William de Shareshull
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Sir William de Shareshull KB |
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| 30th Lord Chief Justice of England | |
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In office 26 October 1350 – 5 July 1361 |
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| Monarch | Edward III |
| Prime Minister |
Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (as Lord High Steward) |
| Chancellor |
John of Thoresby (1350-1356) William Edington (1356-1361) |
| Preceded by | William de Thorpe |
| Succeeded by | Henry Green |
| Chief Baron of the Exchequer | |
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In office 2 July 1344 – 10 November 1345 |
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| Monarch | Edward III |
| Prime Minister | Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (as Lord High Steward) |
| Chancellor |
Robert Sadington (1344-1345) John de Ufford (1345) |
| Succeeded by | John Stowford |
| Second Justice of the Court of Common Pleas | |
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In office 10 November 1345 – 26 October 1350 |
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| Monarch | Edward III |
| Prime Minister | Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (as Lord High Steward) |
| Chancellor | John de Ufford (1345-1349) John of Thoresby (1349-1350) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1289 Shareshill, Staffordshire |
| Died | Missing required parameter 1=month! , 1370 (aged 80–81) |
| Nationality | English |
| Known for |
Statute of Labourers Statute of Treasons |
Sir William de Shareshull KB (1289/1290–1370) was an English lawyer, and Chief Justice of the King's Bench from 26 October 1350 to 5 July 1361.
Shareshull came from relatively humble Staffordshire origins in the village of Shareshill, rising to great prominence under the administration of Edward III of England; he was responsible for the 1351 Statute of Labourers and Statute of Treasons. He is also briefly mentioned in the poem Wynnere and Wastoure, dating from the 1350s.
Shareshull's career was studied in-depth by the academic Bertha Putnam.
He is mentioned among the advocates in the ‘Year Book’ of Edward II, and also as receiving a commission of oyer and terminer on 22 February 1327, and the two following years. In 1331, when he had risen to the rank of king's serjeant, he was appointed with others to assess a tallage in Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, and Berkshire (25 June). In the following year he was one of the council selected by the king to advise him, was ordered on 11 October to attend the approaching parliament in Scotland for the confirmation of the treaty with Edward Balliol, and was made a Knight of the Bath.
On 20 March 1333 he was made a judge of the King's Bench, but was removed to the Common Pleas on 30 May following. In 1340 (30 November) Edward III suddenly returned from the Low Countries, and removed the chancellor and treasurer and other prominent officials, among them Shareshull, on a charge of maladministration. He was reinstated, however, on 10 May 1342, and on 2 July 1344 he was made Chief Baron of the Exchequer. On 10 November 1345 he was moved back to the Common Pleas, with the title of second justice. He was also appointed one of the guardians of the principality of Wales during the minority of the king's son. On 26 October 1350 he was advanced to the headship of the Court of King's Bench, and presided in it until 5 July 1357. While holding that office he declared the causes of the meeting of five parliaments, from 25 to 29 Edward III (1351–1355), and his functions seem to have more resembled those of a political and parliamentary official than those of a judge.
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