THE JUDGES OF ENGLAND; WITH SKETCHES OF THEIR LIVES, AND MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES CONNECTED WITH THE COURTS AT WESTMINSTER, FROM THE CONQUEST TO THE PRESENT TIME. BY EDWARD FOSS, F.S.A: OF THE INNER TEMPLE. VOL. IX. CONTAINING THE REIGNS OF GEORGE IV., WILLIAM IV., AND VICTORIA. 1820-1864. LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1864. The right of translation is reserved. THE JUDGES OF GEORGE IV. Reigned 10 years, 4 months, and 28 days; from January 29, 1820, SURVEY OF THE REIGN. In addition to the ten years of his positive reign as king, George IV. really exercised the functions of sovereignty for the nine previous years, under the title of Regent. Every legal event that happened during that period has been necessarily noticed under the reign of George III., and the only changes that require mention here, as occurring in the succeeding ten years, are with reference to the salaries of the judges. In 1825 their remuneration was placed upon a more substantial footing. The fees to which they were entitled in addition to their nominal salaries, were ordered to be paid or accounted for into the Exchequer, and the offices, which had hitherto been under the patronage of the chief justices, were placed under a different regulation and declared to be no longer saleable. In lieu of these fees and perquisites the following salaries and pensions on retirement were fixed by statutes 6 Geo. IV. c. 82, 83, 84. |