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Aberystwyth, 27, 261 Bath, 145, 231, 240, 247, 250 Library, 261 Bath Hospital Bye-Laws, 286

Acquittal,'old fees payable on, 90, 91 Battlefield, 227 Acton, Mr Justice, 173, 174 Bayley, Mr Justice, 16, 101 Acts of Parliament, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, Beaumaris, 62, 64, 65, 88, 110, 212

20, 22, 24, 43, 63, 86, 90, 107, 110, treadmill, 88 115, 116, 127, 130, 142, 154, 155, 172, Bedford, 117, 156, 159, 188, 202 189, 193, 195, 197, 210, 224, 234, 246, Bench and the Army, the, 28, 139, 140, 260, 281, 286 174, 246

Adam, R. B., 73, 126, 173 Benefit of Clergy, 7 -9 '' Affeered " and " affeeror ", 164 Benson, Archbishop, 92 Ailesbury, Earl of, 24, 26 Bentley, Master of Trinity, 78 Alanson's Banck, 31 Best, Mr Justice (Lord Wynford), 120, 121 Alderson, Baron, 16, 21, 23 Beverley, 102, 122 Aldrich, Dean, 128 Bickerton, madman, 171 Alibi as defence, 95 Bidding Prayer, 93, 94 Alington, Very Rev. Cyril, 35, 231, 267 Birmingham, 72, 73, 209, 227, 295 Appin, murder trial, 131 Aston Hall, 73 Appleby, 15, 16, 110 Bishopsthorpe, 199, 232 Ashbourne, 192 Black Cap, the, 2, 61 Ashford v. Thornton, 73 Blackburn, Lord, 234, 236 Ashton, As I went on my way, 132 Blackstone, Mr Justice, 106 Aspidistra, vogue of the, 161, 195 Bloody Assize, the, 134, 135, 137, 138 Assize, ancient ritual of, 53-57, 90 Bodkin, the sovereign's, 43, 44

ceremonial of, 47, 50-52, 59 Bodmin, 139, 249, 288 Commission, precepts, etc., 47, 297-303 Borrow, George, 79 services and sermons, 91-93, 160, 203 Boswell, James, 13, 31, 40, 46, 48, 151,

Assize Towns, alternate, 155 172, 175, 193, 221 number of, 295 Boughton, 203

Austen, Jane, 148, 224 Bowes Museum, 269 Emma, 109 Brampton, 279 Mansfield Park, 64, 189, 190, 225 Branson, Mr Justice, 75 Persuasion, 248 Braxfield, Lord, 68 Pride and Prejudice, 186 Brecon, 23, 108, 263

Autrefois acquit, 90 Brickwork, 81, 85 Avory, Mr Justice, 14, 69, 261 Bristol, 141-146, 249, 289 Aylesbury, 114-117, 15^156, 188, 201 Assembly Room, 250

Court at, 155 Corporation plate, 143, 250 Mansion House, 143 Nails, 146

Bagpipes, 229 riots of 1831, 142, 144 Bagshawe Horn, 193 St Mary Redcliffe, 122, 145, 146, 249 Bailhache, Mr Justice, 1, 2 trial of rioters, 144, 145 Bangor, 27 unique sort of Assize, 141 Bankes, Sir John Eldon, 214 Wesley's Chapel, 289 Baskerville carriages, 191, 264 Brixworth, 189, 190, 204 Bate, Very Rev. H. N., 103, 176, 232, 274 Broadwood, an ancient, 109

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Cobham, Lord, 154 Cochrane, Lord, trial of, 131

Calcutta Sweep, 201 Cockburn, Lord, 68, 100 '' Calling on the prisoner ", 9 Circuit JourneySy 68 Cambridge, 75, 279 Journal, 68, 100

bookstall in market, 80, 241 Coleridge, Lord Chief Justice, 92 Esquire Bedells, 280 Mr Justice, 131 Heads of Houses to dinner, 179, 279 Commission, reading the, 48, 50 Master's Lodge at Trinity, 75-77, 279 Commission Day, 48, 49, 50 Proctors, 79 Cornage, 193 Sedan chair, 77 ^ Coroners, 90, 193

Campbell, Lord, 2, 11, 14, 36, 37, 39, 49, Cottesbrooke, 189, 190, 204 52, 71, 72, 97, 130, 166, 169, 170, Counties of Cities, 22 216, 230, 237, 272, 284, 291 "Country", 63

Cancel an assize, power to, 107, 197, 211 "by God and my", 210 Canning, Elizabeth, 104 "County Palestine", 12 Cardiff, 29, 67, 94, 98, 199, 243 Coventry, 209

