Draft Royal Warrant [?] - Justice of the High Court [Undated]
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Title
Draft Royal Warrant [?] - Justice of the High Court [Undated]
Subject
Judiciary
Description
Draft of a Royal Warrant for Letters Patent appointing Augustus Uthwatt as a Justice of the High Court.
Creator
Crown Office
Source
LCO 6/1582 via Landscapes of Injustice.
Date
Undated
Contributor
Jason Loch
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Transcript
To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting:
Know Ye that We of Our especial Grace have given and granted and by these Presents do give and grant to Our trusty and well beloved AUGUSTUS ANDREWES UTHWATT Esquire the Office of one of the Justices of Our High Court of Justice To hold the same so long as he shall well behave himself therein with all wages profits and advantages due and of right belonging thereto In Witness
Grant of the Office of one of the Justices of Your Majesty's High Court of Justice unto Augustus Andrewes Uthwatt Esquire
Special Features
Text is entirely handwritten.
At the top is the partial text of Letters Patent appointing Augustus Uthwatt as a Justice of the High Court. King George VI's titles are missing, and the teste clause is abbreviated. At the bottom is the docket. They likely would have been entered into a pre-printed template.
At the top is the partial text of Letters Patent appointing Augustus Uthwatt as a Justice of the High Court. King George VI's titles are missing, and the teste clause is abbreviated. At the bottom is the docket. They likely would have been entered into a pre-printed template.
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Citation
Crown Office, “Draft Royal Warrant [?] - Justice of the High Court [Undated],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/104.