Heather Have you tried the Inner Temple Admissions Database: http://www.innertemple.org.uk/archive/itad/index.asp There are various other legal reference books providing biographical details which you should be able to find in a large reference or university library. Debbie Kennett CRUWYS one-name study http://www.one-name.org/profiles/cruwys.html In a message dated 23/01/2007 22:35:34 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: In a message dated 21/01/2007 02:53:39 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > > Dear list, > > Having had enormous assistance with the deciphering of an ancient will I ask > for your help again. > > I have seen numerous of my HARLE ancestors in the Northumberland area listed > as witnesses or attorneys to documents,(particularly in the 16th and 17th > centuries) but have not found records of their legal training in either the > Oxford of Cambridge lists. > > What training did lawyers receive during this period, and was it more of an > 'apprenticeship' situation? > > Heather Brain > Melbourne, Vic. A