[Footnote 3: In Mother Hubberd's Tale.--ED.]
_Sir Anthony Fitzherbert, Chief Justice_ (Vol. viii., pp. 158. 276.).--In
"A Letter to a Convocation Man," which was recently edited by a frequent
contributor to your pages, the REV. W. FRASER, B.C.L., and is favourably
mentioned by you, I find the following sentence, declaring that Sir Anthony
Fitzherbert _was_ Chief Justice:
"I must admit that it is said in the second part of Rolle's
_Abridgment_, that the Archbishop of Canterbury was prohibited to hold
such assemblies by Fitzherbert, Chief Justice, because he had not the
King's licence. But he adds that the Archbishop would not obey it; and
he quotes Speed for it."--P. 38. of original pamphlet, and p. 36. of
Mr. Fraser's reprint.
MR. FRASER merely refers to Sir Anthony Fitzherbert as being made judge of
the Common Pleas in 1523, and does not enter into this question, which
deserves investigation.