Sir George Jeffreys, 1680. A Deo rex a rege lex.
Sir Michael Foster, 1736. Nunquam libertas gratior.
Sir William Blackstone, 1770. Secundis dubiisque rectus.
Sir Alexander Thomson, 1787. Reverentia legum.
William Cockell, 1787. Stat lege corona.
On Serjeant Cockell's call, "in consequence of a late regulation no rings were given to the judges, the bar, or to the attornies."
Some of the older, and most of the modern, law reporters, mention the mottoes on the rings given by the serjeants.
C. H. COOPER.
Cambridge.
T. P. is informed that the custom of Serjeants-at-law presenting rings with mottoes prevailed long before A.D. 1670. In the Journal of the Arch. Institute, vol. vii. p. 196., he will find mention of a mediæval ring of the kind, described as "A Serjeant-at-law's gold ring, the hoop 3/8 of an inch in width, and of equal thickness, inscribed Lex regis præsidium."