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There is no record of his admission; but he was Reader of the Inn in 1514, and again in 1520. He is said to have owed his fortune to his marriage with the nurse of Henry VII. He became Serjeant-at-Law in 1531 and a judge of the King's Bench in the following year. He sat as Commissioner at the trials of Sir Thomas More, and Fisher, Bishop of Rochester. He died 1544.

Admitted 18 July, 1823.

Eldest son of William Lumley of Sidmouth Street, Mecklenburgh Square. He was educated at Christ's Hospital, when Dr. Trollope was head master, and at Cambridge, where he obtained the first place in the Law Tripos in 1823. He was called to the Bar 4 May, 1827. In 1834 he became Professor of English Law in University College, and afterwards joined the staff of Law Journal Reporters. In 1868 he was made Queen's Counsel, and in 1872 Counsel to the Local Government Board. He was the author of numerous treatises on Poor Law and Sanitary matters, which became standard works on the subjects. He was also the author of a work on Annuities (1833) and on Byelaws (1877). He died 8 June, 1878.

Admitted 6 March, 1767.

Only son of Thomas Lynch of Charlestown, South Carolina, where he was born 5 Aug. 1749. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge. He returned to South Carolina in 1772, and in 1776 attended the Continental Congress. He was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. In 1779 he went for a voyage for the benefit of his health, and was never again heard of.

Admitted 12 June, 1601.

Son and heir of Cuthbert Lynde of Westminster. He was educated at Westminster School and Oxford, where he graduated in 1600. Succeeding to a family estate at Cobham, he became a justice of the peace, and was knighted by James I. in 1613. In 1626 he represented Brecknock in Parliament. He was a staunch supporter of Protestant doctrines and joined zealously in their maintenance against Popish writers, publishing many works of a controversial character, his principal opponents being John Fisher, the Jesuit, John Heigham, a Catholic priest, and John Floyd. In 1625 he published a treatise entitled Ancient Characters of the Visible Church, which was intended to prove the existence of the Protestant Church through all ages; but his best known work is his Via Tuta, or the Safe Way to the True, Ancient, and Catholique Faith now Professed in the Church of England, which led to many replies. He died 8 June, 1636, and was buried in Cobham Church.