Willes, John, Sir, Attorney-General, afterwards Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

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Epithet: Attorney-General, afterwards Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

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referencedIn AUTOGRAPHS of English lawyers; 1570-1848: 1. Sir William Skipwith, Knt. [High Sheriff of co. Lincoln], and Christopher Bray, Serjeant-at-law [circa 1570]; Sir Walter Mildmay [K.G., Treasurer and Chancellor of the Exchequer, temp. Elizabeth], Edward F..., approximately 1570-1848 British Library
referencedIn ORIGINAL briefs of Sir John Strange, one of the counsel for the prosecution on the trials at St. Margaret's Hill, Southwark, in July-Nov. 1746, of Francis Townley and many others concerned in the Scotch rebellion of 1745; with various notes, minutes ... British Library
referencedIn Vol. I.includes:f. 4 Mary Dewbery: Letter to Lady Isham: 1709. f. 5 Humphrey Hovell: Letter to E. Isham: 1711. f. 10 Robert Gould, Rector of Lamport: Letter to E. Isham: 1715. f. 12 Edward Theobald: Letter to: 1717. f. 17 Sir John Willes, Attorne..., 1708-1809 British Library
creatorOf SUPPLEMENTARY GRENVILLE PAPERS. Vol. XXXIV (ff. 146). 1. ff. 1-125v. Poems and verses, some published; circa 1729-circa 1801. 2. ff. 126-135v. Eight MS. numbers of 'The Impartialist'; [1763?], n.d. 3. ff. 136-138. Advice to a son; probably composed b..., 1724-1806 British Library
referencedIn Vol. VI., Tan.-Dec. 1736.includes:ff. 1, 66 Thomas Coke, Baron Lovell; Earl of Leicester: Letters to Lord Essex: 1735, 1736. ff. 3, 42, 68, 71, 119, 143 Bologna, Li quaranta del reggimento di: Intelligence from: 1735-1736. ff. 6, 10, 40, 94, 117, 1... British Library
referencedIn Counterpart lease for five years of a chamber at staircase no. 8 on the west side of Serles Court, Lincoln’s Inn, over the chamber occupied by Taylor White esq. at £42 yearly; 23 Nov. 1758. From Sir Matthew Lamb of Brocket Hall, co. Hertf., Bart., to... British Library
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