21-978: The Rolls Building is a judicial court complex on Fetter Lane in the City of London that is used by the High Court of Justice (one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales ). It houses the commercial and property business of the Chancery Division (including bankruptcy), as well as the Admiralty Court , Commercial Court , and the Technology and Construction Court . The building has 31 courtrooms, including three "super courts" for high-value cases, and four landscape-oriented courtrooms for multi-party cases. The basement and top floors are available for lease by commercial law firms. The building
42-533: Is a street in the ward of Farringdon Without in the City of London , England. It forms part of the A4 road and runs between Fleet Street at its southern end and Holborn . The street was originally called Faytor or Faiter Lane, then Fewteres Lane. This is believed to come from the Old French "faitor" meaning lawyer, though by the 14th century this had become synonymous with an idle person. Geoffrey Chaucer used
63-501: The 11th Baron, was created Earl of Cumberland in 1525, whose grandson the 3rd Earl was a noted naval commander. On the latter's death in 1605, the earldom passed to his younger brother, the 4th Earl (see the Earl of Cumberland for later history of this title). The barony of de Clifford was claimed in 1628 by his daughter and only child, Lady Anne Clifford, but the House of Lords postponed
84-755: The London Moravian leader of the Fetter Lane Society, and his followers established it for the purpose of discipleship and accountability. They began with the purpose of meeting once a week for prayer and fellowship. Most of their members consisted of Anglicans, most prominently John Wesley , Charles Wesley , and George Whitefield . John Wesley records in his journal for 1 January 1739: "Mr. Hall, Hinching, Ingham, Whitefield, Hutching, and my brother Charles were present at our love feast in Fetter Lane with about 60 of our brethren. About three in
105-707: The building when it was destroyed in 1905. They now stand next-door in the King's College library. The site then became the main London warehouse of the Cambridge University Press . It is now the Technology and Construction Court hearing litigation related to science and engineering. The Admiralty Court is also at St. Dunstan's House. At No. 33, the Moravian Chapel ( Fetter Lane Society )
126-471: The hearing. The barony remained dormant until 1678, when Nicholas Tufton, 3rd Earl of Thanet , was allowed to claim the peerage and became the fifteenth Baron de Clifford. He was the son of Lady Margaret Sackville, daughter of the aforementioned Anne Clifford. On the death of the Earl's younger brother, the sixth Earl , in 1721, the earldom and barony separated. The earldom was inherited by the late Earl's nephew,
147-467: The heirs of his deceased sister Hon. Catherine Southwell. The peerage was called out of abeyance in 1833 in favour of Sophia Coussmaker, the twenty-second holder. She was the only surviving child of Hon. Catherine Southwell and her husband George Coussmaker . The 22nd baroness was the wife of John Russell, third son of Lord William Russell , third son of Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock , eldest son and heir of John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford . She
168-855: The location where Fetter Lane joins New Fetter Lane. On 7 December 2011 the Rolls Building , a new court of the High Court of Justice principally for commercial and property cases, was formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II . Citations Sources Baron de Clifford Baron de Clifford is a title in the Peerage of England . It was created in 1299 for Robert de Clifford ( c. 1274–1314), feudal baron of Clifford in Herefordshire, feudal baron of Skipton in Yorkshire and feudal baron of Appleby in Westmoreland. The title
189-459: The morning, as we were continuing instant in prayer, the power of God came mightily upon us insomuch that many cried out for exceeding joy and many fell to the ground. As soon as we were recovered a little from that awe and amazement at the presence of His majesty, we broke out with one voice, 'We praise Thee, O God, we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord.'" A statue of John Wilkes was erected in 1988 at
210-519: The north end of Fetter Lane, at Holborn Circus, and remained there until 1990, when it moved to the Isle of Dogs . The original site, between Rolls Buildings (a street) and Bream's Buildings (another street to the north) was called Rolls House from 1961 until its demolition in 2007. The new site, sometimes called 110 Fetter Lane rather than Rolls House, is the site of an 11-storey building containing 29 courtrooms and other judicial accommodation. 43 Fetter Lane
