A.

ABBOTT, Archbishop, succeeds Ban-
croft to the see of Canterbury;
renews complaints against the
judges; summoned before the
king, 11.

Addison, his character of Lord So-
mers, 168.

America, Lord Mansfield's speech
on, 185. Lord Ashburton resists
the measures against; rebellion
of, 292.

Animals, bill against the cruel treat-
ment of, 378.

Asaph, St., Dr. Shipley, Bishop of,
Jones's letter to, 319. A bili
of indictment preferred against
him; his daughter marries Jones,

320.

Asaph, St., Dean of, Erskine's de-
fence of, 341.

Ashburton, Lord, John Dunning,
born 1731, 287. Called to the bar;
selects the western circuit; argu-
ment against general warrants;
elected recorder of Bristol; ap-
pointed solicitor-general; returned
member for Calne; Lord Mans-
field pays him a singular compli
ment, 288. The city of London's
address to the king on the con-
duct of ministers; motion to cen-
sure this document opposed by
him; defends the right of the
subject to petition and remon-
strate; presented with the free-
dom of the corporation; his
answer to their address, 289.
Supports Mr. Grenville's bill
in cases of contested elections;
humorous apology; arguments
against the doctrine as to libels;
accusation of Lord Mansfield, 290.
Speech against the right of the
house for committing the Lord
Mayor and Alderman Oliver to
the Tower, 291. Resists the mea.
sures adopted against America;
his speech on the rebellion, 292.

Speech on the suspension of the
habeas corpus act, 293. Is liberal
upon matters of religion; seconds
the motion for the relief of the
Catholics; supports the bill for an
account of pensions granted, 294.
Speech for economical reform,
295. Moves an address to the
king, 296. Speech on the affair
of Sir Hugh Palliser; created a
peer, 298. Appointed chancellor
of Lancaster; confidential adviser
of the premier; receives a pension;
speech on the influence of the
crown, 299. Marries in 1780; death
of his son; health declines, 300. In-
terview with Mr. Wallace, dies,
1783; character of, by Sir W.
Jones, 301. Character of, by Sir
Nathaniel Wraxall, 304. Burke's
panegyric on, 306.

B.

Bacon, Sir Francis, his dislike to
Coke; appointed solicitor-ge-
neral; his letter to Coke, 6.
Eager to obtain the office of at-
torney-general, 13. Pamphlet
against Coke; ambitious and
crafty, 16. Created lord keeper;
tries to frustrate the restoration
of Coke, 27.

Baillie, Captain, Lord Erskine coun-
sel for, 331.

Bancroft, Archbishop of Canter-
bury, differs from Coke respect-
ing the royal authority over the
judges, 9.

Bankes, Sir Joseph, Sir William
Jones's letter to, 324.
Baxter, trial of, 121.

Bennet, Dr.,friend to Jones; Jones's
letter to, 307.

Bentham's strictures on Black-
stone's Commentaries, 249.
Blackstone, Sir William, born, 1723;
his progress at school, and at
Oxford; becomes a member of

the Middle Temple, 1741; aban-
dons his former studies; his
lines on the occasion, 241. 1743,
elected into the society of All
Souls; admitted fellow; delivers
the anniversary speech; called to
the bar, 1746, 245. Appointed
steward of the college manors;
commences doctor of the civil
law, 1750; "Essay on Collateral
Consanguinity;" retires to Ox-
ford; delivers a course of lec-
tures; various appointments, 244.
Tract," Considerations of Copy-
holders;" elected first Vinerian
professor; introductory lecture;
copies sent to the prince, 245.
The coif pressed upon him; his
refusal; edition of Magna Charta,
and Charter of the Forest; tract
on the law of descents in fee sim-
ple; returned member of parlia
ment, 1761; declines the office of
chief justice in Ireland; married;
publishes his tracts; appointed
solicitor-general to the queen;
elected bencher of the Middle
Temple; his "Commentaries on
the Laws of England," 1765, 246.
His conference with the Duke of
Newcastle; course of private lec-
tures; his "Analysis," 247. Lord
Mansfield's approval of the Com-
mentaries, 248. They are at-
tacked by many; Bentham's
strictures on them; panegyric on
their style by Mr. Fox; letter to
Mr. Trotter, 249. Resigns his
professorship; returned to parlia-
ment; takes part in the debates;
attacked in a pamphlet; com-
mented on by Junius, 251. Re-
fuses the office of solicitor-
general; becomes judge of the
common pleas; devotes much
of his time to the subject of prison
discipline, 252, Charge on the
establishment of penitentiaries,
253. Health declines; death,
1780; judgments; views of poli-
tics, 255. Religious opinions of;
acquirements; private character,
256. His speech in defence of
Lord Mansfield, 203.
Booth's character of Lord Jefferies,
117. Lord Mansfield's letter to
him, 173.

Buckingham, Villiers Lord, Lord
Coke declares him a grievance to
the country, 33.

Burke, his panegyric on Lord Ash-
burton, 306. His speech against
Lord Thurlow, 272.

