Lawyer Members of the House of Commons
GI Gray’s Inn
IT Inner Temple
LI Lincoln’s Inn
MT Middle Temple
The Parliament of 1604-10
Barristers
Bacon, Sir Francis (GI)
Barker, Richard (GI)
Barker, Robert(IT)
Baxter, John (MT)
Bowyer, Sir Edmund(LI)
Bowyer, Robert (MT) (1605-10 only)
Boys, John (MT)
Brocke, William (IT)
Bromley, Edward (IT) (to Feb. 1610)
Brooke, Christopher (LI)
Brooke, Thomas (IT)
Carew, Sir George II (MT)
Cheke, Thomas I (LI)
Crewe, Thomas (GI)
Delabere, Richard (LI) (unseated 13 Apr. 1604)
Digges, Richard (LI)
Doddridge, John (MT)
Durdent, Thomas (LI) (1604-7 only)
Dyott, Anthony (IT)
Eure, Francis (GI)
Fanshawe, Thomas I (IT) (called 1606)
Ferne, John (IT) (d.1609)
Finch, Heneage (IT)
Fleetwood, Henry (GI)
Fleming, Sir Thomas I (LI) (1604 only)
Fuller, Nicholas (GI)
Gamull, Thomas (IT) (1606-10 only)
Hadde, Matthew (LI)
Hakewill, William (LI)
Hare, John (IT)
Harris, Thomas (LI) (unseated 13 Apr. 1604)
Heigham, Sir John (LI)
Hesketh, Sir Thomas (GI) (1604 only)
Hetley, Thomas (GI)
Hext, Edward (MT)
Hicks, Michael (LI)
Hitcham, Robert (GI)
Hobart, Sir Henry (LI)
Holt, William (GI)
Hoskins, John (MT)
Hyde, Lawrence I (MT)
Hyde, Nicholas (MT)
Irby, Anthony(LI)
Jenkins, Sir Henry (LI)
Jones, William I (LI)
Kirton, James II (MT)
Lawton, Thomas (IT) (1604-6 only)
Lewknor, Sir Edward I (MT)
Ley, Sir James (LI)
Malet, Thomas (MT)
Martin, Richard (MT)
More, John I (LI)
Montagu, Sir Henry (MT)
Moore, Francis (MT)
Mutton, Peter (LI)
Napper, Sir Robert (MT)
Noye, William(LI)
Overbury, Nicholas (MT)
Oxburgh, Thomas (LI)
Owen, Sir Roger (LI) (1606-10 only)
Parkinson, Christopher (GI)
Peard, George(LI)
Pembridge, Anthony (IT) (1605-10 only)
Phelips, Sir Edward (MT)
Ravenscroft, William (LI)
Salter, Edward (GI) (elected Feb. 1610; no longer practising)
Shurley, John (MT)
Snygge, George (MT) (1604 only)
South, Thomas (MT)
Stone, Christopher (MT)
Stoughton, Adrian (IT)
Tanfield, Lawrence (IT) (1604-5 only)
Tate, Francis (MT)
Tooker, Giles (LI)
Trevor, Thomas (IT)
Unton, Thomas (GI) (called 1608)
Vyvyan, Francis (MT)
Washington, Laurence (GI)
Wentworth, Thomas (LI)
Whitelocke, James (MT) (1610 only)
Wilbraham, Sir Roger (GI)
Winch, Humphrey (LI) (1604-6 only)
Wiseman, William (LI)
Wylde, George I (IT)
Yelverton, Henry (GI)
Trainee barristers
Percival, Richard (LI)
Civil lawyers
Bennet, Sir John
Byrd, William (1610 only)
Caesar, Sir Julius (also a barrister)
Crompton, Sir Thomas (d.1609)
Cromwell, Henry (BCL, but no evidence that he practised)
Dunne, Sir Daniel
Herbert, Sir John
James, Francis
Jones, John
Moutlowe, Henry
Parkins, Sir Christopher
?Plomer, John
Steward, Nicholas
Wilson, Thomas (elected 1605; never practised)
Minor common lawyers
Antrobus, Thomas (LI) clerk of the outlawries; owned law books
Boden, John Clement’s Inn educated. Legal training presumed (estate steward; recorder Shaftesbury)
Bowyer, John (GI) described as a ‘professor of laws’; d.1605
Bullingham, Francis GI trained, notary public in Lincoln
Cole, Edward notary public
Damet, Thomas (GI) town clerk and attorney of Great Yarmouth
Davys, Matthew Barnard’s Inn trained attorney
Duncombe, Edward IT trained, attorney in Common Pleas and Requests
