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An English writer on jurisprudence; born at Anstey in Wiltshire, about 1590; died at London, March 1, 1661. Among his celebrated treatises, written in Latin, are: "Elements of Jurisprudence" (1629); "Description of Feudal Law and Procedure according to the Usages of Milan and Normandy, to serve as Introduction to English Jurisprudence" (1634); "Description of Ecclesiastical Law and Procedure according to the Canons and Constitutions of England" (1636); "Explication of Fecial Law and Procedure, or of the Law of Nations" (1650); "The Competent Judge of an Offending Ambassador" (1657).