Sir Matthew Hale, Kt, Chief Justice of the King's Bench mb-code 1237254 'On the Way to the

'On the Way to the Spring'

Completed as a foot tunnel in 1843

with a crown

Duke of Northumberland

Sir Matthew Hale, Kt, Chief Justice of the King's Bench mb-code 1237254 'On the Way to the'Sir Matthew Hale, Kt, Chief Justice of the King's Bench', 1670. It was Hale's (1609 1676) opinion that The husband cannot be guilty of a rape committed by himself upon his lawful wife, for by their mutual matrimonial consent and contract, the wife hath given herself in kind unto the husband which she cannot retract. His statement was partly responsible for the fact that, until recently, spousal rape was not recognized as a crime in most common law