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That this ancient judge was a member of the Inn appears from his being present "with other members" at the Serjeant's feast in 1504, on which occasion he delivered an address. He was then Second Baron of the Exchequer. At the accession of Henry VIII. he was made one of the Surveyors of the King's Manors, and in 1514 a Knight of Windsor. He died about 1521.

WESTMORLAND, EARL OF. See FANE, JOHN.

Admitted 11 May, 1626.

Second son of, His Majesty's Chancellor of the Exchequer (q.v.). In 1632 he was sent on an embassy to Paris on the affairs of the Palatinate, and in 1633 was made Governour of the Isle of Wight, and two years later Vice-Admiral of Hampshire, of which appointments he was deprived by Parliament in 1642. In 1643 he was appointed President of Munster, though he never assumed the duties. At the Restoration he was restored to the offices he held, and took his seat in the Convention Parliament. He died 17 March, 1662-3.

Second son of John Weston of Lichfield. There is no entry of his admission, but he was Autumn Reader in 1554. In 1557 he was Solicitor-General to Queen Mary, and Queen's Serjeant to Queen Elizabeth in 1559. In the latter year he was advanced to the Bench of Common Pleas, where he sat till his death in 1572.

His son and heir Jerome, born about 1550, was admitted on 19 Jan. 1571-2. He was High Sheriff of Essex in 1599, and died on 31 Dec. 1603.

Admitted 18 June, 1594.

Son and heir of Jerome Weston of Roxwell, Essex, and grandson of (q.v.). He was born 1 March, 1576-7. After some years' study at the Inn he travelled into foreign parts, and in 1601 entered Parliament for Maldon. In 1603 he was knighted by King James and soon afterwards succeeded to his father's estates, which he is said to have impoverished by his attendance at Court. In 1620 he was sent by James on a diplomatic mission to the Continent in connexion with the affairs of the Palatinate, but which was not successful. On his return he became Chancellor and Under-Treasurer of the Exchequer and was sworn in of the Privy Council. In Feb. 1621-2, he again went to Brussels in the affairs of the Palatinate, and the report of his mission is preserved in MS. in the Inner Temple Records. As Chancellor it was his function to provide funds for the Spanish war which followed the failure of these negociations, a post of great difficulty which he performed with ability. In 1628-9 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Weston and