James Altham
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james-altham-161-596080
title:
James Altham
text:
Sir James Altham, of Oxhey, Hertfordshire, was an English judge, briefly a member of the Parliament of England, and a Baron of the Exchequer. A friend of Lord Chancellor Francis Bacon, Altham opposed Edward Coke but advanced the laws of equity behind the fastness of the Exchequer courts, so long considered almost inferior. Through advanced Jacobean royalism he helped to prosecute the King's enemies and centralise royal power of taxation. With Sir Edward Bromley, he presided at the Lancashire wit
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Member of the Parliament of England
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Altham
date created:
2010-12-17T11:22:50Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T01:50:18Z
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