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Sir William Scroggs (c. 1623 – 25 October 1683) was Lord Chief Justice of England from 1678 to 1681. He is best remembered for presiding over the Popish...

to: Rebecca Scroggs (born 1982), Afro-British actress Sir William Scroggs (1623–1683), Lord Chief Justice of England William A. Scroggs (1896–1984),...

The Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales (alternatively Lord Chief Justice when the holder is male) is the head of the judiciary of England and Wales...

on the ground that the witness had been convicted of felony. Lord Chief Justice Scroggs was inclined for a while in favour of the exception, but eventually...

gaol, eleven miles distant. He was tried at the assizes before Lord Chief Justice Scroggs, 13 August 1679, and condemned to death on account of his sacerdotal...

one need simply list every capital crime known to English law. Lord Chief Justice Scroggs later referred to him with contempt as "that fellow from Chelmsford...

Light, or Murder will out;' 'Justice in Masquerade, or Scroggs upon Scroggs;' another beginning' Since Justice Scroggs Pepys and Dean did bail;' 'The...

Act 1584 (27 Eliz. 1. c. 2). They were tried before the Lord Chief Justice, Sir William Scroggs, who was a convinced believer in the Plot, and, though...

was an English judge and jurist. He was the son of Sir Robert Wright, Chief Justice of the King's Bench (1687–1689) who died in Newgate Prison following...

Fenwick, John Gavan, and Anthony Turner, commenced on 13 June 1679. Lord Chief Justice Scroggs presided, assisted by no less than six junior judges. Oates, William...

succeeded was too much even for Lord Chief Justice Scroggs to swallow) and an acquittal followed. He swore, on the second day of Lord Stafford's trial, 1 December...

 295. ISBN 978-9140106605. Scroggs 1916, p. 114. Walker, p. 42 Scroggs 1916, p. 7. Scroggs 1916, p. 150. McPherson p. 112 Scroggs, William Oscar (1911). "Walker...

Pemberton (18 July 1624 – 10 June 1697) was an English judge and briefly Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench in the course of a turbulent career. He was born...

three priests, the case being tried by Lord Chief Justice William Scroggs, assisted by his fellow Chief Justice Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford and the...

member for East Grinstead, beating both Henry Powle and a son of Lord Chief Justice Scroggs, but he was prevented from playing any part in debates, as a result...

his vehement attack on William Whitshed, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, cited Tresilian and William Scroggs as equivalent examples of judicial corruption...

to the House of Lords the articles of impeachment against Lord Chief Justice William Scroggs, for his arbitrary and illegal proceedings in the court of...

William Scroggs, Lord Chief Justice of England, on 4 April 1681 at South Weald in Essex. The Manor of South Weald was sold in 1668 to Sir William Scroggs, Lord...

journal, and more particularly for a clause against the lord chief justice, William Scroggs, who himself sat as judge at the trial. The jury found him...

judges sat on the court that tried them, headed by the Lord Chief Justice, Sir William Scroggs, who was a convinced believer in the Plot and cherished...