The Inns of Court

by Cecil Headlam

INDEX

[A], [B], [C], [D], [E], [F], [G], [H], [I], [J], [K], [L], [M], [N], [O], [P], [Q], [R], [S], [T], [V], [W], [Y].

Abinger, Lord, [103]
Abram, Messrs., shop, [67]
Adam, architect, [197], [201]
Addison, Joseph, [62], [66]
Ainger, Canon, [59]
Albert, Prince, [120]
Alderson, Edward Hall, [94]
Allington, Sir Richard, [183]
Ancients. See Benchers
Anson, Sir William, [72]
Apprentices at the Law, [5], [6], [9], [12], 1[7] ff., [36], [38], [39], [166], [186-188]
Ashburton, Lord, [81]
Ashmole, Elias, [81]
Asquith, Right Hon. H. H., [93]
Atterbury, Bishop, [183]
Bacon, [136]
Sir Francis, [89], [144-146], [148-152], [155-162]
Sir Nicholas, [146], [153], [156]
Barebone, Dr., [143]
Barnard’s Inn, [102], [173-175]
Barristers, Inner, [11] ff.
Outer, or Utter, [11] ff.
Roll, [80]
Bathurst, Lord, [121]
Beaumont, Francis, [89], [152]
Benchers, [11] ff., [61], [95], [100], [153]
Bernasconi, [117]
Bettenham, Jeremy, [161]
Blackfriars, [108], [109]
Blackstone, Sir W., [70], [165]
Boswell, James, [87-89]
Bolting, [59]
Bowen, Lord, [72]
Brewer, Dr., [184]
Brougham, Lord, [117], [121]
Burghley, Lord, [142]
Burke, Edmund, [45], [69]
Burleigh, Lord, [149]
Burnet, Bishop, [183], [184]
Butler, Bishop, [183]
Butler, Samuel, [57], [163]
Byllyng, Sir W., [139]
Camden, William, [163]
Campbell, Lord, [81], [93], [121]
Thomas, [126]
Canning, George, [93], [121]
Carew, Sir Randolph, [98]
Carey Street, [177], [178]
Chancery Lane (= Chancellor’s Lane = New Street), [1], [8], [106], [107], [122], [128], [196-199]
Old Temple in, [29]
Chapman, George, [163]
Chaucer, Geoffrey, [37], [64], [104], [105], [191]
Chelmsford, Lord, [103]
Cheshire Cheese, the, [69]
Chester Inn, [180]
Chichester, Bishop of, [106], [107]
Child’s Bank, [66]
Churches, Round, [28], [29], [47]
Cibber, Colley, [103]
City, the, boundaries of, [6], [7]
Clarendon, Lord Chancellor, [80]
Clement’s Inn, [95], [177]
Clergy excluded from the Courts, [4], [8]
Cleveland, John, [163]
Clifford’s Inn, [5], [167], [176], [178-180], [198]
Kentish Mess, [180]
Cobbett, William, [163]
Cockburn, Sir Alexander, [81]
Coif, the, [192], [195]
Order of the, [188], [189]
Coke, Sir Edward, [87], [92], [98], [179], [196], [201]
Lord, [146]
Coleridge, Lord, [72]
Colman, George, [121]
Colonies, the, and the Inns of Court, [78-80]
‘Comedy of Errors,’ the, [150]
Coney Garth, [107], [111]
Congreve, William, [80]
Connaught, H.R.H. the Duke of, [163]
Converts, House of the, [181] ff.
Courts, the Civil, [3], [4]
Coverley, Sir Roger de, [162]
Cowper, Lord Chancellor, [81]
William, [73], [104]
Cox, Serjeant, [199]
Cromwell, Oliver, [113], [114], [130]
Thomas, [163]
Crusades, [188]
influence of, [2]
Cursitor Street, [156]
Davey, Lord, [121]
Day, Thomas, [60]
Denys, Hugh, [140]
Despencer, Hugh le, [36]
Devereux Court, [35], [82]
Devil Tavern, the, [66]
Devil’s Own, the, [129] ff.
Dickens, Charles, [126-128], [169-171], [176]
quoted, [46], [82], [83]
Disraeli, Benjamin, [121]
Donne, Dr., [114] ff.
