The Court of King's Bench, formally known as The Court of the King Before the King Himself, was a court of common law in the English legal system. Created in the late 12th to early 13th century from t
The Court of King's Bench at work. This illuminated manuscript from about 1460 is the earliest known depiction of the English court.
Westminster Hall, where the King's Bench sat until its abolition
The Court of Chancery, a competitor to the King's Bench and other common law courts during the 15th and 16th centuries
John Popham, the Chief Justice of the King's Bench who brought the Common Pleas and King's Bench into conflict over assumpsit
The lord or lady chief justice of England and Wales is the head of the judiciary of England and Wales and the president of the courts of England and Wales.
Ralph de Hengham
Portrait of Sir John Fortescue by William Faithorne cropped
Sir Edward Montagu