Cæsar, SIR JULIUS

Cæsar, SIR JULIUS, judge, born at Tottenham in 1558, was the son of Cesare Adelmare, physician to Queen Mary. He was called to the bar in 1580, and was appointed judge of the Admiralty Court in 1584, Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1606, and Master of the Rolls in 1614. He sat in six parliaments, was knighted in 1603, and died 18th April 1636. The close friend of Whitgift, and afterwards of Bacon, he has left a higher reputation for superiority to bribery than for legal acumen; and his lavish bounty to all beggars is related to have rendered the loan of his coach, so well known to this fraternity, an expensive favour for his friends. He wrote two treatises, on the Court of Requests and on the Privy-council, and a multitude of miscellaneous papers.