Lincoln's Inn
Lincoln's Inn or the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of the four English bar associations ( Inns of Court ) for barristers in England . In addition, the term Lincoln's Inn also refers to the complex of buildings in which this chamber has been located since the 14th century. In 1882 the main building of the Royal Courts of Justice was built nearby.
Inn (or hospitium ) in this context means a town house or a pension, especially in the original period a pension for students who studied law here. No students have been trained here since the middle of the 19th century.
history
Lincoln's Inn can be in the historical tradition that in the black books is held (Black Books), traced back to the year 1422, earlier than the others also mentioned there Inns of Court Middle Temple (1501), Inner Temple (1505), and Gray's Inn (1569). However, it existed before. Probably an Edward I law in 1292 formed the basis for the founding of the Inns. In this law, the two professions of barrister and solicitor , as they are called today, were placed under the supervision of judges, thus ending the supremacy of the clergy who represented this role at the king's court. Training centers were now needed for the lay people, which led to the establishment of the Inns of Court in the early 14th century.
Inn (or hospitium ) back then meant a town house or a pension, especially a pension for students. Lincoln's Inn probably got its name from Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln (died 1311), from whom the lion in the coat of arms of the Lincoln's Inn comes. He appears to have been a patron of the Inn; his own big house was only a few hundred yards to the east, on Shoe Lane.
The inn stands partly on the land that belonged to Burton Lazars Hospital and partly on land (to the south) owned by the Bishops of Chichester . All of the land was ceded to the Inn on November 12, 1580, and the iron parts ( mill-rind ) that support millstones as they turn, which can be seen in the coat of arms, come from the coat of arms of Richard Kingsmill, a master who played a leading role in played the business.
In 1565, the Masters ( Benchers ) tried to maintain the morale of the Lincoln's Inn by enacting regulations on the age of female workers at the inn.
Today only a few barristers live in the Inn. A quarter of them even work in other cities outside of London.
location
Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn are in the London Borough of Camden (formerly the Borough of Holborn ), on the border with the City of London . They do not have their own legal status. The nearest underground station is Chancery Lane .
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Coordinates: 51 ° 31 ′ 1.7 ″ N , 0 ° 6 ′ 52.5 ″ W.