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John Speed's map of the County Palatine of Lancaster 1610. In England, Wales and Ireland a county palatine or palatinate [1] was an area ruled by a hereditary nobleman enjoying special authority and autonomy from the rest of a kingdom. The name derives from the Latin adjective palātīnus, "relating to the palace", from the noun palātium ...
The vice-chancellor is appointed by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster after consultation with the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. [1] Since 1987, the vice-chancellor has been a High Court judge of the Chancery Division with a term of approximately three years. Lancashire County Palatine shown within England
The Judges of this Court were formerly limited to two in number, being always the two judges of the courts at Westminster who had chosen the Northern Circuit; but by section 24 of the statute 4 and 5 Will 4 c 62, the King was empowered "in right of his duchy and county palatine of Lancaster, from time to time to nominate and appoint all or any of the judges of the superior courts at ...
Lancashire (/ ˈlæŋkəʃər / LAN-kə-shər, /- ʃɪər / -sheer; abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The county has an area of 3,079 square ...
By a charter of Edward III dated the 6 March 1351, [1] there was granted for life to Henry, Duke of Lancaster (inter alia), a court of chancery, a chancellor, [2] and such other jura regalia [3] in the county of Lancaster as pertained to a count palatine. On 28 February 1377, [4] a similar charter was granted for the term of his life to John ...
Duchy of Lancaster. The Duchy of Lancaster is a private estate of the British sovereign. The estate has its origins in the lands held by the medieval Dukes of Lancaster, which came under the direct control of the monarch when Henry Bolingbroke, the then duke of Lancaster, ascended the throne in 1399. [1][2] In 1461 King Edward IV confirmed that ...
John Speed's map of the County Palatine of Lancaster, 1610 Lancashire in 1832 (click to enlarge). At the time when the Romans arrived in England, much of northern England was inhabited by the Brigantes, though the Cumbrian highland area was inhabited by the Carvetii, who were possibly a tribe within the larger Brigantes group.
Originally, the chancellor was the chief officer in the daily management of the Duchy of Lancaster and the County Palatine of Lancaster (a county palatine merged into the Crown in 1399), but that estate is now run by a deputy, leaving the chancellor as a member of the Cabinet with little obligation in regard to the chancellorship.