Lawley, George New Inn trained?; attorney and former town clerk of Much Wenlock
Peard, George (LI) counsel to Barnstaple
?Wright, Richard City solicitor in late 1590s
The Parliament of 1614
Barristers
Amherst, Richard (GI)
Ashley, Francis (MT)
Bacon, Sir Francis (GI)
Barker, Robert (IT)
Bawtree, Leonard (LI)
Berkeley, Francis (LI)
Bowyer, Sir Edmund (LI)
Brakin, Francis (GI)
Brooke, Christopher (LI)
Browne, George (MT)
Byng, Henry (GI)
Cheke, Thomas I (LI)
Chiborne, Charles (LI)
Conyers, William (MT)
Courtman, William (LI)
Crewe, Ranulphe (LI)
Crewe, Thomas (GI)
Danvers, Charles (MT)
Digges, Richard (LI)
Doubleday, Edmund (MT)
Dyott, Anthony (IT) (from May)
Finch, Henry (GI)
Fleming, Philip (LI)
Fuller, Nicholas (GI)
Gardener, Sir Robert (LI)
Gee, William (LI)
Glanville, John (LI)
Gwyn, Rice (IT)
Hakewill, William (LI)
Henden, Edward (GI)
Hitcham, Robert (GI)
Hitchcock, Thomas (LI)
Hoskins, John (MT)
Hyde, Nicholas (MT)
Irby, Anthony (LI)
Ireland, Thomas (GI)
Jones, William I (LI)
Ley, Sir James (LI)
Littleton, Edward (IT) (identification uncertain)
Lloyd, Ellis (LI)
Lowe, Richard (LI)
Malet, Thomas (MT)
Montagu, Sir Henry (MT)
Montagu, Sidney (MT)
Morley, Edward (IT)
Moore, Francis (MT)
Mosley, Edward (GI)
Owen, Sir Roger (LI)
Oxburgh, Thomas (LI)
Prowde, Lewis (LI)
Ryves, John (MT)
St. Aubyn, Thomas (MT)
Salter, Edward (GI) (elected April 1621; no longer practising)
Searle, John (LI)
Smythe, Edward (MT)
Stoughton, Adrian (IT)
Straunge, Robert (LI) (called while Parliament was in session)
Tooker, Giles (LI)
Townshend, Sir Henry (LI)
Towse, William (IT)
Tufton, Richard (LI)
Turnor, Arthur (MT)
Vyvyan, Francis (MT)
Warre, Thomas (MT)
Wentworth, Thomas (LI)
Were, Humphrey (IT)
Whitby, Edward (IT)
Whitelocke, James (MT) (also had a civil law degree)
Wilbraham, Sir Roger (GI)
Williamson, Sir Richard (GI) (not certain that he was ever called)
Willoughby, Sir William (GI)
Wolverston, Robert (GI) (not certain that he was ever called)
Woodward, Thomas (LI)
Yelverton, Henry (GI)
Trainee barristers
Charnock, Roger (GI)
Croke, Henry (IT)
Hastings, George (GI)
Ley, Henry (LI)
Shelley, Henry II (GI)
Civil lawyers
Bennet, Sir John
Caesar, Sir Charles
Caesar, Sir Julius (also a barrister)
Dade, Henry
Dunne, Sir Daniel
Newman, George
Minor common lawyers
Cage, William attorney; returned 27 April
Courtman, William (LI) assistant clerk of assize
Davys, Matthew I Barnard’s Inn trained attorney
Duncombe, Edward attorney in Common Pleas and Requests
Gregory, William town clerk of Nottingham
Langston, Anthony attorney
Southworth, Thomas (GI) attorney?
The Parliament of 1621
Barristers
Amherst, Richard (GI)
Ashley, Francis (MT)
Bailiffe, John (MT)
Bedingfield, Thomas (GI)
Berkeley, Francis (LI)
Berkeley, Robert (MT)
Borlase, Henry (MT)
Brooke, Christopher (LI)
Carvile, John (MT)
Clench, Thomas (LI)
Clerke, Henry (MT)
Coke, Sir Edward (IT)
Conyers, William (MT)
Crewe, Thomas (GI)
Davies, Sir John (MT)
Denny, William (GI)
Digges, Richard (LI)
Dyott, Richard (IT)
Earle, Christopher (MT)
Eure, Sampson (GI)
Finch, Heneage (IT)
Finch, John II (GI)
Fleming, Philip (LI) (elected 6 Dec.)
Foxton, Richard (MT) (unseated 22 Mar.)
