Sir Christopher Yelverton (1536-7–1612), Judge and speaker of the House of Commons

Knight of the Bath 23 July 1603, matriculated at Queens' College, Cambridge, in 1550, MP for Brackley, Northamptonshire, in 1563, recorder of Northampton from 1568-1599, JP for Northamptonshire from about 1573, called to the bar, and elected treasurer of Gray's Inn 1579 and 1585, Reader 1574 and 1584, serjeant-at-law in 1589, speaker of the House of Commons 1597, queen's serjeant from 1598-1602, judge of the court of queen's/King's bench from 1602-1612 Military Badge of the Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. ... Full name The Queens College of Saint Margaret and Saint Bernard in the University of Cambridge Motto Floreat Domus May this House Flourish Named after - Previous names - Established 1448 Sister College(s) Pembroke College President Lord Eatwell Location Silver Street Undergraduates 490 Postgraduates 270 Homepage Boatclub The Gatehouse, as... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Map sources for Brackley at grid reference SP5837 Brackley is a town in south Northamptonshire, England. ... Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or Nhants) is a landlocked county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ... A Justice of the Peace (JP) is a puisne judicial officer appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. ... Serjeant-at-law is an obsolete order of barristers at the English or Irish bar. ...

He married Margaret Catesby, the dau. of Thomas Catesby of Whiston, Northamptonshire, two sons four dau. Whiston is a village in the English county of Northamptonshire located some four miles due east of the county town of Northampton. ...

References

David Ibbetson, ‘Yelverton, Sir Christopher (1536/7–1612)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004