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unusual facts about Baron of the Exchequer



Anthony Denny

Anthony Denny was the second son of Sir Edmund Denny (d. 22 December 1520), a Baron of the Exchequer, by his second wife, Mary Troutbeck, the daughter and coheir of Robert Troutbeck of Bridge Trafford, Chester.

Godfrey de Foljambe

He married (possibly his second marriage, though little is known of the first), Avena (died 1382), daughter of Sir Thomas Ireland of Hartshorne, and had several sons, including Geoffrey Foljambe the younger (died 1375), and Thomas Foljambe (died 1433), who was a Baron of the Exchequer and chief steward of the duchy of Lancaster.

John Craigie

His grandfather, Lawrence, was a Baron of the Exchequer and the brother of Robert Craigie, Lord President of the Court of Session.

Lechmere baronets

Other members of the family include Sir Nicholas Lechmere, a Baron of the Exchequer during the reign of King William III and Member of Parliament for Bewdley, and his grandson Nicholas Lechmere, 1st Baron Lechmere, Solicitor-General, Attorney-General and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Patrick Fleming

Born Christopher Fleming, his father was great-grandson of Christopher Fleming, 8th Baron Slane; his mother was a daughter of Robert Cusack, a Baron of the Exchequer and a close relative of Lord Christopher Nugent.

St Michael's Church, Cowthorpe

The church was built in 1456–58 for Sir Bryan Roucliffe, who was a lawyer and Baron of the Exchequer.


see also

Baron Abinger

It was created on 12 January 1835 for the prominent lawyer and politician Sir James Scarlett, the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.

Ida Cockayne

Ida married Sir John Cockayne, Chief Baron of the Exchequer by whom she had six children.

James Dennis

James Dennis, 1st Baron Tracton (1721–1782), lord chief baron of the Exchequer in Ireland

Richard Brooke

Richard Broke (died 1529), also written Richard Brooke, baron of the Exchequer

Standish O'Grady

Standish O'Grady, 1st Viscount Guillamore (1766-1840), Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland

Uvedale Tomkins Price

Uvedale Tomkins Price was the younger son of Robert Price, Baron of the Exchequer, by his wife Lucy Rodd, heiress of the Foxley estate at Yazor in Herefordshire.

Wormsley Park

The house and estate was passed to his grandson John Scrope a baron of the Exchequer and as Scrope died without issue, his estate of Wormsley passed to the descendants of his sister Anne (died 1720), who had married Henry Fane of Brympton.