William Dolben (judge)

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Sir
William Dolben
KS KC
Recorder of London
In office
1676–1678
Preceded byJohn Howell
Succeeded bySir George Jeffreys
Personal details
Bornc.27 September 1627
Stanwick, Northamptonshire
Died25 January 1694

Sir William Dolben

KS KC (c. 1627 – 25 January 1694) was an English judge who sat as a Justice of the King's Bench
.

Born to

Master of Arts of the University of Oxford. He became a Bencher of the Inner Temple in 1672, Recorder of London
in 1676, and was knighted a year later on 3 February 1677.

Dolben apparently served well as Recorder; when he was promoted a few years later, the Corporation of London gave him some silver plate "as a loving remembrance".

King's Serjeant on 2 May and 24 October respectively, and, on 23 October 1678, became a Justice of the Court of King's Bench "during good behaviour".[2] As both a barrister and a judge, Dolben was noted as an "arrant old snarler" with a large voice, despite his small stature, a trait that Stuart Handley notes probably served him well in court.[3]

In the aftermath of the

Roman Catholic religion", Dolben saved her life by ruling that the words, even if she did speak them, could not amount to treason.[5]

As a result of this and his opposition to

apoplectic fit on 25 January 1694,[6] and was buried in Temple Church
.

Unmarried and with no children, he had originally intended that his estate should go to his younger nephew, John Dolben, and then to John's children, but he was so angered by John's profligate behaviour and chronic gambling that he disinherited him and settled the estate entirely on John's children.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Foss (1870) p. 224
  2. ^ Sainty (1993) p. 20
  3. ^
    doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7779. Retrieved 23 December 2010. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  4. ^ Kenyon, J.P. The Popish Plot Phoenix Press reissue 2000, pp. 225-226
  5. ^ Kenyon p. 226
  6. ^ Sainty (1993) p.35

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