William Sheppard (died 1674) was an English barrister, known as a legal writer. [1]
Sheppard was baptised at Whitminster, Gloucestershire, at the end of 1595, and entered the Middle Temple in 1620; he was called to the bar in 1629. [1] He lived in Horsley and enjoyed a large country legal practice. [2]
About 1653 Sheppard was invited to London by Cromwell, and made one of the clerks of the upper bench. In 1656 he became a serjeant-at-law, and was nominated with three others to prepare the charters granted to town corporations. [2] In September 1659 he was appointed chief justice in North Wales, by the Rump Parliament. [2]
After the Restoration of 1660 Sheppard was deprived of his offices and left public life. He had six children: John (a clergyman), Elizabeth, Sarah, Samuel, Anne, and Dorothy. [2]
Sheppard wrote legal and religious works: [2]
He also published the Touchstone of Common Assurances (1641); tradition said he had found it in manuscript in Sir John Doddridge's library, but a connection with Doddridge is no longer accepted. The eighth edition of this work, by Edmond Gibson Atherley, was published in 1826. Sheppard wrote a second part, published with the first, Law of Common Assurances (1650). [2] [6]
A Collection of Choice Declarations (1653), attributed to Sheppard in the first edition of the Dictionary of National Biography, was by William Small. [1]
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). " Sheppard, William (d.1675?)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 52. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
William Sheppard (died 1674) was an English barrister, known as a legal writer. [1]
Sheppard was baptised at Whitminster, Gloucestershire, at the end of 1595, and entered the Middle Temple in 1620; he was called to the bar in 1629. [1] He lived in Horsley and enjoyed a large country legal practice. [2]
About 1653 Sheppard was invited to London by Cromwell, and made one of the clerks of the upper bench. In 1656 he became a serjeant-at-law, and was nominated with three others to prepare the charters granted to town corporations. [2] In September 1659 he was appointed chief justice in North Wales, by the Rump Parliament. [2]
After the Restoration of 1660 Sheppard was deprived of his offices and left public life. He had six children: John (a clergyman), Elizabeth, Sarah, Samuel, Anne, and Dorothy. [2]
Sheppard wrote legal and religious works: [2]
He also published the Touchstone of Common Assurances (1641); tradition said he had found it in manuscript in Sir John Doddridge's library, but a connection with Doddridge is no longer accepted. The eighth edition of this work, by Edmond Gibson Atherley, was published in 1826. Sheppard wrote a second part, published with the first, Law of Common Assurances (1650). [2] [6]
A Collection of Choice Declarations (1653), attributed to Sheppard in the first edition of the Dictionary of National Biography, was by William Small. [1]
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). " Sheppard, William (d.1675?)". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 52. London: Smith, Elder & Co.