Peter Holford
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Peter Holford was an English barrister. He was a master in chancery from 1750 and a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Westonbirt manor house, 1813 engraving when it belonged to Robert Holford son of Peter Holford, before a new house was built by George Peter Holford
Court of Chancery
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The Court of Chancery was a court of equity in England and Wales that followed a set of loose rules to avoid a slow pace of change and possible harshness of the common law. The Chancery had jurisdicti
c. 1725 painting of the Court of Chancery
The English king Edward I, during whose reign the chancellor's jurisdiction was established
Westminster Hall, where the Court sat almost continuously from the reign of Edward III until its dissolution in 1875
Lord Ellesmere, who worked to maintain the Chancery's ability to override the common law courts as lord chancellor