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1590. Sir Thomas Heneage, Knt. vice chamberlain of the household. 1597. Sir Robert Cecil, Knt., chancellor of the duchy and keeper of the privy

seal, resigned 1599 on becoming master of the Court of Wards, he was created Baron Cecil, May 13, 1603, Viscount Cranbourn, Aug. 20, that year, Earl of Salisbury, May 4, 1605, and died May 24, 1614. 1599. Sir John Fortesque, Knt., he was also master of the wardrobe to Queen Elizabeth, and chancellor of the exchequer, but on the accession of King James retained only the chancellorship of the duchy, he died Dec. 23. 1607.

1607. Sir Thomas Parry, Knt., died 1616.

1616. John Dacombe, Esq., knighted 1616.

1627. Sir Edward Barrett, created Lord Newburgh 1627, dying S. P. the title became extinct.

1629. Sir Humphrey May, Knt., occurs as chancellor, 1625, he obtained, in 1629, the reversion of the office of master of the rolls, but died before it became vacant, Jan. 9, 1630.

1647. William Lenthall, speaker of the house of commons, was made chancellor of the duchy then worth about 40007, a year.

1660. Francis Lord Seymour, (third son of Edward Lord Beauchamp, son and heir to Edward Earl of Hertford,) he had been advanced to the dignity of Baron Seymour of Trowbridge, 19th Feb. 1640, appointed chancellor of the duchy, June 1, 1660, died July 12, 1664.

1672. Sir Robert Carr, Knt. and Bart., Feb. 14.

1680. Sir Thomas Ingram, Knt., Feb. 14.

1688. Robert Lord Willoughby, of Eresbey, of the Ancaster family.

1697. Thomas Earl of Stamford.

1702. Sir John Leveson Gower, Bart. afterwards Lord Gower.

1706. James Stanley, Earl of Derby, groom of the bed-chamber to king William III. Lord Lieutenant of North Wales and county of Lancaster, 1702, vice-admiral of Lancashire, 1708, privy chancellor, and chancellor of the duchy, 1706, June 10, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum, Lancashire, 1727, obt. Oct. 1, 1786, mayor of Liverpool, 1734.

1710. William Lord Berkley of Stratton.

1714. Henage Earl of Aylesford, Oct. 12.

1716. Richard Earl of Scarborough, Mar. 6, resigned May 18, 1717. 1717. Nicholas Lechmere, Esq. aftrewards Lord Lechmere, for life,

1727. John duke of Rutland, July 17.

1736. George Cholmondeley, Earl of Cholmondeley, knight of the bath; 1725 master of the robes; 1727 master of the horse to Frederick Prince of Wales; 1729, governor of Chester, and lord lieutenant and custos rotulorum, and vice admiral of the same place, succeeded as Earl Cholmondeley, 1733, and lord lieutenant of North Wales, the same year chamberlain of Chester; 1736 a lord of the treasury, chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, and privy councellor, lord privy seal, vice treasurer of Ireland, lieutenant general; 1759 high steward of Richmond, county of Surrey, May 1; died 1770.

1743. Richard Lord Edgecombe, Dec. 22.

1758. Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin, afterwards Earl of Kinnoul, Jan. 24. 1762. James Smith Stanley, Lord Strange, Dec. 15, father of the present Earl

of Derby.

1771. Thomas Lord Hyde, afterwards Earl of Clarendon, Dec. 31.

1782. John Lord Ashburton, Mar. 27.

1788. Edward Earl of Derby, Aug. 29.

Thomas Earl of Clarendon, Dec. 31.

1786. Charles Lord Hawksbury, afterwards Earl of Liverpool, Sep. 1. 1803. Thomas Lord Pelham, now Earl of Chichester, Nov. 9.

1804. Henry Lord Mulgrave, Oct. 6.

Dudley Lord Harrowby.

1806. Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of Derby, Lord Stanley, Baron Stanley of Lathom, and Baronet, lord lieutenant, and custos rotulorum of Lancashire, M. A. Feb. 22.

1807. The Right Honourable Spencer Percival, appointed chancellor of the the duchy, March 30. He was also chancellor of the exchequer. Murdered by Bellingham.

1812. The Earl of Buckinghamshire, chancellor of the Duchy and Co. Palatine of Lancaster, May 23. The Earl of Buckinghamshire resigned June 23, and the Rt. Hon. Charles Bragg Bathurst, the present chancellor, was chosen.

