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29 Records
1372–1606 Date range
28 Named people
2 Places
Chronological records 1372 William Cavendish Devonshire, 1st 1372
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench
1381 Robert Tresilian 1381
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench
1461 Thomas Stanley Derby, 1st 1461
Cheshire · Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of Cheshire
1485 Thomas Bryan 1485
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
William Huse 1485
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench
1495 John Finieux 1495
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench
1500 Thomas Wood 1500
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
1502 Thomas Frowyk 1502
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
1506 Robert Read 1506
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
1519 John Ernle 1519
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
1521 Robert Brudenell 1521
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
1526 John FitzJames 1526
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench
1531 Robert Norwich 1531
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
1535 John Baldwin 1535
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
1539 Edward Montagu 1539
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench
1545 Richard Lyster 1545
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench
Edward Montagu 1545
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
1552 Roger Cholmley 1552
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench
1553 Thomas Bromley 1553
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench
Richard Morgan 1553
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
1554 Robert Brooke 1554
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
1555 William Portman 1555
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench
1557 Edward Saunders 1557
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench
1559 Robert Catlin 1559
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench
James Dyer 1559
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
1574 Christopher Wray 1574
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench
1582 Edmund Anderson 5 May 1582
Westminster · Government / Government of England
Admitted as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
1592 John Popham 1592
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench
1606 Edward Coke 1606
Government / Government of England
Appointed Chief Justice of Court of Common Pleas
Names involved Christopher Wray Edmund Anderson Edward Coke Edward Montagu Edward Saunders James Dyer John Baldwin John Ernle John Finieux John FitzJames John Popham Richard Lyster Richard Morgan Robert Brooke Robert Brudenell Robert Catlin Robert Norwich Robert Read Robert Tresilian Roger Cholmley Thomas Bromley Thomas Bryan Thomas Frowyk Thomas Stanley Derby, 1st Thomas Wood William Cavendish Devonshire, 1st William Huse William Portman
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