231-670: The opening paragraphs of Gulliver's Travels the central character states that he lived briefly at Fetter Lane. From 1660 to 1680 Thomas Goodwin preached at the Fetter Lane Independent Church. The Socialist Party of Great Britain was founded in Bartlett's Passage, off Fetter Lane, in 1904. From 1920 to 1961 the Daily Mirror newspaper was initially located in Geraldine House, then moved to
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#1732765728526252-449: The seventh Earl (see the Earl of Thanet for further information on this title). The barony fell into abeyance between the Earl's five daughters, Lady Katherine, Lady Anne, Lady Isabel, Lady Margaret and Lady Mary. It remained in abeyance until 1734 when the abeyance was terminated in favour of the third daughter, Margaret, who became the nineteenth Baroness. She was the wife of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester . On her death in 1775,
273-459: The title again fell into abeyance, this time between her sisters and their heirs. The abeyance was terminated only a year later in favour of Edward Southwell, the 20th Baron. He was the grandson of Lady Catherine Tufton, eldest daughter of the sixth Earl of Thanet. He was succeeded by his son, the 21st Baron. He was childless and on his death in 1832, the barony fell into abeyance between his sisters Hon. Sophia Southwell and Hon. Elizabeth Southwell and
294-460: The word to refer to the beggars and vagrants who were seen around the lane. An alternative origin of the name is the fetter (lance vest) made by armourers working for the nearby Knights Templar . In the 1590s there was a gibbet at the junction of Fleet Street and Fetter Lane. The Catholic martyr Christopher Bales was among those hanged there. In 1643, the Member of Parliament Nathaniel Tomkins
315-465: Was arrested for conspiracy against the government by withholding taxes, and hanged outside his front door in Fetter Lane. It is sometimes said that John Dryden lived at No. 16, but there is no evidence for this. In 1604, John Dowland published "Lachrimae". The preface states "to be solde at the authors House in Fetter-lane neare Fleet-streete". In 1651 Thomas Hobbes lived in Fetter Lane. In
336-638: Was created by writ , which means that it can descend through both male and female lines. The Norman family which later took the name de Clifford settled in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066 and was first seated in England at Clifford Castle in Herefordshire. The first Baron served as Earl Marshal of England but was killed at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. His 8th generation descendant
357-533: Was designed by Woods Bagot and built by Carillion for developers Delancey Estates and Scottish Widows and was formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 7 December 2011. 51°30′57″N 0°06′35″W / 51.5159°N 0.1097°W / 51.5159; -0.1097 This article relating to law in the United Kingdom , or its constituent jurisdictions, is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Fetter Lane Fetter Lane
378-839: Was founded in 1738. The Trust Society for the Furtherence of the Gospel was founded by the Moravian Church in 1741. They undertook missionary work and were based at Fetter Lane. The composer Christian Ignatius Latrobe did missionary work for them in South Africa . The organisation still exists, but is now based in Muswell Hill . For 67 years, Birkbeck, University of London , was located at Bream's Buildings on Fetter Lane. The writers Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb attended William Bird's Academy in Fetter Lane. Peter Böhler,
399-502: Was on Chancery Lane , but the back of this building dominates the southern stretch of Fetter Lane. It is now the Maughan Library belonging to King's College London . On Fleet Street is St. Dunstan-in-the-West , and next to it, at 133–137 Fetter Lane, is St. Dunstan's House. In Victorian times the publishing house Sampson Low was located at St. Dunstan's House. Two plaster reliefs (1886) by Walter Crane were salvaged from
420-672: Was succeeded by her son, the 23rd Baron, Liberal Member of Parliament for Tavistock . In 1935 Edward Russell, 26th Baron de Clifford became the last peer to be tried in the House of Lords for a felony, manslaughter, the result of a car accident. He was found not guilty. As of 2018 , the title is held by his grandson Miles Russell, 28th Baron de Clifford . Other members of the Clifford family have been created barons, namely as Baron Clifford (created 1628, in abeyance since 1858) and Baron Clifford of Chudleigh (created 1672), which title
441-457: Was the longtime headquarters of printing company Monotype until its destruction by bombing in 1941. At the southern end, towards Fleet Street, is situated Clifford's Inn , established in 1344 and named after the Barons de Clifford . Towards the northern end, near Holborn , is Barnard's Inn . They were both Inns of Chancery . The official address of the old Public Record Office (1856–1997)
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