William Lenthall Quotes
May it please your Majesty, I have neither eye to see nor tongue to speak in this place, but as this House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am.
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| Birth: | 1591 |
| Death: | 9th November, 1662 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Politician |
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The second son of William Lenthall of North Leigh in Oxfordshire, a descendant of an old Herefordshire family, he was born at Henley-on-Thames. Educated at Lord Williams's School, he later left Oxford without taking a degree in 1609, and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1616, becoming a bencher in 1633.
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