A catalogue of notable Middle Templars, with brief biographical notices/Barnardiston, Thomas

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BARNARDISTON, THOMAS.
Law Reporter.
d. 1752.

Admitted 29 January, 1723-4.

Only son of Thomas Barnardiston, of Bury St. Edmunds. He was called to the Bar 6 Feb. 1729, and became Serjeant-at-Law 5 June, 1736, but is best known as the author of the Law Reports bearing his name, and which contain decisions in the Court of Chancery during the years 1740 and 1741, and in the King's Bench from 1726 to 1734. He died 14 Oct. 1752, and was buried in Chelsea Church.