John Lloyd (judge)

As a Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, Lloyd had to deal with maritime issues, such as acts of piracy, and captures of warfare vessels and merchant ships by enemies or competitors.

[5] With improvements in ship technology, capital financing, and with the discovery of new colonies around the world, Britain developed a policy of commercial and overseas expansion.

[6] The reforms of Henry VIII, and later of Elizabeth Tudor, allowed the Admiralty Court to flourish as they were able to deal with more matters related to law and finance, such as commercial disputes, freight and charterparty, bills of exchange, lading, insurance, and hypothecation of ships.

[7] This opened the way for Lloyd, who was an ambitious lawyer, as they needed more Judges to deal with the increasing complexity of maritime trade.

In April 1559, Lloyd was appointed Dean of St Asaph in Wales but was removed from this position in November the same year.