(Henry), lord chief justice of England in the reign of Henry III. was probably a native of Devonshire. He was educated at Oxford, where he took the degree of doctor of laws, and was made one of the itinerant judges about the year 1244. Ten years after, he became chief justice, and had the earl of Derby's house in London assigned him for his town residence, during the minority of that nobleman. He BRADFORTH, a town in the west of Yorkshire, is said to have filled this important office with singular reputation during 20 years. When he died is not known; probably it was in the reign of Edward I. He wrote *De legibus et confectitudinibus Angliae*, which is one of the most ancient, and also most methodical books on our laws. His method is copied from Justinian. This work was printed at London in 1569, folio; and in 1640, 4to. The first is very incorrect.