Chief Justice of Chester

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historical office judicial office

The Chief Justice of Chester was a senior judicial office in the County Palatine of Chester, historically responsible for overseeing the administration of justice in that semi-autonomous region of England.

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Label	Occurrences
Chief Justice of Chester canonical	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical office ⓘ judicial office ⓘ
abolishedBy	Courts of Great Sessions in Wales and Chester Act 1830 NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Cheshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Flintshire (English-controlled parts) NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy	Crown of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince of Wales as Earl of Chester (in some periods) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	royal commission ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
duty	advise the palatine authority on legal matters ⓘ hear civil cases ⓘ hear criminal cases ⓘ oversee administration of justice in the County Palatine of Chester ⓘ preside over the Court of Great Sessions in Chester ⓘ
endTime	1830 ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasPalatineStatus	yes ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ early modern period ⓘ
jurisdiction	County Palatine of Chester NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus	senior judicial office ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Chester NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeCreatedForJurisdiction	palatine courts of Chester NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHeldBy	Lloyd Kenyon NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Alexander Cockburn NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Edward Coke (as associated legal office in Chester jurisdiction) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir James Parke NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Job Charlton NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir John Bayley NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir John Jervis NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir John Willes NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Orlando Bridgeman NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Peter Warburton NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Richard Aston NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Richard Hutton NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Robert Dallas NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Denison NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Egerton NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Powys NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Trevor NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir William Garrow NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Erskine NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	English legal system ⓘ
relativeRank	chief judge of the palatinate ⓘ
replacedBy	integration into the regular English courts system ⓘ
seeAlso	County Palatine of Chester NERFINISHED ⓘ Court of Great Sessions in Wales and Chester NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo	Crown of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Earl of Chester NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince of Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Judge George Jeffreys → positionHeld → Chief Justice of Chester ⓘ

subject surface form: George Jeffreys