Poor, dissolute, and shameless, he had become one of the parasites of Jeffreys, who promoted him and insulted him.

Such was the man who was now selected by James to be Lord Chief justice of England.

One Richard Allibone, who was even more ignorant of the law than Wright, and who, as a Roman Catholic, was incapable of holding office, was appointed a puisne judge of the King's Bench.

Sir Bartholomew Shower, equally notorious as a servile Tory and a tedious orator, became Recorder of London.

When these changes had been made, several deserters were brought to trial.