Burnet's account of the capture of
Lord Jefferies, 135.

Busby, Dr., master of Westminster
school, educates Lord Jefferies,
113.

Butler, his account of Lord Thur-
low's eloquence, 281.

C.

Camden, Lord, his speech against
the law courts, 204.
Catholics, relief of, 294.
Chatham, Lord, his speech on
directing a jury; his answer to
Lord Mansfield, 204.

Clarendon, Lord, resolves to re-
model the bench, 70.

Coke, Edward, born in the year 1550;
called to the bar at an early age;
his first case that of Lord Crom-
em-

well, 1. Chosen speaker
ployed against Essex and South-
ampton, 2. Violent temper
displayed against Sir Walter
Raleigh, 3. In 1606, conducts
the prosecution against the par-
ties implicated in the gunpowder
conspiracy; violence against the
jesuits, 4. Appointed chief jus-
tice of the common pleas in
1606; his dislike to Bacon, 6.
Maintains his character for in-
tegrity while on the bench; par-
ties appeal for protection to the
courts of common law; justifies
himself and brothers for granting
prohibitions; in 1608, summoned
before his majesty, 9. Declares
his majesty not learned in the
laws of his realm (see note 2);
offends the king, 10. His name
inserted in the reformed commis-

sion, 11. Refuses to sit; his
service to his country by stripping
illegal courts of the sanction
which a notion of their legality
afforded, 12. Summoned to at-
tend the council; advised to
maintain the power and prero-
gative of the king; his opinion
against the legality of the pro-
clamation, 14. His influence over
the minds of his brother judges,
15. Member of the privy council,
16. In 1613, supposed to have
sanctioned the illegal taxation
called a benevolence, 17. De-
clares that a free will grant to
the queen is lawful; bound to
declare the law as it existed;
employed in the discovery of the
murder of Sir Thomas Overbury;
examines 200 witnesses; his in-
dustry and zeal forces an enco-
mium from Bacon, 18. Coke and

the judges reprimanded by the
king; independent spirit of
Coke, 20. Dispute between the
lord chancellor and Coke ;
threatens the lord chancellor
with a præmunire, 21. The
court inflicts punishment on him;
removed from office; his forti-
tude forsakes him; Villiers sup-
posed to have hastened his re.
moval, 23. The negotiation of
marriage between Sir John Villiers
and Coke's youngest daughter
renewed, 26. Temper of his wife;
she prefers a complaint against
him in the star-chamber, 27.
Reinstated at the council table,
28. 1620, represents Leskard in
Cornwall; devotes himself to the
service of his country; supports
the cause of freedom and liberty;
opposes the first bill against the
corn laws, 29. Charged with
concealing some examinations
during the trial of the Earl of
Somerset ; sent to Ireland to
enquire into the church esta-
blishment; honourable banish-
ment, 32. Subject of grievances;
the crown demands constant
supplies; takes a conspicuous
part; Buckingham a great
grievance to the country; his
advice prevails; subsidies refused,
and the king dissolves the par-
liament, 33. Created sheriff of
Buckingham; returned knight
of the shire; a suit commenced
against him by Lady Clare;
commons levy taxes under the
name of loans; his speech,
34. A bill to remedy various
grievances; the famous bill of
rights; denounces the favourite,
35.

In 1628, retires from public
life; his house searched for se-
ditious papers; several MSS.
carried away; dies 1634, 36.
Appearance, frame, and habits,
37. Unrivalled head of his pro
fession; characters of Coke and
Bacon compared, 40.

His com-
ment on Littleton, 41. Calvin's
case; political cases, 42. His
commentaries on ancient sta-
tutes; founder of the library of
MSS. at Holkham, 43.
Colledge, his trial, 98.

Cowper, his verses on the destruc-
tion of Lord Mansfield's house,
211. Address to Lord Thurlow,

D.

Douglas, Lord Thurlow counsel in
the case of, 259.

E.

Ellesmere, Chancellor, his dispute
with Coke, 21.

Erskine, Lord, Thomas, born in
Scotland, 1750; goes to sea; en-
ters the army; married; re-
turns to London, 1772, 329. Be-
comes a fellow-commoner; dis-
plays eloquence; speech on the
trial of Paine, 330. Exhibits di-
ligence; called to the bar, 1778;
employed as counsel by Captain
Baillie; his address to the court
establishes his reputation, 331.
As counsel for Admiral Keppel;
arguments on the freedom of the
press; as counsel for Lord George
Gordon in 1781, 335. Speech of;
becomes a member of parliament;
first speech, 339. Second reading
of the bill; attack upon Mr. Pitt;
opposes Pitt's India bill, 340. De-
fence of the Bishop of St. Asaph,
341. Eloquent passage, 342. Dis-
cussion between the judge and
Mr. Erskine; verdict of the jury;
his speech; Fox's opinion of; ap-
pointed attorney general to the
Prince of Wales, 345. Speech of,
on the trial of Stockdale; trial of
Hastings; speech on, 347. Apo-
logies for excess in language, 350.
Of impeachment, in 1790; supports
the motion for the appointment
of a minister to treat with the ex-
ecutive in France; represents the
life of a soldier, 352. În favour of
reform; called on to defend Mr.
Thomas Paine; calumnious re-
ports, 353. Speech of; Paine
convicted; removed from office
of attorney-general; defence of
Horne Tooke; adverts to his
removal; letter to Mr. Howell,
356. Supports the motion for re..
form; pamphlet on the war with
France; his apology for being a
member of a society; declaims
against informers, 360. His de-
fence of Mr. John Frost; defence
of Mr. Walker in 1794, 363. Case
of Morton v. Fenn, 366. Soci-
eties for procuring reform; the
attorney-general desired to pro-
ceed against them, 367. Counsel
for the accused; speech; defence
of the societies; addresses the
multitude; trial of Mr. Horne

