Recorder, Cambridge from 1558; steward, Peterhouse manorial courts 1568 – 79; feodary, ct. of wards, Cambs. 1569; Lent reader, G. Inn 1568, treasurer 1577, double reader 1577; prothonotary, Queen’s bench c. 1572; serjeant-at-law 1577; justice of assize, midland and northern circuits 1579; second baron of the Exchequer 1579; c.j. at Lancaster 1580; judge of the Queen’s bench 1586 – d.
Judge for the liberty of Ely; member, council in the north, council in the marches of Wales.
J.p. Isle of Ely from c. 1564, q. by 1574, Cambs. from c. 1575, other midland counties from 1579.
SHUTE, Robert (c.1528-90)