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 Military Lawyers. kindred lie buried. It were fitting that there, where his boyhood days were passed, in the midst of the reposeful beauty which

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he never ceased to love, he too should rest, after his life of fierce conflict and strenuous incessant toil.

MILITARY LAWYERS. By One of Them. THE Bar of England has always been Pembroke, justiciar, commanded the levies more or less connected with military who defeated the French invasion, in 12 16. life. The students of law acquired the prop at Dover and Lincoln. The London "Volun erty of the Temple from the renowned order taries," who fought at Lewes in 1264, were of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of commanded by Nicholas de Segrave, son of Jerusalem, who themselves had acquired it Gilbert de Segrave, justice of the Com from that great military order of the Knights mon Pleas. In the year 1 297, Hugh de CresTemplars. It is unnecessary to say anything singham, justice itinerant, was defeated at respectingthesetwo illustriousorders.as their the battle of Stirling, by Wallace. Robert history is too well known, but we will deal Bouchier, chief justice of the King's Bench chiefly with the active part taken by lawyers in Ireland, and Richard le Scrope, afterwards in the military history of this country. Be chancellor, were both present at the battle ginning from the period of the Norman Con of Crecy, the former with so large an array quest we find the names of six men holding that his allowance amounted to £401105.; commands at the battle of Hastings, who after the latter also took part in the defeat of the wards became judges. They were as follows : Scotch at Nevil's Cross, and in the great sea William Fitz Osborne, who commanded one fight and victory at Rye in 1350; John de of the three divisions; Bishop Odo, whose Delves, afterwards keeper of the great seal, mace caused such fearful havoc; Geoffrey of won his spurs at the battle of Poictiers, as Constance, who held a distinguished com one of the four squires of Lord Audley; mand; William de Warrenne; Robert, Earl and Lord Chancellor Beaufort held a high of Morton, who carried the banner of St. command at the battle of Agincourt. In Michael; and Richard Fitzgerald. In the 1 381 the Inns of Court took part against year 1138, Walter Espec, justiciar, conducted Wat Tyler and his followers. John Fortescue, an expedition against the Scotch, and so chief justice, fought at Towton and Tewkes at the battle of the Standard laid the first bury; Richard Nevilc, Earl of Salisbury, foundation of the future successes of the Eng chancellor to Henry VI, and father of the lish arms. Several of our judges took part famous Earl of Warwick, was taken prisoner in the wars of King John, and of those, at Wakefield and beheaded the following day. Roger Bigot, justiciar, and William de Hun- Thomas Thorpe, baron of the Exchequer, tingfield, justice itinerant, were amongst the was made prisoner at' the battle of North twenty-five barons appointed to enforce hampton and afterwards beheaded; and Magna Charta. Hubert de Burgh, chief Thomas Urswyke, chief justice of the Ex justiciary, and William Mareschale, Earl of chequer, when recorder of London, was