lord chief justice sir john holt, redgrave church

tomb of lord chief justice sir john holt, 1710 by green of camberwell, whereon he sits with black cap on his lap. after a riotous youth, when he even acted as a highwayman, he settled to law, defending clients right to personal, political and religious liberty, ending as lord chief justice for 21 years, and as one of those responsible for drawing up the constitutional settlement of the glorious revolution.