Chapter XIII: Francis North

His noble birth, 185. Early life, 186. A court keeper, 188. Called to
the bar, 189. His early practice, 189. A lickspittle, 193. A leader at
the bar, 194. Makes his fortune by avowing "loyal" principles, 195.
Solicitor general, 197. His practice, 198. His loves, 199. Marriage,
200. Insignificant as a member of Parliament, 200. Attorney general,
201. Fees in abundance, 202. Chief justice of the Common Pleas, 203.
Conduct on the bench, 203. Career as a politician, 206. Legal oracle
of the party of arbitrary power, 206. Proclamation against coffee
houses, 206. Petitioners and Abhorrers--North obstructs the right of
petition, 207. Parliamentary proceedings against him, 208. Draws a
declaration against the popular party, 209. Trial of College, the
Protestant joiner, 210. Proceedings against Shaftesbury, 212. Attack
on the municipal privileges of London, 216. North made lord
chancellor, 217. His disappointment and dissatisfaction, 219. Assists
at the inauguration of Saunders, 220. His conduct as a law reformer
and equity judge, 221. As a statesman, 223. Joins in the proceedings
against the charter of London, 224. Made a peer--Disfranchises many
towns, 226. Dismisses Burnet, 226. Rye house plot, 227. Jeffreys his
rival, 227. His mortifications, 229. Triumphs over Jeffreys in the
matter of the recusants, 230. Death of Charles II., 233. Continued in
office by James II., 234. Puts the seal to a questionable
proclamation, 235. Parliament meets, 236. North snubbed, 236. Clings
to office, 237. Still thwarted and browbeaten by Jeffreys, 237.
Further mortifications, 239. His dejection and misery, 240. Monmouth's
insurrection, 240. His conduct as to the prisoners, 241. Death and
character, 242. Jokes upon him, 244. His writings, 245. His method of
living, 245. His domestic relations, 246. Descendants, 247. His early
death, 247. His life by Roger North, 247.

CHAPTER XIV.

EDMUND SAUNDERS.

Motives of his appointment, 248. Early history, 248. Called to the
bar, 250. His practice, 251. His reports, 251. Not desirous of
preferment, 253. Counsel for the crown, 253. Advises a _quo warranto_
against the city of London, 256. Appointed chief justice, 256. His
conduct in the London case, 258. Judgment of the court pronounced by
Justice Jones, 260. Trial of Lord Grey, 260. Sudden death, 264. His
appearance and manners, 264. His reports, 266.