Inns of Chancery
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The Inns of Chancery or Hospida Cancellarie were a group of buildings and legal institutions in London initially attached to the Inns of Court and used as offices for the clerks of chancery, from which they drew their name. Existing from at least 1344, the Inns gradually changed their purpose, and became both the offices and accommodation for solicitors and a place of initial training for barristers.
Staple Inn, the only Inn of Chancery building to survive largely intact
Early-18th-century engraving of Furnival's Inn by Sutton Nicholls
Staple Inn in 1886
Garden House, Clements Inn, 1883 by Philip Norman
Inns of Court
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The Inns of Court in London are the professional associations for barristers in England and Wales. There are four Inns of Court: Gray's Inn, Lincoln's Inn, Inner Temple and Middle Temple.
Combined arms of the four Inns of Court. Clockwise from top left: Lincoln's Inn, Middle Temple, Gray's Inn, Inner Temple.