Robert Hitcham

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sir Robert Hitcham (born in Levington, near Ipswich in 1572?, died 1636) was a Member of Parliament and Attorney General. Robert was educated at the Free School at Ipswich and later Pembroke College, Cambridge, studying law. He was admitted to Gray's Inn on the 3rd of November 1589 from Barnard's Inn and was called to the Bar in 1595. He became a Member of Parliament for West Looe, Cornwall from 1597 to 1598; for Kings Lynn, Norfolk from 1604 to 1611; for Cambridge in 1614 and for Orford, Suffolk from 1624 to 1626. He held a number of posts including: Attorney-General to Anne of Denmark, Queen Consort to James I (1603-?); Sergeant-at-law (1614-?); and King's Senior Sergeant-at-law (1616-?).