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Roger of Seaton

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and Nicholas of Higham. He died soon after, and left his remaining possessions to his brother, Richard of Seaton.
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In 1268 he switched from an ecclesiastical career to a judicial one, and was appointed as a justice with the
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only three held such a title, with ninety and eight respectively for those who had served under
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judge in 1273 and 1274 and the judge of an Eyre circuit in Middlesex in 1274 and again in
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Judges, Administrators and the Common Law in Angevin England, Turner, Ralph, P.201
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Soon after his 1278 retirement Roger suffered a stroke, and in 1279 entered the
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circuit that travelled through south-eastern and eastern
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in 1276. From late 1272 until October 1274 he served as
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canon law
Oxford University
Richard I
John of England
Bishop of Durham
Robert Stitchill
Court of Common Pleas
Eyre
England
Henry III
Chief Justice
Gilbert of Preston
Assize
London
Bedfordshire
High Sheriff of Northamptonshire
Augustinian
Thornton
Oliver Sutton
Judges, Administrators and the Common Law in Angevin England, Turner, Ralph, P.201
Oxford DNB:Seaton, Roger of
Sir Gilbert of Preston
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
Sir Thomas Weyland
High Sheriff of Northamptonshire
Categories
1230 births
1280 deaths
Chief justices of the Common Pleas
High sheriffs of Northamptonshire

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