Drake, Sir Francis, [78]
Eldon, Lord Chancellor, [81], [131], [134]
Ellenborough, Lord, [93], [94], [134]
Ellesmere, Earl of, [129]
Ely, Bishops of, [197]
Ely Place, [171]
Embankment, the, [67], [74], [94]
Erskine, Lord, [121], [133]
Essex House, [35]
Water Gate, [84]
Inn, [35]
Street, [29], [35]
Evelyn, John, [81]
Eyre, Sir James, [146]
Faryngdon’s Inn, [198]
Feasts and Bevels. See Inns of Court
Fetter Lane, [178], [198]
Fielding, Henry, [62], [73]
Finch, Sir Heneage, [99], [100]
Fire of London, the, [45], [47], [57], [74], [96], [103], [179]
of 1678, [59], [73], [81], [96]
Fitchett’s Field, [30]
Fitzgerald, Edward, quoted, [96]
Percy, [176]
Fleet Street, [1], [2], [5], [9], [29-31], [44], [65], [102], [178], [196]
No. [16], [45]
No. [17], [45]
Ford, John, [80]
Fresco by Watts, [120]
Furnival’s Inn, [122], [175], [176]
Gainsborough, [113]
Gardiner, Bishop, [146]
Gascoigne, George, [163]
Sir William, [163]
Gauden, Dr. John, [58]
Gibbons, Grinling, [102]
Gifford, Robert, M.R., [81]
Gladstone, W. E., [121]
Goldsmith, Oliver, [62], [65], [69-72], [104], [163]
Goldsmith’s grave, [71]
Goldsmith, Sir Francis, [185]
‘Gorboduc,’ [99]
Gordon Riots, [131], [132]
Grant, Sir William, [133]
Gray, Earl de, [108]
Gray’s Inn, [6], [70], [87], [89], [108], [135] ff., [195]
Ancients of, [153]
and Barnard’s Inn, [173-175]
and Francis Bacon, [148] ff.
and Queen Elizabeth, [146-152]
and Shakespeare, [148], [150]
and Staple Inn, [172]
arms of, [160]
buildings of, [142] ff.
Chapel, [144], [154], [155]
Field Court, [159]
Fields, [136]
Fullwood’s Rents, [162]
Gardens, [159] ff.
Gateways, [143], [144]
Hall, [144] ff.
Lane, [136], [143]
Library, [144], [145]
masques and plays at, [148] ff.
moots received at, [21]
origin of, [137-142]
pensions and pensioners of, [153]
Raymond Buildings, [159]
Road, [145], [158]
rookery in, [161]
South Square, [143] ff., [157], [159]
Square, [143], [155], [156]
surroundings of, [135], [136]
Verulam Buildings, [158], [159]
Walks, [162]
Grenville, George, [93]
Grey Friars, the, [137]
Greys, the, of Wilton, [137] ff.
Griffith, Henry, [147]
Grimthorpe, Lord, [112], [118]
Hale, Sir Matthew, [98], [118], [167], [179]
Hallam, Henry, [80]
Halls of the Inns, [11] ff.
Hampden, John, [162]
Harcourt, Sir Simon, [98]
Hardwick, Philip, [118], [119], [128]
Hatton, Sir C., [25]
Havelock, Sir Henry, [81]
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, [135]
Heath, C. J., [130]
Heber, Bishop, [116]
Herring, Archbishop, [116]
Hogarth, William, [76], [104], [118], [126]
Holborn, [8], [131], [135], [144], [195]
Bars, [6], [7], [29], [31]
Bridge, [108]
Hooker, bust of, [55]
Dr. John, [58]
Hullock, Sir John, [146]
Inner Temple. See Temple Lane, [87], [89], [92]
Inns of Chancery, [9], [18]
dissolution of, [167]
monopolized by attorneys, [167]
origin of, [165] ff.
relation of Inns of Court to, [166-168].
See Barnard’s Inn, Clement’s Inn, Clifford’s Inn, Furnival’s Inn, Lyon’s Inn, New Inn, Staple Inn, Strand Inn, Thavie’s Inn
Inns of Court, [61-64], [75], [106], [142]
and the Colonies, [79], [80]
a University of Law, [8-11], [16]
an aristocratic University, [16], [17]
buildings of, [73]
degrees, discipline, and customs of, [11-26]
Feastings, Revels, and Post-Revels, [13], [22-26], [77], [98], [117], [192], [193]
Guilds of Study, [9], [10], [17]
Halls, [23-26]
homes of literature, [19] ff.
