William Noy

William Noy.

William Noy (1577 – 9 August 1634) was a noted British jurist.

He was born on the family estate of Pendrea in St Buryan, Cornwall.[1] He left Exeter College, Oxford, without taking a degree, and entered Lincoln's Inn in 1594. From 1603 until his death he was elected, with one exception, to each parliament, sitting invariably for a constituency of his native county. For several years his sympathies were in antagonism to the court party, yet every commission that was appointed numbered Noy among its members, and even those who were opposed to him in politics acknowledged his learning.

A few years before his death he changed political allegiance, went over to the side of the court, and in October 1631 he was created Attorney-general, but was never knighted. It was through his advice that the impost of ship money was levied, resulting in a controversy that helped trigger the English Civil War. Noy suffered from stones, and died in great pain; he was buried at New Brentford church.

His principal works are On the Grounds and Maxims of the Laws of this Kingdom (1641) and The Compleat Lawyer (1661).

References

  1. Toy, Henry Spencer (1912). The Ancient Borough of Helston. Helston: John Lander & Son. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
Parliament of England
Preceded by
John Gray
John Astell
Member of Parliament for Grampound
16041611
With: Sir Francis Barnham
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John Hampden
Robert Carey
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Sir Robert Killigrew
Henry Bulstrode
Member of Parliament for Helston
16211622
With: St Thomas Stafford
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Thomas Carey
Francis Carew
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Jonathan Rashleigh
John Treffry
Member of Parliament for Fowey
16241625
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John Payne
Francis Godolphin
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William Parkhurst
Francis Godolphin
Member of Parliament for St Ives
1626
With: Edward Savage
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Jonathan Rashleigh
Arthur Basset
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Francis Godolphin
Francis Carew
Member of Parliament for Helston
16281629
With: Sidney Godolphin
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Parliament suspended until 1640
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Sir Robert Heath
Attorney General
16311634
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