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The Inns of court and chancery. New York: Macmillan & co. OCLC 592845. Ringrose, Hyacinthe (1909). The Inns of court an historical description of the Inns of court and chancery of England. Oxford: R.L. Williams. OCLC 80561477. Steel, H. Spenden (1907). "Origin and History of English Inns of Chancery". The Virginia Law Register. 13 (8).
The Royal Commission on the Inns of Court was established in 1854. [7] Its remit included both the Inns of Court and the Inns of Chancery and its stated terms were to: "inquire into the arrangements of the Inns of Court, for promoting the study of Law and Jurisprudence, the revenues properly applicable to that purpose, and the means most likely to secure a systematic and sound education of ...
The Inns played an important role in the history of the English Renaissance theatre.Notable literary figures and playwrights who resided in the Inns of Court included John Donne (1572-1631), Francis Beaumont (1584-1616), John Marston (1576-1634), Thomas Lodge (c. 1558-1625), Thomas Campion (1567-1620), Abraham Fraunce (c. 1559-c. 1593), Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), Sir Thomas More (1478-1535 ...
With the founding of the Society of Gentleman Practisers in 1739 and the Law Society of England and Wales in 1825, a single unified professional association for solicitors, the purpose of the Inns died out, and after a long period of decline the last one (Clement's Inn) was sold in 1903 and demolished in 1934.
Strand Inn, also called Chester Inn, [9] was the shortest lived of the Inns of Chancery. Founded in the fifteenth century it was pulled down in the 1540s by [Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset] in his role as Lord Protector so that he could build Somerset House. [10] The students instead went to New Inn, and Strand Inn was absorbed into that Inn.
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Barnard's Inn is a former Inn of Chancery in Holborn, London. It is now the home of Gresham College , an institution of higher learning established in 1597 that hosts public lectures. Hall of Barnards Inn, Holborn, 1886 by Philip Norman Part of Barnards Inn, Holborn, 1886 by Philip Norman
Clifford's Inn is the name of both a former Inn of Chancery in London and a present mansion block on the same site. It is located between Fetter Lane and Clifford's Inn Passage (which runs between Fleet Street and Chancery Lane) in the City of London. The Inn was founded in 1344 and refounded 15 June 1668.