The county assizes are held at Lancaster twice a year, as by law established, 36 Edward III. and are to be held no where else in the county.

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The duchy court is held at Lancaster castle, and at Preston; the vice-chancellor generally presides.

There is also a court in Westminster, called the Duchy Court of Lancaster, where all cases any way relating to the revenue of the duchy of Lancaster are tried, and the court established for the same purpose at Preston, is a branch of the Westminster court, and is called the Court of the County Palatine of Lancaster. These courts were established by King Henry IV. after having deposed Richard II. when possessing the duchy of Lancaster in right of his mother, he imagined he had a better claim to it than to the throne, which he had usurped, he therefore separated it from the crown, and erected those courts for its use. The chief judge is the chancellor, under whom are a set of regular officers for the dispatch of business in the county, as well as the duchy court. The following is the present list:

Duchy Court of Lancaster.

Chancellor, the Rt. Hon. Cha. Bragg Bathurst.

Attorney Gen., William Walton, Esq.

King's Serg.

King's Couns. J. A. Roe, Esqr.

Auditors, F. L. Holt and John Mitford, Esqrs.

Clerk of the Council and Registrer, Hon. George Villiers.

Dep., Rob. John Harper, Esq.

Sec., R. J. Harper, Esq., Red Lion Square.

Clerks in Court in Causes, Mr. Harper and Mr. Davison.

Surveyor of Lands and Woods, south of Trent, Robert Smirke, Jun. Esq.

Surveyor of Lands, north of Trent, Mr. John Bower, of Smeethalls near

Ferrybridge, Yorkshire.

Surveyor of Woods, north of the Trent, Rt. Hon. J. Charles Villiers.

Usher, Mr. John Lack.

Messenger, Mr. Richd. Edwards.

Receivers of the Rents.

Lancashire, William Eccles, Esq. Manchester.

Yorkshire and Notts., Thos. Lack. Esq.

Lincolnsh., John Parkinson, Jun.

Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, Mr. Freer, of Leicester.

Staffordshire, Thomas Lack, Esq.

Monmouthshire, D. of Beaufort, K. G.

Essex and Hatford, T. Hinckley, Esq. Litchfield.

Derbyshire, R. Hinckley, Esq. Litchfield.

Other counties, south of Trent, R. J. Harper, Esq., Somerset Place.

County Palatine of Lancaster.

Chancellor, Rt. Hon. Cha. Bragg Bathurst.

Vice-Chancellor, Giffin Wilson, Esq.

Secy. Robert J. Harper, Esq.

Attorn. Gen. of the County, James Scarlett, Esq.

King's Councils, William Walton, M. F. A. Ainslie, Esqrs.

Registrer, Examiner, and First Clerk, William Shaw.

Deputy Registrer,

Cursitors and Clerks of the Chancery, J. S. Aspden, J. W. R. Wilson, Nicholas

Grimshaw, E. B. Walker, and R. W. Hopkins, Esqrs.

Seal Keeper, Joseph Seaton Aspden, Esq.; Acting Cursitor, N. Grimshaw, Esq. Prothonotary, Rt. Hon. John Charles Villiers.

Deputy, William Cross, Esq.

Clerk of the Crown, J. T. Batt, Esq.

Deputy, R. W. Hopkins, Esq.

Clerk of the Peace, Edward Gorst, Esq.

Deputy,

Messenger, Joseph Ross.

The Fees of a Justice of the Peace within the County of Lancaster.

To Mr. Vice-Chancellor's Secretary for procuring the warrant,

To writing thereof,

For making the 1st Commission

For engrossing thereof,

For the dedimus protestatem for taking the oaths

For engrossing the oaths

£0 10 0

0 2 0

09 6

0 6 8

0 9 6

0 2 6

For enrolling the same,

For the return of the commission, the oaths, and filing thereof.
To the messenger of the county palatine

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Fynes of the several values of lands in writts of covenant and writts of entry

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And all other somes exceeding these somes, are to be rated according to the somes above writ.

All writts of covenant, every assize, all writts of nature in assize above the value of 40s. under the value of 13 nobles less a penny payeth 6s. 8d. fyne, and be it 19 nobles and a penny it payeth 10s., and every assize, be it never so little, it maketh fyne at every 37. 6s. 8d. payeth 6s. 8d., and every pone of

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