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Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales

head of the Judiciary of England and Wales

10 dated entries naming Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, drawn from 8 separate years between 1424 CE and 1782 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Lord Chief Justice, Lord Chief Justice of England in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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15th century

  • 1424January 23 – William Cheyne becomes the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, replacing the late William Hankford.source
  • 1439January 20 – In England, John Juyn becomes the new Chief Justice of the King's Bench.source
  • 1442January 25 – John Fortescue becomes the new Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, replacing the late John Hody.source

17th century

  • 1616November 14 – In England, Sir Edward Coke is dismissed as Chief Justice of the King's Bench by royal prerogative.source
  • 1676April 12 – Richard Raynsford becomes the new Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.source
  • 1685August 25 – The Bloody Assizes begin in Winchester: Lord Chief Justice of England George Jeffreys tries over 1000 of Monmouth's rebels and condemns them to death or transportation.source
  • 168525 August to 23 September – Lord Chief Justice Jeffreys holds the Bloody Assizes to try Monmouth's supporters, beginning at Winchester and ending at Wells. Over a thousand receive sentences of hanging or transportation.source

18th century

  • 1772June 22 – Somersett's Case: Lord Mansfield, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, delivers the decision that leads to the end of slavery in England.source
  • 177222 June – Somersett's Case: Lord Mansfield, the Lord Chief Justice delivers the decision that slavery is not supported by the common law of England.source
  • 1782In the case of Folkes v. Chadd, litigation regarding the silting of Wells Harbour in Norfolk, Lord Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, allows leading civil engineer John Smeaton, to provide scientific evidence, origin of modern rules on acceptance of expert witnesses.source

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