See also:BARON See also:JOHN See also:FINCH FINCH OF FORDWICH (1584-166o)
, generally known as See also:Sir See also:John See also:Finch, See also:English See also:judge, a member of the old See also:family of Finch, was See also:born on the 17th of See also:September 1584, And was called to the See also:bar in 1611
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He was returned to See also:parliament for See also:Canterbury in 1614, and became See also:recorder of the same See also:place in 1617
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Having attracted the See also:notice of See also:Charles I., who visited Canterbury in 1625, and was received with an address by Finch in his capacity as recorder, he was the following See also:year appointed See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's counsel and See also:attorney-See also:general to the See also:queen and was knighted
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In 1628 he was elected See also:speaker of the See also:House of See also:Commons, a See also:post which he retained till its See also:dissolution in 1629
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He was the speaker who was held down in his See also:chair by See also:Holles and others on the occasion of Sir John See also:Eliot's See also:resolution on See also:tonnage and poundage
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In 1634 he was appointed See also:chief See also:justice of the See also:court of See also:common pleas, and distinguished himself by the active zeal with which he upheld the king's See also:prerogative
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Notable also was the brutality which characterized his conduct as chiefjustice, particularly in the cases of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Prynne and John See also:Langton
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He presided over the trial of John See also:Hampden, who resisted the See also:payment of See also:ship-See also:money, and he was chiefly responsible for the decision of the See also:judges that ship-money was constitutional
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As a See also:reward for his services he was, in 164o, appointed See also:lord keeper, and was also created See also:Baron Finch of Fordwich
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He had, however, become so unpopular that one of the first acts of the See also:Long Parliament, which met in the same year was his See also:impeachment
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He took See also:refuge in See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, but had to suffer the See also:sequestration of his estates
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When he was allowed to return to See also:England is uncertain, but in 166o he was one of the commissioners for the trial of the regicides, though he does not appear to have taken much See also:part in the proceedings
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He died on the 27th of See also:November 166o and was buried in St See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin's See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church near Canterbury, his See also:peerage becoming See also:extinct
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See See also:Foss, Lives of the Judges; See also:- CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
- CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
- CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN
- CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
- CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
- CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
- CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)
Campbell, Lives of the Chief Justices
.
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