William Noy (1577-1634)
Probably born in St. Buryan, Cornwall
MP for Grampound 1603-1614, Fowey 1623-1625
and Helston 1627-1631, becomes Attorney General. Author of several
legal works.
NOY, WILLIAM (1577-1634), English jurist,
was born on the family estate of Pendrea in Buryan, Cornwall,
in 1577, his father belonging to a family whose pedigree is included
in the visitation of Cornwall in 1620. He went to Exeter College,
Oxford, but left without taking a degree. He 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. 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 was drawn 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.
Noy had long suffered from stone, and died in great agony on the
9th of August 1634; two days later.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).
(http://32.1911encyclopedia.org/)
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