Hick's Hall
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Hick's Hall was a sessions-house for Middlesex magistrates in St. John's Street, Clerkenwell, London. The building was built by Baptist Hicks (or Hickes), first VISCOUNT CAMPDEN (1551-1629), a wealthy fabric merchant. The house was opened in 1611 on land that had been granted to the magistrates by James I in 1610, and was in use until 1778.
Hick's Hall is mentioned in Samuel Pepys' diary, and several other contemporary reports. One of the most notable cases was the grand jury trial of several of the regicides of Charles I on 9th Oct 1660.
The former Middlesex Sessions House at Clerkenwell Green replaced it for official use. The Clerkenwell Green building continued in use for judicial purposes until 1921 when all remaining business was transferred to the Sessions House in Newington.
[edit] Sources
- Dictionary of National Biography
- Samuel Pepys' diary, Thursday 6 December 1660.
