. 78.
BOLEYN, Queen Anne, discussion
respecting the trial of, and the
sentence to be pronounced, i. 168.

BOOTH, Mr., the celebrated con-
veyancer, intimacy and friendship
of, with Lord Mansfield, ii. 348,
436 Contingent Remainders,'
dedicated to, by Mr. Fearne, 435.
BOSWELL'S Life of Johnson, extracts

from, relating to Lord Mansfield,
ii. 573, 574.
BOTANICAL studies, taken up by
Lord Tenterden late in life as a
scientific pursuit, iii. 345.
BRABAÇON, Roger de, Chief Justice,
a lawyer regularly trained, i. 78-
an admirable Judge, 79-address
by, to the Scottish Parliament,
80-assists in the subjection of
Scotland, 81-made Chief Justice
of the King's Bench, 82-speech
to English Parliament, death, de-
scendants, 83.

BRACTON, Henry de, Chief Justiciar,

a most enlightened and accom-
plished author, i. 62-his work
'De Legibus,' &c., 63-its me-
thodical and clear style, 64-his
remarks on the royal preroga-
tive, 272—remarks by, respecting
ports and navigable rivers, iii.
299.

BRADSHAW, Lord President, origin
and principles of, i. 479-becomes
a serjeant, 480-chosen president
of the High Court of Justice, 481
-his conduct during the King's
trial, 482-on the trial of Duke
Hamilton and Lord Capel, 485—
opposes Cromwell, 487-death,
489-epitaph on, in America, 491.
BRAMBRE, Sir N., thrice Lord Mayor

of London, i. 100-knighted for
assisting to kill Wat Tyler, 104—
ambush planted by at Charing
Cross, 101-impeached by the
barons, 102-taken prisoner, 103
-demands wager of battle, 104.
BRAMSTON, Francis, son of the Chief

BROUGHAM.

Justice, Baron of the Exchequer,
i. 408.
BRAMSTON, Sir John, parentage, i.
398-made Chief Justice of Eng-
land, 399-opinion respecting the
legality of ship-money, 400-un-
becoming conduct in the Star-
Chamber, 403-proposal by, for
placing the Bishop of Lincoln in
the pillory, 404-impeachment by
the Long Parliament, 405-dis-
missed for refusing to attend the
King at York, 406, 417-death,
burial-place, descendants, 408.
BRAYBROOKE, Lord, well-edited edi-
tion of the Bramston Autobiogra
phy by, i. 408.

BREDA, declaration from, terms of
the, by the King, i. 494, 537,
546, 568.
BRIDGMAN, Sir O., made Chief Baron
at the Restoration, i. 492-prac-
tised as a Chamber Counsel during
the Commonwealth, refusing the
oath of allegiance to Cromwell,
493-made Chief Justice of the
Common Pleas, 546.

BRISTOL, Bishop of (Newton), his
letters to Lord Mansfield, ii. 502,
534-remarks by, on the cele-
brated speech of Lord Mansfield
vindicating the employment of
the military for the purpose of
quelling the anti-popery riots, 531

character of Lord Mansfield by,
581.
BRISTOL, Rex v. Mayor of, memor-
able trial at bar respecting the
Reform-bill riots, iii. 334.
BRITISH subjects, rights of, in dis-
tant parts of the globe established
by Lord Mansfield in Fabrigas v.
Mostyn, ii. 414.

BROMLEY, Sir Thomas, Solicitor-
General, Chief Justice of King's
Bench, i. 144, 178-made Lord
Chancellor, 191, 212-part taken
by, on the trial of Mary Queen
of Scots, 206.-See Lives of the
Chancellors, ii. 113.
BROUGHAM, Lord, 'Statesmen,' by,
ii. 331, 465-oratory of, 562-
remarks by, on the manners,

BROWN.

knowledge, and classical wit of
Lord Mansfield, 569-speeches
by, iii. 203-biographical anec-
dotes related by, 232-character
of Lord Tenterden by, 339.
BROWN, Dr., of Norwich, an expert

in demonology, evidence by, i. 565.
BROWN, Sir Anthony, Chief Justice

of Common Pleas, degraded to be a
puisne by Queen Elizabeth, i. 184.
BROWNE, Justice, refuses to act as
Judge after execution of Charles
I., i. 470.

BROWN'S Chancery Reports, tempore
Lord Kenyon, iii. 33.
BRUS or BRUCE, R., first Chief
Justice of the King's Bench, i.
64-pedigree, 65-education, a
puisne Judge, 66-loses office,
returns to Scotland, 67-claims
the crown, 68-decision against
him by Edward I., death, de-
scendants, 69.

BRYDGES, Sir Egerton, anecdotes
narrated by, of Lord Tenterden,
iii. 251, 255, 266-letters to,
from Lord Tenterden, 267-269,
284, 286, 290, 295, 333, 334.
BUCKINGHAM, Duke of (Stafford),
trial and execution of, for alleged
treason, i. 161.

BUCKINGHAM, Duke of (Villiers), job
attempted by, prevented by Lord
Coke, i. 286-attends the King
to Scotland, 296-reconciled to
the Puritans, 320-impeaches the
Earl of Middlesex, 321-advice
of, to the King respecting the
Petition of Right, 330-denounced
by Lord Coke, 331-causes the
dismissal of Lord Coke, 353-
assassination of, 378.

BULLER, Sir Francis, introduces the
pupilising system for the Bar, ii.
328-appointed a Justice of the
King's Bench in April, 1778, 395
-his devotion to performance of
judicial duties, 397-panegyric by,
on Lord Mansfield, 394, 404-di-
rection by to the jury on the trial of
the Dean of St. Asaph for a libel,
540; iii. 25- supposed reason
that he was not made Chief Jus-

BURROW.

tice, ii. 549; iii. 36-becomes a
Judge of the Common Pleas,
ii. 550 advises Lord Tenterden
to select the Bar instead of the
Church as a profession, iii. 261
thorough acquaintance of, with
every branch of his profession,
and able discharge of duties as a
Judge, ii. 550.

BUNYAN, John, long imprisonment
of, under an illegal conviction, i.
559-561.

BURDETT V. ABBOTT, decision of
Lord Ellenborough in, respecting
parliamentary privilege of com-
mitment for contempt, ii. 56, 166.
BURDETT, Sir Thomas, his trial and
barbarous execution for pretended
treason, i. 149.

BURGESS, Dr., Bishop of Salisbury,
tutor of Lord Tenterden at Ox-
ford, iii. 257, 266.

BURGOYNE, General, capitulation
of the English troops under, at
Saratoga, ii. 504.

BURKE, Right Honourable E., com-
plimentary remarks by, on the
legal career of Lord Mansfield, ii,
443-speeches by, iii. 21-con-
duct of, on the impeachment of
Warren Hastings, 114.

BURLEIGH, Lord, selects Coke to be
Solicitor-General on account of
his extraordinary learning and
ability, i. 246-prosecuted in the
Ecclesiastical Court, for assisting
at the irregular marriage of Lord
Coke, 256.

BURNET, Bishop, life of Sir M. Hale,
by, i. 513, 516, 520, 523, 550-
extracts from his History of his
own Times, ii. 9, 33, 90, 135-a
witness for William Lord Russell,
45.

BURNING, the death appointed by
law for women attainted of trea-
son, i. 168.
BURROUGH, Mr. Justice, reasons for
his appointment as Judge in
Court of Common Pleas, iii. 286.
BURROW, Sir James, Master of the
King's Bench, Eloge by, on Chief