Robert Weston

Who was Robert Weston?

Robert Weston, was Dean of the Arches and Lord Chancellor of Ireland in the time of Queen Elizabeth.

Robert Weston was the seventh son of John Weston born c.1470, died c.1550], a tradesman of Lichfield, Staffordshire. The Weston family of Gloucestershire, which produced another senior Irish judge William Weston were probably cousins. He entered All Souls, Oxford and was elected Fellow in 1536. He studied Civil Law, and attained the degree of BCL on 17 February 1538 and DCL on the 20 July 1556. From 1546 to 1549 he was a principal of Broadgate Hall, and at the same time deputy reader in civil law to the University, under Dr John Story.

Weston was elected Member of Parliament for Exeter in March 1553 and for Lichfield in 1558 and 1559.

On 12 January 1559 Weston was created Dean of the Arches and was a commissioner for administering the oaths required of ecclesiastics under to the Act of Uniformity.