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Sir John Walter (1566 – 17 November 1630) was an English judge andMember of Parliament.
Walter was educated atBrasenose College, Oxford and theInner Temple. He was called to the bar in 1590 and became abencher of his inn in 1605. He practised in theExchequer andChancery courts, becoming counsel to theUniversity of Oxford, and in 1613 was appointed attorney general and trustee to thePrince of Wales. He purchased the manor ofWolvercote from George Owen in 1616, andCutteslowe from John Lenthall between 1611 and 1625.[1]
He was knighted in 1619, and in 1621 was elected to Parliament as member forEast Looe. In 1625 he was appointedChief Baron of the court of the Exchequer. Having opposedCharles I over the law oftreason, in 1630 he was ordered not to sit again as a judge.[2]
He married, firstly, Margaret Offley, daughter of William Offley, and they had these children:[3]
After the death of his first wife he was remarried, in 1622, to Anne Witham, daughter of William Witham. This marriage was childless.
He settled Wolvercote on Anne and any children he might have with her (there were none), with remainder to David; she died childless in 1636.[1]
He died on 17 November 1630 and was buried atWolvercote inOxfordshire.
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| Preceded by | Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer 1625–1630 | Succeeded by |
