Richard Raynsford
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| Born | 1605 Northamptonshire England |
| Died | 14 October 1680 (aged 74) Dallington, Northamptonshire |
| Resting place | Dallington Church Northamptonshire |
| Education | Exeter College, Oxford |
| Occupation | English Judge ( 1650-1678 ) Politician MP House of Commons(1660-63) |
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Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn London Member of the projected order of Knights of the Royal Oak MP for Northampton in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament Judge on Fire of London Disputes Act 1666 at Clifford's Inn in 1667 and 1672 President and Supervisor in Ireland in 1661-62 for the Act of Settlement 1662 in Ireland. |
Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Treasurer of Lincoln's Inn London Member of the projected order of Knights of the Royal Oak MP for Northampton in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament Judge on Fire of London Disputes Act 1666 at Clifford's Inn in 1667 and 1672
Sir Richard Rainsford SL (1605–1680) was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1663. He became Chief Justice of the King's Bench.
Rainsford was the second son of Robert Raynsford of Staverton, Northamptonshire and his first wife Mary Kirton, daughter of Thomas Kirton of Thorpe Mandeville Northamptonshire. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 13 December 1622, but left the university without a degree. He was knighted by 1622. In 1630 he was elected recorder of Daventry, being then a student of Lincoln's Inn, where he was called to the bar on 16 October 1632. In 1653 he was chosen recorder of Northampton.
Rainsford was elected Member of Parliament for Northampton in April 1660 for the Convention Parliament. In 1660 he became treasurer of Lincoln's Inn and on 26 October 1660 he was sworn serjeant-at-law. He was one of those designated a member of the projected order of Knights of the Royal Oak. He was re-elected MP for Northampton in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament, and sat until 16 November 1663 when he was raised to the bench as Baron of the Exchequer. He presided over the commission which sat at Dublin during the earlier months of 1663 to supervise the execution of the Act of Settlement 1662, and on his return to England was raised to the exchequer bench, 16 November the same year.
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