Castle, 98, 244 Coventry, Lord, 181 Carlisle, 3-5 Sir Reginald, K.C., 181, 256 Carmarthen, 23, 107, 243, 261 Sir Thomas, 181 Carnarvon, 62, 64, 198, 212, 241 Cowper, Spencer, trial of, 292 "Carolus", 39 Cranwell, Armistice Day service, 206 Chapman, R. W., 190 "Cras Animarum", 1, 170, 290 Charles, Mr Justice, 244 Croome Park, 182 Charlton spur, the, 229 Croscombe, 286 Chaytor, Alfred, K.C., 149 Culloden, battle of, 4, 210 Chelmsford, 85, 282 Curzon, Lord, 160, 248 Chester, 27, 28, 67, 89, 110, 199, 216, 241,

264 Chester, Earl of, 217 Dagger money", 39, 100, 111, 200, 229, Chesterfield, Lord, 154 267 Chillingham Castle, 111 Dale Abbey, 184, 192 Chinese form of oath, 12 Daniel, Serjeant, 7 Chipping Campden, 74 Darling, Lord, 2 Choosing circuits, 14, 75 Day, Mr Justice, 216 Cilcain, 213 de Clifford, Lord, trial of, 277 Circuit Butler, 4 de Coverley, Sir Roger, 63 Circuits begun by Edward I, 115 Deerhurst, 183 C i r c u i t s t r a v e l l e d b y a u t h o r Denman, Mr Justice, 76, 147

Midland, 114-131, 154-171, 188-196, Derby, 124-128, 132, 160-162, 192, 208 201-210 St Werburgh's church, 125

Northern, 3-19, 45-61, 173-174 Devany, J. P., 4

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evidence from hotels, 113 Fowey, 249, 289 Dogs, friendly, 199, 207, 266 Fraser, Mr Justice, 67, 94 Dolgelley, 62, 211 Donellan, trial of, 129 Dorchester, 133-136, 245, 285 Gaol fever, 41, 105

Maiden Castle, 134, 285 Garrow, Baron, 50 Museum, 135, 285 Gay, Trivia, 138

Dorset Quarter Sessions, 135 George V, death of, 281 Drayton House, 203 George VI, Proclamation of, 294 Dugdale, Origines Juridiciales, 38 Gloucester, 183-185, 221, 256 Durham, 30, 33, 98, 111, 149, 200, 231, The Bell, 221

267 Cathedral, 183, 221 Assize service, 35 Gloves, presents of, 177, 178, 219 Castle, 33, 34, 111, 149, 268 white, 22, 62, 179 Cathedral, 33, 267 Glynnog Fawr, 212 Deanery, 35, 232 Gollop, Thomas, 84 Town Hall, 268 Gooch, Sir Thomas, 78

Durham, Bishop of, 16, 33 Gorell, Lord, 114 his prison, 33 Gotch, J. A., 118

Grand Jury, 4, 11, 51-53, 151 Grantley, Lord, 153

Edinburgh, 234-240 Graves, The Spiritual Quixote, 222 Holyrood, 240 Gray, Thomas, 199 Justiciary Court, 239 Great Sessions in Wales, 20, 110, 111 New Club, 235 Gredington, 182, 215 Parliament House, 236 Guilty, pleas of, 216

Edward VIII, Proclamation of, 279, 282, Guiseley, 152 294 Gwinnett, Button, 259

Eldon, Lord, 50, 58, 177 Elizabeth, Queen, 12, 44 English Association, the, 262 Haldane, Lord, 2, 3, 5 Erthig, 264 Halston, 241 Esher, 293 Hardinge, George, 25 Esquire Bedells, 77 Hardwicke, Lord, 264, 291 Essex, Sheriffs of, 85, 86 Harley, Mr Auditor, 224, 264 Eton, 180 Harrowby, Lord, 259 Etty, William, R.A., 102 Hats in court, 136 Evans, Sir S. T., 114 Haverfordwest, 22, 107, 173, 260 Evelyn, John, 126 Hawkins, Mr Justice, 79 Exeter, 139-141, 249, 289 Hazlerigg, Sir Arthur, 205

Museums, 141 Healy, Maurice, K.C., 208 Parliament Street, 249 Hereford, 186, 187, 223, 257 sideboard in the Lodgings, 290 Cathedral, 187, 257

Hertford, 291, 292 Hinchingbroke, 278

Families, ancient, 185, 205, 215, 226, 229 Hogsflesh, name, 294 Fettiplace family, 123, 124, 192 Holme Lacey, 225 Fielding, Tom Jones, 222 Holt, Chief Justice, 61, 116 Finlay, Viscount, 29, 89, 94, 95, 149, 199, Home Circuit, 14, 115

229 Horn as symbol of tenure, 193 Fitzgerald, Percy, 73 Hotham, Baron, 32

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Lengthy sittings, 130, 131 Lewes, 293

