Robert Bell | |
|---|---|
| Speaker of the House of Commons | |
| In office 1572–1576 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Christopher Wray |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Popham |
| Serjeant-at-Law | |
| In office 22 January 1577 – 25 July 1577 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Edward Saunders |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Jeffrey |
| Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer | |
| In office 24 January 1577 – 27 July 1577 | |
Sir Robert Bell SL (died 1577) of Beaupré Hall, Norfolk, was a Speaker of the House of Commons (1572–1576), who served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
He was legal counsel (1560) and recorder (1561) for King's Lynn, legal counsel for Great Yarmouth (1562–1563),[1] and justice of the peace of the quorum for Norfolk (1564). He became a bencher in the Middle Temple in 1565 and was elected Autumn Reader that same year and Lent Reader in 1571.[2]
In 1576 Bell was appointed Commissioner of Grain, Musters by 1576 and in 1577 he was knighted and appointed Serjeant-at-Law and Chief Baron of the Exchequer.[2]
- ^ Foss, E., Lives of the Judges, Vol. V, London 1857, pp. 458–61
- ^ a b "Bell, Robert (d.1577), of the Middle Temple, London and Beaupré Hall, Outwell, Norf. History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.