Glanville, John (LI)
Hakewill, William (LI)
Hawarde, John (IT)
Heath, Robert (IT)
Herbert, Edward (IT)
Hockmore, William (MT)
Irby, Anthony (LI)
Kynaston, Sir Francis (LI) (seems never to have practised)
Levinge, Timothy (IT)
Lewis, Robert (GI)
Malet, Thomas (MT)
Mosley, Edward (GI)
Nichols, Francis (MT)
Noye, William (LI)
Osborne, Edward (IT)
Overbury, Walter (MT)
Pye, Walter I (MT)
Richardson, Thomas (LI)
Rolle, Henry (IT)
Rudyard, Sir Benjamin (MT)
Saunders, John (MT)
Savage, William (MT)
Sheppard, Thomas (LI) (expelled Feb.)
Sherfield, Henry (LI)
Shute, Robert (GI) (died one week into the session)
Shuter, John (IT)
Smith, John (MT)
Sotwell, William (LI)
Spencer, Edward (LI)
Strode, John (MT)
Taylor, Richard (LI)
Walter, Sir John (IT)
Warre, Roger (MT)
Wentworth, Thomas (LI) (from 9 Feb.)
Weston, Richard (IT)
Whatman, Thomas (IT)
Whitby, Edward (IT)
Wrightington (GI)
Wylde, John (IT)
Barristers elected who never sat
Coventry, Sir Thomas (IT) (disabled from sitting before entry)
James Thurbarne (GI) (elected but not returned)
Sir James Ley (LI) (disabled from sitting before entry)
Trainee barristers
Lassells, George (GI)
Manaton, Ambrose (LI)
Civil lawyers
Bennet, Sir John (expelled 23 Apr.)
Caesar, Sir Julius
Gooch, Barnaby
Purefoy, Michael
Zouche, Richard
Minor common lawyers
Cradock, Matthew (IT) clerk of assize Oxf. circuit and recorder of Stafford
Greene, Giles (MT) clerk in King’s Bench
Griffith, John III attorney
Jarvis, Arthur attorney in the Exchequer
Kent, John Barnard’s Inn trained attorney
May, Thomas dep. clerk in Star Chamber; both a civil and common lawyer
Nyell, William town clerk of Dartmouth
Pelham, Henry (GI) legal adviser and dep. recorder of Grantham, recorder Lincoln, and ancient, GI. Called but record lost?
Ross, Richard scrivener, Norwich; served as an under-sheriff
Shilleto, George (GI) entered Commons Apr. 1621; attorney in Star Chamber
Southworth, Thomas (GI) attorney?
Tisdall, Richard attorney
The Parliament of 1624
Barristers
Ayscough, Edward (LI or GI) (identity uncertain)
Bankes, Sir John (GI)
Bowyer, Sir Edmund (LI)
Brakin, Francis (GI)
Breres, Edmund (GI)
Brooke, Christopher (LI)
Bysshe, Edward (LI) (returned 24 Mar.)
Carvile, John (MT)
Clarke, James II (IT)
Coke, Sir Edward (IT)
Cresheld, Richard (LI)
Crewe, John (GI) (returned May)
Crewe, Thomas (GI)
Denne, Thomas (IT)
Denny, William (GI)
Digges, Richard (LI)
Duck, Nicholas (LI)
Dyott, Richard (IT)
Estcott, Richard (LI)
Finch, Francis (IT)
Finch, Heneage (IT)
Finch, John I (IT)
Fleming, Philip (LI)
Glanville, John (LI)
Hakewill, William (LI) (returned May 1624)
Hawarde, John (IT)
Heath, Robert (MT)
Herrys, Christopher (LI)
Hitcham, Robert (GI)
Hyde, Lawrence II (MT)
Jones, Charles (LI)
Levinge, Timothy (IT)
Ley, Henry (LI)
Lewis, Robert (GI)
Lowther, John I (IT)
Lucy, Francis (LI)
Mosley, Edward (GI)
Mutton, Peter (LI)
Myngaye, Francis (IT) (unseated 2 Mar.)
