Barclay, William [Guillaume] (1546–1608), civil lawyer, was born in Scotland. According to Sir Robert Sibbald he was descended from the Barclays of Collairnie in Fife; but according to a note attached to James Gordon's History of Scots Affairs (1841) he was a grandson of ...
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Barclay, William [Guillaume] (1546–1608), civil lawyer
Marie-Claude Tucker
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Blackwood, Adam (1539–1613), civil lawyer and Roman Catholic polemicist
Nicola Royan
Blackwood, Adam (1539–1613), civil lawyer and Roman Catholic polemicist, was born in Dunfermline, Fife, one of at least three children of William Blackwood (d. 1547), soldier, and Helen Reid (d. 1547/8). His parents died when he was about eight years old, his father in battle at ...
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Crichton, George (c. 1555–1611), classical scholar and civil lawyer
Marie-Claude Tucker
Crichton, George (c. 1555–1611), classical scholar and civil lawyer, was born in Scotland, but left his country at an early age in order to attend university in France, first in Paris (c.1577) and then in Toulouse (from 1578). There he studied jurisprudence and also taught both canon and civil law for four years. He mentioned his presence in ...
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Martin [Martyn], Thomas (1520/21–1592/3), civil lawyer and polemicist
Steve Hindle
Martin [Martyn], Thomas (1520/21–1592/3), civil lawyer and polemicist, the son of John Martin of Cerne, Dorset, was educated at Winchester (admitted 1533, aged twelve) and New College, Oxford, of which he became a fellow in 1540, and subsequently (c.1550) at Bourges University...
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Mitch, Richard (fl. 1542–1576), civil lawyer
John F. Jackson
Mitch, Richard (fl. 1542–1576), civil lawyer, was from an Essex family, but the identity of his parents is not known. He graduated BA at the University of Cambridge in 1542, proceeded MA in 1544, and was admitted as a fellow of St John's College...
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Reade [Read], Thomas (1606/7–1669), royalist army officer and civil lawyer
Charlotte Fell-Smith
revised by S. L. Sadler
Reade [Read], Thomas (1606/7–1669), royalist army officer and civil lawyer, was born at Linkenholt, Hampshire, the second son of Robert Reade (d. 1626?) and his second wife, Mildred (d. 1630/31), sister of Sir Francis Windebank, Charles I's secretary of state from 1632 to 1640. ...
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Soone, William (fl. 1545–c. 1575), civil lawyer and map maker
John F. Jackson
Soone, William (fl. 1545–c. 1575), civil lawyer and map maker, was of unknown parentage. He graduated BA at Cambridge in 1545 and proceeded MA in 1549. He became a doctor of canon and civil law, probably at a university on the continent. The bursar's accounts at ...
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Story, John (1503/4?–1571), civil lawyer and martyr
Julian Lock
Story, John (1503/4
