Richard of Staines
Richard of Staines (or Richard de Stanes) was an English clerical judge. He acted as an Itinerant Justice, visiting 11 counties in 1208 before his appointment as a justice of the Court of King's Bench in 1209. He became Lord Chief Justice in 1269,[1] and after the coronation of Edward I in 1273 was moved to the Court of Common Pleas.[2] He died in 1277.[1]
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- ^ a b "Oxford DNB article:Staines, Richard of (subscription needed)". Oxford University Press. 2004. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
- ^ Foss, Edward (1870). A Biographical Dictionary of the Justices of England (1066 - 1870). Spottiswoode and Company. p. 213.
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- Lord Chief Justices of England and Wales
- Justices of the King's Bench
- 13th-century English people
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