The Register of Admissions to Gray's Inn, 1521-1889

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Excerpt from The Register of Admissions to Gray's Inn, 1521-1889: Together With the Register of Marriages in Gray's Inn Chapel, 1695-1754Mong those records of national interest which remain unpublished and com paratively unknown, the Registers of our Inns of Court hold a pre-eminent position. As early as the days of Henry VI, we are reminded by Sir John Fortescue that knights, barons, and the greatest nobility of the Kingdom often place their Children in these Inns of Court, not so much to make the laws their study, much less to live by their profession, having large patrimonies of their own, but to form their manners. In the Registers of these Inns we consequently find information which elsewhere we seek in vain, relating to families and individuals in every portion of the realm, the fact, moreover, that this in formation is contained in a legal register, invests it with an authority superior to that of the treasured Heralds' Visitations, while it enjoys with them the advantage of dealing with the aristocratic Classes. For, to quote from Ferne's Glory of Generosity (london, 1586) - Nobleness of blood, joyned with virtue, compteth the person as most meet to the enterprizing of any public]: service, and for that cause it was, not for nought, that our antient Governors in this land, did with a special foresight and Wisdom, provide, that none should be admitted into the Houses of Court, being Seminaries, sending forth men apt to the Government of Justice, except he were a gentleman of blood. This being so, it may appear surprising that records covering so extensive a period and of such unrivalled interest, should have remained virtually inaccessible, and consequently little consulted, since Sir William Dugdale drew so largely upon them for the compilation of Origines Juridiciales, more than two centuries ago. But in this instance, as in some others, the explanation is doubtless to be found in the magnitude of such an undertaking as their transcription and publication.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.