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Richard le Blond

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The official records show that he was highly regarded by the Crown. When he petitioned for custody of the lands of Thomas Bodenham, lately deceased, which had now vested in the Crown, and the
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was granted: "the more quickly because the King acquired the lands at Richard's suit, and because he has acted in a praiseworthy fashion in the King's business as his Serjeant pleader".
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After a quarter of a century's service as Serjeant, le Blond was appointed to the Common Pleas in 1322. He was also appointed
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Richard was appointed King's Serjeant, as the office of Serjeant-at-law was then known, in 1297, jointly with
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In 1309 he made the first of several official complaints about the maladministration of
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and in the same year he was acting for the Crown in each of the Royal Courts in
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during the same era; (there is some evidence that David came from
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of the early fourteenth century. After serving for many years as
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for the recovery of certain lands which belonged to him.
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Irish lawyer and judge of the early fourteenth century
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A History of the King's Serjeants at law in Ireland
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judge
Serjeant-at-law (Ireland)
English Crown
Court of Common Pleas (Ireland)
Arklow
County Wicklow
David le Blond
Justiciar of Ireland
County Cork
William of Bardfield
English Crown
assizes
County Louth
Dublin
Exchequer of Ireland
King Edward I
guardianship
heir
petition
Geoffrey de Morton
Mayor of Dublin
corruption
justice itinerant
County Meath
Cambridge University Press




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