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 active part in its proceedings, generally acting in opposition to the court, for which, on one occasion, he was arrested and imprisoned in the Tower, 1622. He died 13 April, 1638.

Admitted 11 November, 1641.

Second son of Robert Phelps of New Sarum, Wilts. He was called to the Bar 22 Nov. 1650, at which time he was Clerk Assistant at the House of Commons, where he assisted at the proceedings during the King's trial. His official employments under the House of Commons brought him a fortune, which enabled him to purchase part of the manor of Hampton Court. At the Restoration he was included among the regicides for trial, but escaped to the Continent, where he was lost sight of.

Admitted 17 June, 1628.

Son and heir of Andrew Philipps of Orleton, co. Hereford, who was also a member of the Inn, as his father had been before him. He was born at Prestbury in Gloucestershire on 28 Sept. 1601. He was called to the Bar 12 June, 1646, and for some time held the office of Filacer for London, Middlesex, Cambridge, and Huntingdonshire. When the Civil War broke out he zealously supported the Royal cause, and two days before the execution of Charles had the audacity to print and publish a protestation against the intended murder. He died in 1690.

His published works, including the above famous brochure, are: Veritas Inconcussa, or King Charles I. &hellip; no Man of Blood &hellip; hut a Martyr (1649); Tenenda non Tollenda: Necessity of Preserving Tenures in Capite and by Knight Service (1660); Restoranda: Necessity of &hellip; a Royal Yearly Revenue (1660); Antiquity and Ancient Usage of Fines in Chancery (1663); The Antiquity, Legality &hellip; of Præ-emption and Pourveyance for the King (1663); Mistaken Recompence, showing the Damage &hellip; of taking away the King's Præ-emption (1660); Regale Necessarium, or the Legality of the Rights and Privileges of the King's Servants (1671); A Reforming Registry, or the Inconvenience of Registers for Deeds, etc. (1671); The Ancient Rights of the Courts of Justice in their Writs of Capias and Process of Outlawry (1676); Vindication of the Government of the Kingdom of England under our Kings (1687).

Admitted 17 November, 1837.

Second son of Joseph Phillimore, LL.D., of the College of Advocates, and of Whitehall, where he was born 5 Nov. 1810. He was educated at Westminster and Oxford, where he had a brilliant career. He entered as an advocate at Doctors' Commons in 1839, and soon attained the leading practice in the Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts, and held a large number of ecclesiastical appointments. He was called to the Bar 7 May, 1841, made Bencher 1857, Reader at the Middle Temple 1861, and Treasurer 1869. In 1862 he was appointed Queen's Advocate and knighted. In 1852 he entered Parliament for Tavistock, where he introduced many important measures of reform in ecclesiastical law. In 1867 he succeeded Dr. Lushington as Judge of the Admiralty Court and Dean of Arches, and was sworn in of the Privy Council. He was created a Baronet in 1881. During his presidentship of the