Cases principally in Practice and Pleading in the Court of King's Bench (1820—23); On the Laws of Commerce and the Contracts relating thereto (1823); The Stamp Duties (1829); The Practice of the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer (1831—2); General Practice of the Law (1833—8); On Medical Jurisprudence (1834); Amendments and Variances (1835); Concise View of the Principle of Pleading (1835), 2nd ed.; On the Office of Constable (1837); The Statutes of Practical Utility (1837).
In addition to the labour of the above, Mr. Chitty edited a sixth edition of Beawe's Lex Mercatoria (1813), a new edition of Vattel's Law of Nations (1834), and an edition of Blackstone's Commentaries (1832). He died 17 Feb. 1841.
Admitted 13 May, 1813.
Eldest son of Joseph Chitty (q. v.). He was celebrated as a Special Pleader, [and is known as the author of treatises on The Prerogatives of the Crown (1820), Contracts (1826), Bills of Exchange (1834), Precedents in Pleading (1836). He died 10 April, 1838.
Admitted 28 November, 1668.
Son and heir of Thomas Chudleigh, of Exeter. Entering the diplomatic service, he was employed in Sweden in 1673. In 1677 he was Secretary [to the Embassy to Nimeguen, and in 1678 Envoy-Extraordinary to the States-General. He took an active part in the negotiations which resulted in the peace of Nimeguen, and his papers relating to that event are preserved in ten volumes in the British Museum. In 1689 he disappears from history, and is supposed to have died a Roman Catholic.
Admitted 20 June, 1645.
Son and heir of Chaloner Chute, one of the Masters of the Utter Bar. He was called to the Bar 21 Nov. 1656, and in the same year was elected to represent Middlesex in Parliament, but was not allowed to sit. In the following Parliament, however, he was again returned, and was elected Speaker (27 Jan. 1658-9). His health, however, obliged him to relinquish his duties, and he died in the April of the following year (1659). He was engaged in the defence of Laud and the Bishops, and had a great reputation at the Bar. He was buried at Chiswick, where he had a residence.
Admitted 1 June, 1602.
Son and heir of Francis Clare of Caldwell, Worcestershire. His pretensions to remembrance are summed up in the inscription on his tomb in the Chancel of Kidderminster, where he is described as "servant unto Prince Henry, Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Charles I., whom he attended through all his glorious fortunes; servant to King Charles II. both in his banishment and return … zealous in his loyality to his Prince, exemplary in his
