Inns of Chancery

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The Inns of Chancery were medieval and early modern English legal institutions that served as preparatory training colleges and residences for law students and clerks associated with the Inns of Court in London.

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Label Occurrences
Inns of Chancery canonical 2
chancery 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern educational institution
legal institution
medieval educational institution
associatedWith Gray's Inn NERFINISHED
Inner Temple NERFINISHED
Inns of Court NERFINISHED
Lincoln's Inn NERFINISHED
Middle Temple NERFINISHED
ceasedToFunctionAsOriginallyIntended 19th century
country Kingdom of England
declinePeriod 17th century
18th century
developedFrom chancery clerks’ offices
clerks’ hostels
educationalLevel preparatory to Inns of Court
fieldOfWork chancery practice
common law
flourishedInPeriod Tudor period NERFINISHED
early Stuart period
late Middle Ages
governedBy benchers of associated Inn of Court
hadActivity dining in hall
legal exercises
mooting
hadMemberInn Barnard's Inn NERFINISHED
Clement's Inn NERFINISHED
Clifford's Inn NERFINISHED
Furnival's Inn NERFINISHED
Lyon's Inn NERFINISHED
New Inn NERFINISHED
Serjeants' Inn NERFINISHED
Staple Inn NERFINISHED
Thavie's Inn NERFINISHED
hasFunction preparatory legal education
residence for law students
residence for legal clerks
training in legal drafting
training in procedure in common law courts
historicalRole feeder institutions for Inns of Court
training ground for attorneys and solicitors
locatedIn City of London
London NERFINISHED
locatedNear Royal Courts of Justice (historic law courts area) NERFINISHED
partOf English legal system
Inns of Court system NERFINISHED
usedBy attorneys
clerks of chancery
law students
members of Inns of Court
solicitors

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Clifford's Inn partOf Inns of Chancery
Clifford's Inn category Inns of Chancery
Plantagenet court hasPart Inns of Chancery
this entity surface form: chancery