Irish Law-students at the Inns of Court, [20]
masques and plays performed at, [24-26], [65], [77], [89], [148] ff., [192]
origin of, [2] ff.
Parliaments of, [153], [154]
position of, [163], [164]
relation of, to Inns of Chancery, [165-168]
Volunteers, [129] ff.
Ireton, Commissary, [130]
Jeffreys, Lord Chancellor, [55], [80], [101]
Jessel, Sir George, [185]
Jews, House of the Converted, [181] ff.
Johnson, Dr., [62], [65-67], [69], [87-89], [173]
Jones, Inigo, [45], [114], [115], [122], [127], [175]
Lieutenant-General, [130]
Sir William, [60]
Jonson, Ben, [66], [112], [113], [142]
Kenealy, Dr., [163]
Kentish Mess (Clifford’s Inn), [180]
King Charles I., [25], [76], [99], [129], [130], [146], [152]
Charles II., [127], [141], [146]
Edward I., [33]
Ordinance of, [4], [186]
Edward II., [34-36]
Edward VII., [85]
George II., [98]
George III., [133]
Henry II., [30]
Henry III., [33], [181]
Ordinance of, [8]
Henry VII., [111]
Henry VIII., [112]
James I., [40], [89], [100], [136]
patent of, [41]
James II., [146]
John, [33]
William III., [98]
King’s Bench Walk, [94]
Kingsley, Charles, [121]
Kinlosse, Lord, [183]
Knights Hospitallers (Order of St. John), [34-36], [39], [40], [47], [58], [98]
Knights Templars. See Templars, Knights
Lamb, Charles, [29], [59], [65], [82], [87], [89-95], [159]
Lambeth Palace, [112]
Lancaster, Thomas, Earl of, [35], [39], [40], [110]
Law Courts, the, [1], [3], [8], [30], [118], [177], [178]
Leicester, Earl of, [91]
Leigh, Gerard, [99]
Lincoln, Earl of, [107] ff.
Lincoln’s Inn, [6], [20], [29], [107] ff., [167]
Buildings, [111] ff.
Chapel, [113-117]
Chaplain of, [114-116]
custom at, [187]
Fields, [122-128], [131]
No. 13 (Soane Museum), [124-126]
fresco, by Watts, [120], [121]
Gateway, [111-113], [130]
Library, [113], [118]
New Hall, [118-122]
Square, [122]
Old Buildings, [113]
Hall, [117], [118]
origin of, [107-111]
Revels at, [117]
Stone Buildings, [118], [128], [129]
Linge, Bernard van, [116]
Lockwood, Sir Frank, [94], [121]
London County Council, [45], [67]
London, growth of, [1], [136]
Louvres, [23], [24], [76], [117]
Lovell, Sir Thomas, [111], [112]
Lushington, Stephen, [94]
Lyon’s Inn, [176]
Lyte, Sir Henry Maxwell, [183]
Lyttleton, Edward, Lord, [92], [130]
Sir Thomas, [92], [98]
Macaulay, Lord, [157]
Mackworth, Dr. John, [173]
Macnaghten, Lord,

[121]
Mandeville, Geoffrey, effigy of, [54]
Manningham, John, diary of, [77]
Mansfield, Lord, C.J., [81], [103], [121], [131]
Masque of Flowers, the, [152]
Masques and Plays, [24-26], [65], [89], [148] ff.
Matthews, Sir Philip, [141]
Maule, Sir John, [93]
Mercers’ Company, the, [175]
Micklethwaite, Dr., [58]
Middle Temple. See Temple, Middle
Lane, [67], [74]
Midsummer Night’s Dream, [148]
Milford Lane, [84]
Molyneux Globes, [79]
Moots, [11] ff.
