King's favourite, to support the foundation of a new agency, the Irish Court of Wards, which would pave the way for new plantations in Ireland.
32.
He was recorder of London in 1635 36 ( by king's mandate ), attorney of court of wards in 1636, and was knighted the same year.
33.
He held the recordership only a few weeks, for in January 1636 he was made attorney of the court of wards and liveries, and resigned the other appointment.
34.
The usefulness of creating a Court of Wards in the country was recognised by United Provinces-and were emulated by rulers such as the raja of the Gadwal samasthan.
35.
In 1610, King James I attempted to negotiate with Parliament a regular income of ?00, 000 a year in return for the abolition of the hated Court of Wards.
36.
He was second son of Sir Miles Fleetwood of Cranford and Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire, receiver of the court of wards, and brother of Charles Fleetwood, the parliamentary general.
37.
In June 1553, Damsell signed Queen Mary on 2 October 1553, following her coronation, and was later appointed Receiver-General of the Court of Wards and Liveries.
38.
D . N . Pritt worked for the claimant's side and king's counsel W . W . K . Page argued the case for the Court of Wards.
39.
Ashley's nephew Anthony Ashley Cooper had been left very extensive estates through the death of his father and grandfather and these were under the control of the Court of Wards.
40.
In 1610, on Sir William Fleetwood's disgrace as receiver-general of the court of wards, the office was vested in commissioners, of whom Perceval was one.
