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Fatigued with waiting for fortune, he was on the point of leaving London, and taking up his abode at Newcastle, of which he was offered the recordership.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various

In November, after various leave-takings and the reception of a farewell address on resigning the recordership of Newark, he set out for India, his wife remaining for the present in England.

From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

The appointment to the recordership was one of the last pieces of intelligence to give pleasure to my father.

From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

He was committed to the Tower in 1645 and 1646, and deprived of his recordership.

From State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) by Stephen, Harry Lushington, Sir