More, Sir Thomas, [122], [175], [181]
Museum, Sir John Soane, [124-126]
Record Office, [183], [184]
Nethersale, John, [118]
Neville, Sir Thomas, [142]
New Inn, [40], [181]
Norths, the, [81]
Norton, Thomas, [65], [99]
O’Connell, Daniel, [20], [121]
‘Old Curiosity Shop,’ the, [126-128]
Ossulston, Manor of, [137]
Overbury, Sir Thomas, [80]
Parvis, the, of St. Paul’s, [191]
Paston Letters, the, [139]
Paulet, Sir Amias, [66]
Pembroke, Earl of, [35], [36]
Earls of, effigies of, [53]
Penn, William, [121]
Perceval, [121]
Petyt, Sylvester, [102]
William, [102]
Pitt, William, [113], [121]
Plays. See Inns of Court, Masques
Plowden, Edmund, [80]
Monument, [56]
Poland, Sir Harry, [101]
Pollocks, the, [81], [100]
Portpool, Manor of, [137], [140], [141]
Market, [171]
Portsmouth, Duchess of, [127]
Street, [127]
Post-Revels. See Inns of Court, Feasts, etc.
Praed, W. M., [69]
Prudential Assurance Company, [169], [170], [172], [175], [176]
Prynne, John, [25]
William, [117], [121]
Pym, John, [77], [163]
Queen Anne, [98]
Caroline, [98]
Elizabeth, [25], [78], [146-152]
Mary, [98]
Victoria, [6], [119], [184]
Quincey, Thomas de, [80]
Raleigh, Sir Walter, [78], [160]
Raymond, Lord, [146]
Rayner, C. J., [121]
Readers, [12] ff.
Readerships, revived, [20]
Readings, [11] ff.
Record Office, the Public, [80], [179], [182-185]
Museum of the, [183], [184]
Red Cross Knights. See Templars Lion Fields, [143]
Revels. See Inns of Court
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, [69]
Robes of the Bar, [193], [194]
Rogers, Samuel, [93]
Rolls Chapel, [182-185]
Monuments, [183]
Master of the, [182] ff.
Romilly, Sir Samuel, [132], [136]
Roo, John, [150]
Rupert, Prince, [100]
Russell, Lord, [72], [121]
Sackville, Thomas, [65], [99]
Savoy, the, [36]
Scott, Sir G., [118]
Scrope’s Inn, [108], [195]
Scropes, Le, the, [108], [195], [196]
Selden, John, [87], [93], [167], [179]
grave of, [55]
Serjeants, the, [12], [13], [186] ff.
Abolition of the Order of, [194], [195]
the, at St. Paul’s, [190], [191]
Feasts, [192], [193]
Inn (Chancery Lane), [178], [179], [197-199]
Inn (Fleet Street), [92], [196], [197]
Inns, [12], [195] ff.
Robes of the, [193], [194]
Shadwell, William, [80]
Shakespeare, William, [42], [43], [75], [148], [150]
at the Temple, [24]
‘Twelfth Night,’ [77], [78]
Shene, Convent of, [141]
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, [20]
Shirley, James, [153]
Shoe Lane, [108]
Sidney, Sir Philip, [162]
Skipworth, W., [139]
Smirke, Sir Robert, [198]
Sydney, [96]
Soane, Sir John, Museum, [124-126]
Solicitors excluded from the Inns of Court, [166]
Somers, Lord Chancellor, [81]
Somerset, Earl of, [152]
House, [181]
Southey, Robert, [163]
Spedding, James, [96], [149], [151], [160]
Spenser, Edmund, [68], [69]
St. Anne, Chapel of. See Temple
St. Dunstan’s Church, [178]
St. George’s Inn. See New Inn
St. James’s Palace, [112]
St. John, Oliver, [130]
Order of. See Knights Hospitallers
St. Paul’s Cathedral, [56], [67], [137]
the Serjeants and, [189-191], [195]
St. Thomas, Chapel of. See Temple
Knights of, [190]
Staple Inn, [87], [137], [169-173]
Stapleton Inn, [35]
Steele, Richard, [66]
Stowell, Lord, [81]
Strand Inn, [180]
the, [35], [177]
Strange, Sir John, [183]
Street, [30], [178]
Architect, [1]
Sundials (Temple), [72], [73], 81 n., [95], [96]
Swift, Dean, [66]
Taylor, Sir Robert, [128]
Tom, [90], [91]
Templars, the Knights, [1], [2], [27] ff., [48], [98], [106], [171]
and the Serjeants, [188], [189]
badge of the, [31], [32]
customs of, [97]
decadence and dissolution of the Order of the, [33] ff.
effigies of, [46], [51-55]
origin of the Order, [27], [28]
settlement in England, [28] ff.
