Index of Gardiner's History of England

Richardson, Sir Thomas (Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, 1626; of the King's Bench, 1631-1635),

• becomes Chief Justice of the Common Pleas,
• character of,
• is consulted on the case of the imprisoned members of Parliament,
• is on the side of leniency in Sheffield's case,
• his order on the Somerset wakes,
• revokes the order disrespectfully, and is rated by Laud,
• takes part in the sentence on Prynne,
• recommends that Prynne be allowed to read the Book of Martyrs,