English judge who served as Master of the Rolls before the English Civil War. His father Sir Julius Caesar had held the same office for many years. Charles entered Magdalen College, Oxford in 1602, and was a fellow of All Souls from 1605 to 1611, and was made Doctor of Civil and Canon Law in 1612. In 1611 joined the Middle Temple and began to practice in the ecclesiastical courts; he was knighted in 1613, and served as MP for Weymouth in the Addled Parliament of 1614. In 1615 he was appointed a master in chancery, no doubt through the influence of his father, and continued in this post until 1639; he was also from before 1626 a judge of the Court of Audience and Master of the Faculties, both appointments which held until his death. In 1639 the Mastership of the Rolls became vacant on the death of Sir Dudley Digges, and Caesar consulted Archbishop Laud on whether he might obtain it, but was warned "that as things then stood, the place was not like to go without more money than he thought any wise man would give for it". Caesar apparently paid the King £15,000 in a lump sum with a further £2,000 loan, and was duly appointed.
English judge who served as Master of the Rolls before the English Civil War. His father Sir Julius Caesar had held the same office for many years. Charles entered Magdalen College, Oxford in 1602, and was a fellow of All Souls from 1605 to 1611, and was made Doctor of Civil and Canon Law in 1612. In 1611 joined the Middle Temple and began to practice in the ecclesiastical courts; he was knighted in 1613, and served as MP for Weymouth in the Addled Parliament of 1614. In 1615 he was appointed a master in chancery, no doubt through the influence of his father, and continued in this post until 1639; he was also from before 1626 a judge of the Court of Audience and Master of the Faculties, both appointments which held until his death. In 1639 the Mastership of the Rolls became vacant on the death of Sir Dudley Digges, and Caesar consulted Archbishop Laud on whether he might obtain it, but was warned "that as things then stood, the place was not like to go without more money than he thought any wise man would give for it". Caesar apparently paid the King £15,000 in a lump sum with a further £2,000 loan, and was duly appointed.
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