William de Beverley

[1] The most usual version of his surname suggests that he was a native of Beverley in Yorkshire, a county with which he had a professional connection.

He was a royal tax collector and receiver in Yorkshire in 1283–5, charged with levying "the tenth" (one-tenth of the value of movable goods):[2] Richard de Soham, another future Irish judge, acted as his assistant.

[1] Ball gives his date of death as 1289, and this is borne out by legal proceedings that year, which refer to "William de Beverlaco, deceased".

In 1288 or 1289 King Edward I sent him an order in his capacity as Chancellor to publish all Acts of Parliament.

[3] Our few personal glimpses of him come from his letters to his English opposite number, Robert Burnell, Lord Chancellor of England, who was a friend of his.