In Commission", Judge, 41, 50, 140 gj p ^t, 244, 294 Ingestre, 71 Lichfield, 73, 173, 227 Ipswich, 84, 281 Lilliburlero, 96

"Great White Horse", 222, 223 Lincoln, 122, 159, 191, 205 Ives, James, 143 Consistory Court, 206

Dean Fry, 122

Jacobus, 39, 100 T ivelins, 13, 31, 91, 117 S 4£ ' Javelin men, 18 31, 81, 84, 86, 91, 126, Littleton, Sir Edward, 181

JeffreSI'L!:;: 135, 138, .64 his portrait, 265, 268 landing stage 17

Johnson, Charles Bernard, 274 Newsham PaA. 17 Johnson, John, 119 r ^ » u n t? tta

Jones, Artemus, K.C., 96 11 u ' ,no I J ^ u • I,- ^ , , K Llanstephan, 108 Judge,^none to be in his own county, 115, Lianvilo church, 109

Judges, dining with the, 169, 170 L o ^ y on d L h for bar, 167, 168 Lodgings, 5, 194 " Loggerheads" 66 reception of, 4, 17, 31, 48, 49, 77, 82, L o ^ C t s ' , fo3 . 104, 107

T ^ » 11 r o^ oo Ludlow, 225 Judges allowance for expenses, 37, 38 Luncheon adjournment, 37, 38 a modern invention, 38, 105, 129, 130

K e n Wood, 182 "Lyttelton name and family", 181 Kenyon, Lord, 60, 215, 272 ^ ^ King, Chief Justice, 78 Macaulay, Lord, 168 King's Counsel, appointment of, 2, 281 Macdonald, Sergeant, 67

old perquisites of, 98 MacKinnon, Duncan, 4, 134 Kingston-on-Thames, 293 Magistrates, dinners to, 37 Knighton, 110 Mahogany, 224

Maiden Assize, 62, 63 Maidstone, 293

Lamb, Charles, 70, 294 Manchester, 19, 174 Lampeter, 23, 107, 110, 261 Chetham Hospital, 47 Lancaster, 5-8 Kersal Moor, 19

Courts, 7 Waterhouse Lodgings, 19 King's Counsel, 16 Mansfield, Lord, 235 Lodgings, 5 Mansion Houses, 29, 35, 41 Port wine, 5 "Marines, Tell that to the", 255

Langdale, Lord, 121 Marshal, Judge's, 3, 13, 69, 296 Langham, Sir James, 190 Marshal's man, 4

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mimic at he mess, 161, 209 ^^^^^ ^ ^ ^^^^^ 252

A ^ ^ r ; Q- J I i n . Lodgings in St Giles's, 175 Ml ford Sir Humphrey, 105 Vice-Chancellor, 92, 175, 177 Miller, Sanderson, 128 Moel Famman, 89, 213 Mold, 62, 66, 89, 90 Padstow, 288 Monmouth, 185, 186, 223, 256 Painswick, 256 Montacute, 248 Parmoor, Lord, 3 Morgan, Mary, 24 Peirson, Peter, 70 Morrow of All Souls, 1, 44 Pendine Sands, 266 Morrow of St Martin, 43, 44 Penmon, 65 Moynihan, Lord, 153, 201 Pepys, Samuel, 80, 279 Mundys of Markeaton, 124, 194 Phillimore, Lord, 114 Mytton, John, 241 - Pocket Sheriff'', 45

Podger, 266 Porter, Lord, 273

Names, 124, 174, 294 Powell, Mr Justice, 176, 182 Neasham Hall, 99 Presents to judges, 5, 23, 78, 187, 284 "Neck verse", 7, 9, 256 Presteign, 23-25, 89, 108, 109, 110, 263 Newark church, 122, 160 Priddy—-and Hale, 287 Newcastle-on-Tyne, 35, 39-41, 100, 111, Proby, Granville, 278, 279

149, 200, 229, 267 *'Proto-vamish't", 74 Assembly Rooms, 231 Purefoy, Henry, 45 Trinity House, 100 Purefoy Letters, 45, 158

Newport, Mon., 257 Pyrenees, the, 1 Newton, Sir Isaac, 160, 280 Newtown, Montgomery, 211 ^ Nomina Ministrorum, 59 adhaesit pavimento, 13 Norfolk Circuit, the old, 115, 116 Quinden-Pasch, 170 Normand, Lord President, 238 North, Chief Justice (Lord Guildford), 15,

31, 40, 83, 84 Railway and Canal Commission, 195, 234, North, F. K., 83 260 North, Roger, 15, 31, 40, 83, 84, 92, 93, Raymond, Mr Justice, 83

139, 281 Reading, 174, 218, 252 Northampton, 118, 159, 188, 203 Recorders, 172, 173

Courts, 8, 118, 203 their gowns, 173 Northern Circuit, the old, 29, 30, 31 Red Bag, The, 96, 97