Temple, the, [29], [110]
a place of sanctuary, [60], [61]
attacked by Wat Tyler’s men, [36]
Temple Bar, [6-8]
Chapel of St. Thomas, [59], [189], [200]
Church, the, [44-59], [71], [74], [97]
Chapel of St. Anne, [48], [189]
dedication of the, [30], [31]
description of, [46-56]
Master of the, [57-59]
Master’s House, [47], [57], [58]
Cloisters, [59], [60]
Flower Show, [94]
Gardens, [6], [42], [43]
buildings, [74]
Temple, Inner, [6], [37], [86] ff. See Clifford’s Inn and Temple, Templars
Benchers’ Garden, [196]
characteristics of the, [86], [87]
charter of the, [40], [41]
Clock Tower, [97]
Cloister Court, [60]
crest of the, [31], [32]
Crown Office Row, [89-91]
Farrar’s Buildings, [89]
Feasts, [192]
Fig-tree Court, [73], [93], [94]
Garden, [94], [95]
gateway, [1], [44], [45]
Gordon Rioters at, [132]
Hall, [38], [59], [65], [76], [96-99], [101]
Harcourt Buildings, [74]
Hare Court, [68], [89], [92], [93], [101]
Johnson’s Buildings, [44], [87]
King’s Bench Walk, [87], [91], [102-104]
Library, [96], [101], [102]
Mitre Court, [89], [92]
Buildings, [91], [92]
Paper Buildings, [89] ff., [93], [102]
Parliament, [18]
rebuilding of, [96]
Revels at, [98] ff.
solicitors excluded from, [166]
sundial, Temple Gardens, [95]
Tanfield Court, [97]
Treasurer’s House, [97]
Irishmen at the, [20]
Lane, [102]
lawyers first mentioned in, [37], [38]
Temple, Middle, [6], [37] ff., [45], [64] ff., [131]. See Temple, Templars
Brick Court, [68] ff., [90]
sundial in, [72]
Charter of, [40], [41]
crest of the, [31], [32]
Elizabethan sailors, [78]
Elm Court, [71]
Buildings, [74]
Essex Court, [81]
sundial, 81 n.
Fountain, [75], [82-84]
(or Hall) Court, [76]
Garden Court, [70], [84]
Gardens, [84]
gateways, [1], [65] ff., [74]
Goldsmith Buildings, [44], [71], [89]
Hall, [38], [68], [69], [74] ff.
Lamb Building, [60]
Library, [84], [85]
Little Gateway, [82]
New Court, [82]
Parliaments of, [154]
Plowden Buildings, [74], [84]
Pump Court, [73], [74]
sundial in, [73]
Rookery, [71], [72]
Vine Court, [74]
Temple, New, site of the, [29-31]
Outer, [35]
Refectory of the Priests, [59]
Stairs, [67]
St. Dunstan, [66]
the Old, [171]
Treasure House, [33], [34]
Temple, ‘Twelfth Night,’ [24]
Temples (Round Churches of the Templars), [28], [29]
Thackeray, W. M., quoted, [4], [60-63], [69], [71], [90], [176]
Thames, Embankment, [67], [74], [94]
River, [9], [29], [30], [67], [68], [74]
Thavie’s Inn, [5], [39], [176]
Theobald’s Road, [136], [159]
Thomson, Archbishop, [116]
Thurloe, —, [113]
Thurlow, Edward, Lord Chancellor, [93], [94]
Titus Gates, [7], [8]
Torrigiano, [183]
Turnstiles, the, [123]
Turton, Sir John, [146]
Tyler, Wat, Rebellion, [36]
Valence, Aymer de, [35], [36]
Virginia, [78]
Walpole, Horace, [121]
Warburton, Bishop, [116]
Warren, Samuel, [104]
Watts, G. F., fresco by, [120], [121]
Wellesley, Lord, [117]
Westbury, Lord Chancellor, [21]
Whitefriars, [29]
Whitelock, Bulstrode, [130]
Willes, C.J., [131], [194]
William IV., mandate of, [194]
Wine Office Court, [69]
Wither, George, [121]
Wolsey, Cardinal, [112], [150]
Wren, Sir Christopher, [2], [59], [65], [82], 87 n., [103]
Temple Bar, [7]
Wycherley, William, [80]
Yelverton, Sir C., [139], [146]
Young, Dr., [183]

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