John Fineux

Sir John Fineux, also spelled Fyneux, who lived from around 1441 to 1526, was an English judge who served as Chief Justice of the King's Bench. Coming from an old Kentish family and a member of Gray's Inn, he began studying law around the age of twenty eight and went on to a legal career spanning more than fifty years as both barrister and judge. He became particularly notable during the reign of Henry VIII for defending the authority of the temporal courts over the clergy in high profile ecclesiastical disputes, and he held stewardships of several important castles and manors. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/