Records, 45 Red bags, 97, 98, 165, 166 North-Eastern Circuit, the new, 32 Red Flag, The, 95, 96 Norwich, 81-83, 282 Refinement, modern, 214

Cathedral, 83, 282 Reinagle, Philip, R.A., 119 Long and Short Messengers, 81 Reinagle, Ramsay, R.A., 124

Nottingham, 122-124, 160, 191, 207 Reith, Sir John, 281 Wollaton House, 123 Reresby, Sir John, 127

Nuffield, Lord, 252 Rhayader, 110 Nun Monkton, 274 Rhuol, 66, 89, 214

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' 131, 188,216,218,249,253,264,266, 295

Sacheverell, Dr, 160 Talfourd, Mr Justice, 71 Sadler Dr 192 Tarporley Hunt Club, 242 St AlbWs! 22 Tattershall, 159 St David's, 23, 261 Taunton, 137, 138, 247 Salisbury, 283, 284 Castle, 120, 138

Cathedral, 284 P^^ts on curb stones, 138 Mompesson House, 283 Taylor, Dr, 192

Sandon Park, 182, 259 Taylor, Sir Francis, K.C., 235 Sandwich, Earl of, 278 The, 103 Sankey, Lord, 94 Teetotal drinks, 213 Scarborough, 234 Temple Church, 269-271 -Scots, intruding", 40 ^ ^^oir Committee, 271 Scott, Sir Gilbert, R.A., 268 Terrington St Clements, 122 Scott, Sir Walter, 34 Tewkesbury 74, 181, 183 Scrutton, Lord Justice, 3, 293 Thanet, Earl of, 15, 16 -Seal of the day", 79 ^^^ "Sentence of the Court", 9 Thorpe, Serje^t 150, 277 Seven Bishops, trial of the, 10 Three-cornered hat. Judge s, 51, 60 Sheriffs, High, advice to, 157, 158 f ]

chaplains, 176, 230 Martyrs, the, 2 ^ entertainments, 18, 82, 85, 86, 117, 127, Total eclipse of the sun, 99

158 245 278 Townsend, Miss Barbara, 283 exoenses ill 127 158 Toynbee, Paget, 200 ^ S n 5 Is ' T:.vel on circuit by the bar, 166, 167, 169 of two counties, 126, 156 Treadmill, an old, 88 orickine of 43 44 Trevethin, Lord, 264

trumpeters, 6, 86 -n iv a/t ^^ uniforms, 65, 102, 126, 201, 202, 225, Tuftoii ^ r ^6

Twelfth Night in Middle Temple Hall, 258 Shipley, Dean, trial of, 21 Shops, old, 294 Venison, presents of, 79 Shrewsbury, 69, 70, 187, 226, 258 Victoria, Queen, 17, 43 Smith, Madeleine, trial of, 239 Snowdon, 198, 241 Southwell, 122, 160 Warwick, 128-131, 209 Stafford, 71, 172, 188, 227, 258, 295 County Hall, 128

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Dean Bathurst, 288 St Cross, 147 Judges' Lodgings, 286 War memorial cloister, 148

Welshpool, 62, 63 Wingfield, Col. Rhys, 253 Welsh circuits, reform of, 21, 26, 27, 87 Witchcraft, trials for, 83, 84 Welsh grievances, 108, 109, 197 Wollaton Hall, 123, 192 Welsh juries, 87, 88 Wolverhampton church, 122, 258 Western Circuit, farewell courtesy, 148, Women barristers, 46

251, 290 Woodforde, Rev. James, 253 Van, 132 Worcester, 74, 180-183, 219, 256

Westbury-on-Severn, garden, 185, 223 Shire Hall, 220 Westminster Hall, 120 Wren, Sir Christopher, 270 Westmorland, hereditary Sheriff, 15, 16 Wrexham, 242 Westonbirt, 185 Wright, Lord, 3, 45, 75, 94 Wetherell, Sir Charles, 142 Wrightson, Lady, 99 Whitefield, George, 221 Wrottesley, Mr Justice, 2

Mrs, 222 Wroxeter, 258 Whitelocke, Mr Justice, 38, 116 Wickersham, G. W., 1 Wigs, 177, 220, 237, 238 York, 41, 42,101-103, 111, 150-152,199, Wilberforce, William, 70 232, 271 Willen, 202 Assembly Rooms, 233 Willes, Chief Justice, 32 Judges' Lodgings, 41, 101, 271 Williamson, Sir Hedworth, 16, 33 Lord Mayor's breakfast, 41, 101 Wilmot, Sir Eardley, 180 Prison, 233 Wimpole, 291 Purey Cust Nursing Home, 112 Winchester, 146-148, 250, 290 windows in Minster, 151

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