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Adm. pens. at SIDNEY, June 30, 1618. S. of James, of Clifton, Worcs. B. in Newcastle. ' Matric. 1618; B.A. 1621/2; M.A. 1625. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Oct. 22, 1622. Called to the Bar, 1630. Fought on the Royalist side. M.P. for Evesham, Mar. to May, 1640; for Co. Hereford, 1663-6. Knighted, Sept. 8, 1643. Imprisoned in the Tower of London, 1644. Serjeant-at-law, 1660. Recorder of Gloucester, 1662. King's serjeant, 1663. Justice of the King's Bench, 1665-72. Died Sept. 23, 1672, aged 68. Buried in the Temple Church. 'Monumental inscription.'M.I. (D.N.B.)
SEE OXFORD DNB Morton, Sir William (bap. 1605, d. 1672), judge and politician.