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About John Fortescue
Sir John Fortescue, of Ebrington in Gloucestershire, was Chief Justice of the King's Bench and the author of De Laudibus Legum Angliae, first published posthumously circa 1543, an influential treatise on English law. In the course of Henry VI's reign, Fortescue was appointed one of the governors of Lincoln's Inn three times and served as a Member of Parliament from 1421 to 1437. He became one of the King's Serjeants during the Easter term of 1441, and subsequently served as Chief Justice of the King's Bench from 25 January 1442 to Easter term 1460.
Everything about John Fortescue →- Occupation
- judge, writer, lawyer, politician
- Position held
- Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Member of the December 1421 Parliament, Member of the May 1421 Parliament, Member of the 1423-24 Parliament
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1394
- Died
- 1476, 1479