Sir Roger Manwood was an English

English people

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 jurist

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 and Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer

Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer

The Chief Baron of the Exchequer was the first "baron" of the English Exchequer of pleas. "In the absence of both the Treasurer of the Exchequer or First Lord of the Treasury, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it was he who presided in the equity court and answered the bar i.e...

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Career

Sir Roger was the son of Thomas Manwood of Sandwich

Sandwich, Kent

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 in Kent

Kent

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. He trained as a barrister

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 at the Inner Temple

Inner Temple

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 and attained the highest and most prestigious order of counsel

Counsel

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, namely serjeant-at-law

Serjeant-at-law

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. He was ultimately appointed Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer

Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer

The Chief Baron of the Exchequer was the first "baron" of the English Exchequer of pleas. "In the absence of both the Treasurer of the Exchequer or First Lord of the Treasury, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it was he who presided in the equity court and answered the bar i.e...

 in 1578 and served Queen Elizabeth I until 1592. He was MP

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 for Hastings

Hastings (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1555 and Sandwich

Sandwich (UK Parliament constituency)

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 from 1558.

A memorable quote from him is:

Philanthropy

Sir Roger lived in Sandwich and then at Hackington

Hackington

Hackington is a civil parish near Canterbury in Kent, South East England, including the village of Tyler Hill....

 near Canterbury

Canterbury

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. He was a notable philanthropist, having provided a significant amount of money for the foundation in 1563 of Sir Roger Manwood's School

Sir Roger Manwood's School

Sir Roger Manwood's School is a grammar foundation school located in Sandwich, Kent, England, the 96th oldest school in the UK.-Admissions:The school has language college and computing status, meaning that it specialises in teaching modern foreign languages and ICT. In order to gain entry into the...

 in Sandwich, Kent, a free school to bring education to the townspeople whose families could not afford it.

Death

Sir Roger died on 14 December 1592. Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe

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, the well-known Elizabethan playwright and poet, wrote an elegy in Latin after Manwood's death, entitled 'On the Death of Sir Roger Manwood'.

Note

He is apparently sometimes mistakenly referred to as "Richard Manwood" (e.g. in the biography of Richard Boyle

Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork

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). He was a close relative, probably uncle, of John Manwood

John Manwood

John Manwood was a barrister of Lincoln's Inn, gamekeeper of Waltham Forest, and Justice in Eyre of the New Forest under Elizabeth I of England...

, a barrister

Barrister

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 of Lincoln's Inn

Lincoln's Inn

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, gamekeeper

Gamekeeper

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 of Waltham Forest, and Justice in Eyre

Justice in Eyre

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 of the New Forest

New Forest

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 under Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I of England

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