Nichols, Francis (MT)
Noye, William (LI)
Oakeley, Richard (MT)
Owen, Thomas (LI)
Pepper, Christopher (GI)
Pye, Walter I (MT)
Pyne, Arthur (LI)
Rivett, Nicholas (GI)
Rolle, Henry (IT)
Rudyard, Sir Benjamin (MT)
Saunders, John (MT)
Savage, William (MT)
Selden, John (IT) (returned March)
Sherfield, Henry (LI)
Sherland, Christopher (GI)
Shuter, John (IT)
Sotwell, William (LI)
Spencer, Edward (LI)
Taylor, Richard (LI)
Thelwall, Sir Eubule (GI)
Trevor, Thomas (IT)
Walter, Sir John (IT)
Wandesford, John (GI)
Warre, Roger (MT)
Were, Humphrey (IT)
Whatman, Thomas (IT)
Whistler, John (GI)
Whitaker, William (MT)
Whitby, Edward (IT)
Whitfield, Ralph (GI)
Wightwick, John (IT)
Woodward, Thomas (LI)
Wylde, John I (IT)
Barristers elected who never sat
Herbert, Edward (IT) (returned Jan. 1625)
Trainee barristers
Roberts, Edward (GI)
Wynn, Henry (IT)
Civil lawyers
Duck, Arthur
Gooch, Barnaby
Zouche, Richard
Minor common lawyers
Ireland, George (GI) practised alongside his barrister father
Kent, John Barnard’s Inn trained attorney
Nyell, William town clerk of Dartmouth
Southworth, Thomas (GI) trained lawyer; presumably an attorney
The Parliament of 1625
Barristers
Ashley, Francis (MT)
Brooke, Christopher (LI)
Bysshe, Edward (LI)
Carvile, John (MT)
Clerke, Henry (MT)
Coke, Sir Edward (IT)
Cresheld, Richard (LI)
Crewe, John (GI)
Crewe, Thomas (GI)
Denny, William (GI)
Digges, Richard (LI)
Duck, Nicholas (LI)
Dyott, Richard (IT)
Estcott, Richard (LI)
Finch, Francis (IT)
Finch, Heneage (IT)
Fleming, Philip (LI)
Glanville, John (LI)
Heath, Robert (IT)
Herbert, Edward (IT)
Herrys, Christopher (LI)
Hitcham, Robert (GI)
Hyde, Nicholas (MT)
Jones, Charles (LI)
Keeling, John (IT)
Lane, Thomas (IT)
Ley, Henry (LI)
Littleton, Edward II (IT)
Lowther, John I (IT)
Lucy, Francis (LI)
Malet, Thomas (MT)
Owen, Thomas (LI)
Pepys, Talbot (MT)
Pye, Walter I (MT)
Pyne, Arthur (LI)
Rolle, Henry (IT)
Rudyard, Sir Benjamin (MT)
Saunders, John (MT)
Sherfield, Henry (LI)
Sherland, Christopher (GI)
Shuter, John (IT)
Spencer, Edward (LI)
Strode, John (MT)
Taylor, Richard (LI)
Towse, William (IT)
Vernon, George (IT)
Whitaker, William (MT)
Whitby, Edward (IT)
Whistler, John (GI)
Wylde, John (IT)
Trainee barristers
Pyne, John (MT)
Roberts, Edward (GI)
Wynn, Henry (IT)
Civil lawyers
Marten, Sir Henry
Paule, Sir George
Minor common lawyers
Cradock, Matthew (IT) clerk of assize Oxford circuit and former recorder of Stafford
Greaves, Robert town clerk of Nottingham; legal training presumed
Langston, Anthony attorney
Greene, Giles (MT) clerk in King’s Bench; entered Commons in August sitting
Martyn alias Orme, John attorney in Common Pleas and three times under-sheriff of Nottinghamshire
The Parliament of 1626
Barristers
Bankes, John (GI)
Bedingfield, Thomas (GI)
Brooke, Christopher (LI)
Bysshe, Edward (LI)
Carvile, John (MT)
Clarke, James II (IT)
Clerke, Henry (MT)
Crewe, John (GI)
Croke, Unton (IT)
Digges, Richard (LI)
Dyott, Richard (IT)
Earle, Christopher (MT)
Estcott, Richard (LI)
Finch, Francis (IT)
Finch, Heneage (IT)
Finch, John II (GI)
Fleming, Philip (LI)
George, John (MT)
Glanville, John (LI)
Heath, Robert (IT) (unseated 10 Feb.)
Herbert, Edward (IT)
Herrys, Christopher (LI)
Hitcham, Robert (GI)
Hobart, Nathaniel (MT) (elected Feb.)
Jones, Charles (LI)
Jordan, Nicholas (IT)
Keeling, John (IT)
Ley, Henry (LI)
Littleton, Edward II (IT)
Long, Robert (LI) (elected 17 Mar.)
