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John Catesby (MP For Northamptonshire)
John Catesby KS (died 1486) was a British judge. Family The Catesby family had been settled for some time in Northamptonshire and held the manor of Lapworth in Warwickshire. He was the son of Edmund Catesby. He was the uncle of William Catesby, another noted lawyer, and a member of the Inner Temple. Career He became a Serjeant-at-Law in 1463, allowing him to practice in the Court of Common Pleas and a King's Serjeant on 18 April 1469. On 20 November 1481 he was made Third Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. He served continuously from the reign of Edward IV to that of Henry VII, although the latter delayed his appointment for a month due to his relation to William Catesby, who had been a close ally of the previous king. On the death of Richard Neele Richard Neele, Knt., King's Serjeant KS (died 1486) was a British judge. He was educated at Gray's Inn, and was made a Serjeant-at-Law in 1463. A year later he was made a King's Serjeant and on 9 October 1470 he was made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's Serjeant
A Serjeant-at-Law (SL), commonly known simply as a Serjeant, was a member of an order of barristers at the English and Irish Bar. The position of Serjeant-at-Law (''servientes ad legem''), or Sergeant-Counter, was centuries old; there are writs dating to 1300 which identify them as descended from figures in France before the Norman Conquest, thus the Serjeants are said to be the oldest formally created order in England. The order rose during the 16th century as a small, elite group of lawyers who took much of the work in the central common law courts. With the creation of Queen's Counsel (or "Queen's Counsel Extraordinary") during the reign of Elizabeth I, the order gradually began to decline, with each monarch opting to create more King's or Queen's Counsel. The Serjeants' exclusive jurisdictions were ended during the 19th century and, with the Judicature Act 1873 coming into force in 1875, it was felt that there was no need to have such figures, and no more were created. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