Tooke; defence of, 369. The li-
berty of the subject; returned for
Portsmouth; sudden illness, 371.
Removal of Pitt; case of Williams,
372. Answer of the society; re-
turns their retainer, 373. Pamph.
let, his View of the Causes of the
War with France, composition of;
style of; letter to Dr. Parr, 375.
Rescue of Arthur O'Connor; de-
fended by; trial of Hadfield in
1800; counsel for, 376. 1802, vi-
sits Paris; Napoleon's comment
on, $77. Adheres to the opposition;
against the alliance; receives the
great seal; created a peer; letter
to Mr. Howell, 378. In 1807 re-
signs the seal; bill against cruelty
to animals; speech of, 379. Pecu-
niary wants; Greek cause; pam-
phlets on the subject; his romance
entitled "Armata;" dies, 1823;
succeeded by his son David Mon-
tague; eloquence of, 380. Style
of, 382. Studies the feelings of
the jury; cases of Markham v.
Fawcett, and Howard v. Bing-
ham; counsel for the plaintiff,
386. Trial of Stockdale, 384.
View of the causes of war with
France, 385. Professional charac-
ter of, 387. Religion, 388. Moral
character of; vanity of; his de-
meanour in court; person of, 390.
Essex, Lord, Coke employed against,

2.

F.

Fox, Mr., opposes Lord Mansfield,
181. Sentiments of Lord Thur-
low, 269. His panegyric on the
style of Blackstone's Comment-
aries; his letter to Mr. Trotter,
250. His opinion of Lord Er.
skine's speech, 345.

Frost, Mr. John, Lord Erskine's
defence of, 363.

G.

Garrick contemporary with Sir John
Eardley Wilmot, 229.
Glynn, Mr. Serjeant, Lord Thur-
low's speech against him, 261.
Gordon, Lord George, his trial;
Lord Erskine counsel for, 335.
Grafton, Duke of, Lord Mansfield
opposes, 190.

Grenville, Lord, his bill in cases of
contested elections, 290.
Guilford, Lord Keeper, his life by
his brother; educated under a
schoolmaster at Isleworth; a ri.
gid presbyterian; taught to pray
by the Spirit, 83. Entered St.

John's College, Cambridge, in
1653; applies himself to mathe-
matics and natural philosophy;
in 1665 admitted a student of the
Middle Temple; very intelligent;
his character by his brother,
84. Called to the bar in 1661;
much noticed by Sir Geoffrey
Palmer; writ of error in the
reign of Charles the First; highly
regarded by the court; the bench-
ers jealous of him; complains
of them, 86. They are rebuked;
he is elected a bencher in 1668,
his discretion while on circuit;
his reputation extends; one of
the most rising men at West-
minster; his life at this period,
87. Appointed solicitor-general,
and receives the honour of knight-
hood; confines his practice to the
court of chancery, 88. Marries a
daughter of the Earl of Down;
returned member for Lynn; be-
comes attorney-general, 93. Ac-
quires a general knowledge of the
French, Italian, Spanish, and
Dutch languages; promoted
chief justice of the common
pleas; introduces the clause of ac
etiam into the process of common
pleas; offends the bar, 94. His
reformation of abuses in the law,
96. Tries an old man for a
wizard, 97. His conduct on the
trial of Colledge, 98. Member of
the privy council, 99. Appointed
lord keeper; reforms many abuses
of the court of chancery, and of
the register's office, 101. His
policy at court; his mode of life,
102. On the death of the king
his prospects begin to fail, 104.
Declines in favour; becomes de-
pressed in spirits, 105. Resolves
to quit the great seal; retires
into the country; his disease in-
creases, 106. Dies; his character
by his brother and biographier,
107. Anecdotes concerning him,
111.

H.

Hadfield, trial of; Lord Erskine's
defence of, 376.

Hale, Sir Matthew, born 1609; stu-
dent of Oxford; plunges into dis-
sipation; resolves to enter the
Prince of Orange's army; de-
terred by an accident; induced to
visit London, 60. Becomes ac-
quainted with Serjeant Glanville;
student of Lincoln's Inn in 1629;
devotes sixteen hours a day to