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Sir Richard Perryn (Baron of the Exchequer): Letter of Resignation

Catalogue reference: RW 36

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RW 36

The series contains a single letter, written by Sir Richard Perryn in 1799, confirming his resignation from the office of Baron of the Exchequer.

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Reference

RW 36

Title
Sir Richard Perryn (Baron of the Exchequer): Letter of Resignation
Date

1799

Description

The series contains a single letter, written by Sir Richard Perryn in 1799, confirming his resignation from the office of Baron of the Exchequer.

Related material

See also: C 202/164/17

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Perryn, Richard, 1723-1803
Physical description

1 document(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

Gifted to The National Archives under Public Records Act 1958, s. 2(4)(h)

Accruals

No further accruals are expected.

Administrative / biographical background

Richard Perryn was admitted a student of Lincoln's Inn on 6 November 1740, and on 27 April 1746 migrated to the Inner Temple, where he was called to the bar on 3 July 1747. Perryn began practice in the Court of Chancery. On 20 July 1770 he became vice-chamberlain of Chester, and in the same year was made a King's Counsel and a bencher of the Inner Temple. On 6 April 1776 he was appointed as a Baron of the Exchequer and was knighted on the same day. He was called to the degree of serjeant-at-law and sworn into office on the 26th of the same month. Perryn retired from the bench in the long vacation of 1799, and died at his house at Twickenham on 2 January 1803, aged 79.

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Sir Richard Perryn (Baron of the Exchequer): Letter of Resignation