Lowther, John I (IT)
Lucy, Francis (LI)
Malet, Thomas (MT)
Mason, Robert I (LI)
Mason, William (GI)
Newbery, Humphrey (LI)
Noye, William (LI)
Overbury, Walter (MT)
Owen, Thomas (LI)
Pye, Walter I (MT)
Pyne, Arthur (LI)
Rolle, Henry (IT)
Rudyard, Sir Benjamin (MT)
Saunders, John (MT)
Selden, John (IT)
Sherfield, Henry (LI)
Sherland, Christopher (GI)
Shilton, Richard (IT)
Shuter, John (IT)
Smalman, Francis II (IT)
Spencer, Edward (LI)
Spelman, John (GI)
Taylor, Richard (LI)
Thelwall, Sir Eubule (GI)
Tichborne, Benjamin (MT)
Towse, William (IT)
Vernon, George (IT)
Whatman, Thomas (IT)
Whitaker, William (MT)
Whitby, Edward (IT)
Whistler, John (GI)
Wylde, John (IT)
Trainee barristers
Drewe, John (MT)
Armyne, Evers (GI)
?Horner, Thomas (LI) (identity uncertain)
Pyne, John (MT)
Roberts, Edward (GI)
Vaughan, Edward (IT)
Whitelocke, Bulstrode (MT)
Civil lawyers
Eden, Thomas II
Marten, Sir Henry
Mason, Robert II (unseated 10 Mar.; never actually sat)
Minor common lawyers
Blake, William scrivener
Griffith, John III (LI) attorney
Jane, Joseph seems to have been trained as a lawyer
Langston, Anthony attorney
Lowther, Richard (GI) evidently practised as counsellor-at-law
Monson, John no formal training known, but Wood says he was ‘as good a lawyer as any’; became a DCL at Oxford in 1642
Peake, Peter (GI) became town clerk of Sandwich and an ancient of GI
Puxton, John Barnard’s Inn trained; served as under-sheriff Wilts 1623; probably a lawyer
Standish, Thomas (GI) prothonotary in duchy of Lancaster’s Common Bench
The Parliament of 1628-9
Barristers
Baber, John (LI)
Ball, Peter (MT)
Bankes, John (GI)
Bysshe, Edward (LI)
Coke, Sir Edward (IT) (inactive 1629)
Cresheld, Richard (LI)
Crewe, John (GI)
Croke, Henry (IT)
Digges, Richard (LI)
Dyott, Richard (IT)
Earle, Christopher (MT)
Estcott, Richard (LI)
Finch, Francis (IT)
Finch, John II (GI)
Fleming, Philip (LI)
George, John (MT)
Glanville, John (LI)
Grimston, Harbottle (LI) (sat 1629 only)
Herbert, Edward (IT)
Herrys, Christopher (LI) (d. 1 July 28)
Hoskins, John (MT)
Hyde, Lawrence II (MT)
Jones, Charles (LI)
Lane, Thomas (IT)
Levinge, Timothy (IT)
Lewknor, Christopher (MT)
Littleton, Edward II (IT)
Long, Robert (LI)
Lowther, John I (IT)
Lowther, John II (IT)
Lucy, Francis (LI)
Mason, Robert I (LI)
Noye, William (LI)
Owen, Thomas (LI)
Petty, Maximilian (LI)
Pye, Walter I (MT)
Pyne, Hugh (LI) (d. Nov. 1628)
Radcliffe, George (GI) (elected aft. 11 Apr. 1628)
Rolle, Henry (IT)
Rudyard, Sir Benjamin (MT)
Saunders, John (MT)
Selden, John (IT)
Sherfield, Henry (LI)
Shilton, Richard (IT)
Taylor, Richard (LI)
Thelwall, Sir Eubule (GI)
Tichborne, Benjamin (MT)
Tufton, Richard (LI)
Whitby, Edward (IT)
Whistler, John (GI)
Wylde, George II (IT)
Wylde, John (IT)
Trainee barristers
?Horner, Thomas (identity uncertain)
Pyne, John (MT)
Vaughan, John (IT)
Walter, William (IT) (elected mid May 1628)
Civil lawyers
Eden, Thomas II
Marten, Sir Henry
Paule, Sir George (registrar of Ely diocese & the Canterbury high commission)
Minor common lawyers
Cradock, Matthew (IT) clerk of assize, Oxford circuit and former recorder of Stafford
Debney, Robert scrivener
Greene, Giles (MT) clerk in King’s Bench
Lowther, Richard (GI) evidently practised as counsellor-at-law
Griffith, John III (LI) attorney
Peake, Peter (GI) became town clerk of Sandwich and an ancient of GI
Rolfe, William (IT) scrivener