Roger Manwood
Sir Roger Manwood ( 1525 - December 1592 ) was an English lawyer and Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer .
He received his training as a lawyer at the Inns of Court and achieved the highest and most prestigious appointment as a lawyer, the serjeant-at-law .
He was repeatedly elected as a member of the English House of Commons , namely in 1555 as Burgess for Hastings and in 1558, 1559, 1563, 1571 and 1572 as Burgess for Sandwich .
In 1563 he founded a Free Grammar School in Sandwich to enable the townspeople to receive education and training. In 1578 he was appointed Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer and served Queen Elizabeth I until 1593. On November 15, 1578, the Queen proposed him to a Knight Bachelor in Richmond .
He was twice, both marriages remained childless.
A short Latin epitaph by Christopher Marlowe for Roger Manwood has survived as a manuscript. One can assume with a certain plausibility that it must have been written between December 1592, the time of Roger Manwood's death, and May 1593, the time of Marlowe's death. The Latin epitaph was on the back of the title page of a copy of Marlowe and Chapman’s " Hero and Leander ".
Individual evidence
- ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 2, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 79.
- ↑ http://www2.prestel.co.uk/rey/manwood.htm
Web links
- MANWOOD, Roger II (by 1532-92), of the Inner Temple, London. at History of Parliament Online
- http://www.srms.kent.sch.uk/About.html
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| SURNAME | Manwood, Roger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English lawyer and Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1525 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 1592 |