- Richard Newton (justice)
Sir Richard Newton KS (d. 13 December 1448) was a British justice. He was educated as a lawyer at
Middle Temple , and created aSerjeant-at-law in 1425, followed by a promotion toKing's Serjeant in 1430. By December of the same year he had also become Recorder ofBristol , where he had close ties; he also had links withWales , where by September 1426 he had been appointed as anItinerant justice toHumphrey, Duke of Gloucester at his court inPembrokeshire . In 1438 he led a commission ofOyer and terminer inCarmarthenshire andCardiganshire , and in November of that year he was appointed a justice of the Court of Common Pleas. Less than a year later on 17 September 1439 he was madeChief Justice of the Common Pleas , being granted £93 6s. 8d. as well as the usual fee. By July of 1440 he had been knighted, and in 1441 he acted as an arbitrator to decide the dispute over the inheritance of Thomas Berkeley. He died on 13 December 1448 and was buried in St Mary's,Yatton , leaving money to finance a bell for the church. [cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20063?&docPos=37&backToResults=list=yes|group=yes|feature=yes|aor=3|orderField=alpha|title=Oxford DNB article: Newton, Sir Richard|accessdate=2008-10-02]References
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