THE INNS OF COURT

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OLD HALL AND OLD SQUARE FROM THE TOWER OF THE NEW HALL, LINCOLN’S INN

On the left is the Old Hall, dating from the reign of Edward VI. (circa 1555), and the scene of the Chancery case of Jarndyce v. Jarndyce in ‘Bleak House.’ Beyond the Hall are the red roofs of Old Square, and in the distance the domes of the Central Criminal Court and St. Paul’s, the latter appearing over a portion of the buildings of the Record Office.

THE INNS
OF COURT

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ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
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[CHAPTER I]
	PAGE
Origin of the Inns	[1]
[CHAPTER II]
The Knights Templars	[27]
[CHAPTER III]
The Temple Church	[44]
[CHAPTER IV]
The Middle Temple	[54]
[CHAPTER V]
The Inner Temple	[86]
[CHAPTER VI]
Lincoln’s Inn and the Devil’s Own	[106]
[CHAPTER VII]
Gray’s Inn	[135]
[CHAPTER VIII]
Inns of Chancery	[165]
[CHAPTER IX]
The Serjeants and Serjeants’ Inns	[186]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[1.]	Old Hall and Old Square from the Tower of the New Hall, Lincoln’s Inn	[Frontispiece]
		FACING PAGE
[2.]	Middle Temple Lane	[6]
[3.]	Interior of the Middle Temple Hall	[20]
[4.]	Lamb Building from Pump Court, Temple	[34]
[5.]	Interior of the Temple Church	[46]
[6.]	The East End of the Temple Church and the Master’s House	[56]
[7.]	The Middle Temple Gatehouse in Fleet Street	[66]
[8.]	Fountain Court and Middle Temple Hall	[74]
[9.]	Middle Temple Library	[84]
[10.]	Hall and Library, Inner Temple	[94]
[11.]	No. 5, King’s Bench Walk, Inner Temple	[102]
[12.]	Old Square, Lincoln’s Inn	[112]
[13.]	The New Gateway and Hall of Lincoln’s Inn	[118]
[14.]	Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn, from the Gardens	[128]
[15.]	A Doorway in South Square, Gray’s Inn	[144]
[16.]	Gray’s Inn Square	[154]
[17.]	The Gabled Houses outside Staple Inn, Holborn	[164]
[18.]	Staple Inn Hall and Courtyard	[172]
[19.]	The Great Hall of the Royal Courts of Justice	[176]
[20.]	Clifford’s Inn	[184]
[Sketch-plan at end of volume.]

THE INNSOF COURT

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE INNS
OF COURT