William Senior (1862–1937) was a British lawyer and legal historian. He was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, the son of Thomas Senior, a local solicitor. William studied at

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1879–1882, graduating B.A. He began practising as a solicitor himself in 1886, going into partnership 1890–1895 with his father and with Percival Barratt. When his father died, in 1895, he moved to London and trained as a barrister. He was called to the bar in 1896. He was a contributor of short pieces on maritime history and law to ''

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'', as well as of satirical pieces to ''

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'', and also had poems published in ''

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'', occasional pieces in ''

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'', and more substantial essays on maritime law in the ''

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''.

Works

Books

*''Tutor and Pupils: Talks about twelve law maxims'', London, 1891. *''The Old Wakefield Theatre'', Wakefield, 1894
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*''Doctors' Commons and the Old Court of Admiralty: A Short History of the Civilians in England'', London, 1922
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*''Naval History in the Law Courts: A Selection of Old Maritime Cases'', London, 1927.Reviewed by C. Morse in ''Canadian Bar Review'' 6 (1928), p. 77; anonymously in ''Times Literary Supplement'', 5 Jan. 1928, pp. 14-15, ''American Law Review'' 62 (1928), pp. 159-160.

Articles in Mariner's Mirror

;1 (1911) *"An Early Victorian Windfall" pp. 80–83. *"The Battle of New Brighton" pp. 148–151. *"The Rivals" pp. 180b-182b. *"Some Naval Courts-Martial, 1701-2" pp. 241–244. *"In a Good Cause: An Episode in the Slave Trade" pp. 276–279. *"The Legend of the Betsy Cains" pp. 340–345. ;2 (1912) *"The Treasure Frigate Thetis" pp. 33–37. *"Some Naval Courts-Martial, 1698" pp. 113–119. *"Hockin's Case: and Incidentally of False Lights" pp. 196–200. *"The Casting Away of the Adventure" pp. 289–293. ;3 (1913) *"The Marooning of Robert Jeffery" pp. 113–118. *"The Beginning of Sidelights" pp. 257–264. *"Smugglers Again" pp. 359–362. ;4 (1914) *"Neptune as Defendant" pp. 162–167. ;6 (1920) *"The Rutter of the Sea" pp. 243–246. ;7 (1921) *"Drake at the Suit of John Doughty" pp. 291–297. ;10 (1924) *"The Mace of the Admiralty Court" Mariner's Mirror, vol. 10, pp. 49–52, January 1924. *"John the Painter" pp. 355–365. ;13 (1927) *"Sir Henry Penrice and Sir Thomas Salusbury" pp. 38–44. *"The Judges of the High Court of Admiralty" pp. 333–347. ;15 (1929) *"The Bucentaur" pp. 131–138. ;16 (1930) *"The Navy as Penitentiary" pp. 313–318. ;38 (1952) *"The History of Maritime Law" pp. 260–275.

Articles in Law Quarterly Review

;34 (1918) *"Ransom Bills" pp. 49–62. *"The Master-Mariner's Authority" pp. 347–356. ;35 (1919) *"The First Admiralty Judges" pp. 73–83. *"Admiralty Matters in the Fifteenth Century" pp. 290–299. ;36 (1920) *"The Rise of the College of Advocates" pp. 128–139. ;37 (1921) *"Early Writers on Maritime Law" pp. 323–336. ;39 (1923) *"The Advocates of the Court of Arches" pp. 493–506. ;40 (1924) *"England and the Mediaeval Empire" pp. 483–494. ;46 (1930) *"Roman Law in England Before Vacarius" pp. 191–206. ;47 (1931) *"Roman Law MSS in England" pp. 337–344. ;48 (1932) *"Peter della Vigna" pp. 324–327. ;49 (1933) *"Cino da Pistoia" pp. 178– 182. ;50 (1934) *"Roffredo da Benevento" pp. 24–28. *"Brocarda" pp. 334–336. ;51 (1935) *"Accursius and his Son Franciscus" pp. 513–516. ;53 (1937) *"Irnerius" pp. 322–325.

Miscellaneous essays

*"'The Rape of the Table'" ''Notes & Queries'', ser. 11, vol. 7 (April 1913), p. 329. *"The Law and Custom of Flags" ''Law Times'' 142 (1917), pp. 166–168, 183-184. *"The Cruise of the Pylades" ''Cornhill Magazine'', n.s., vol. 52 (1922). pp. 686–693. *"An Act of State" ''Cornhill Magazine'', n.s., vol. 54 (1923), pp. 561–566. *"The Illeanon Pirates: An Early Victorian 'Wangle'" ''Cornhill Magazine'', n.s., vol. 56 (1924), pp. 342–349. *"The Sea Fencibles" ''Nineteenth Century'' 103 (1928), pp. 827–834. *"State Barges" ''Nineteenth Century'' 108 (1930), pp. 100–105.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Senior, William 1862 births 1937 deaths Legal historians