Born Somerset. Speaker of the House of Commons 1580-3, Attorney General, 1581-92, and Lord Chief Justice of England 1592 - 1607. Presided at the trials of Sir Walter Raleigh in 1603 and of Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators in 1605.
c. 1594 occupied Friary House, N20.
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John Popham
Friary House Friary Park opened to the public on Saturday 7th May 1910 after ...
Novelist. Born at Wood Farm, West Bradenham, Norfolk. At the age of nineteen he was sent to Natal to serve the Lieutenant-Governor, as his father said he was only fit to be a greengrocer. He achiev...
Also called the College of Civilians, this was a society of lawyers practising civil (as opposed to common) law. The buildings where the court proceedings took place also had a big library and room...
Legal group established with the objectives of working towards the elimination of racial discrimination within the legal profession and the achievement of true equality of opportunity and equal acc...
Forensic pathologist. Born Leamington Spa, son of a manufacturing chemist. He was a pioneer in the science of determining the cause of death by examining a corpse and gave evidence in many cases ...
Daughter of Marcus Grantham. Married 1952 Mario Uziell-Hamilton. Autodidact barrister and circuit judge. Left school aged 16 due in part to her parents' divorce. Mother of Fabian Hamilton, Labo...
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