A catalogue of notable Middle Templars, with brief biographical notices/Bayley, Sir John
Admitted 11 November, 1796.
Second son of John Bailey, of Little Stukeley, Huntingdonshire. His admission was ad eundem from Gray's Inn, where he was then a member of thirteen years standing, and where he was called to the Bar 22 June, 1792. He was born at Elton, Hunts, 3 Aug. 1763, and educated at Eton. He became Sergeant-at-Law in 1799, and in 1808 a Judge of the King's Bench, whence he was transferred in 1830 to the Exchequer. Resigning his seat four years afterwards, he was created a Baronet and a Member of the Privy Council. He had previously been knighted in 1808. He died at Sevenoaks, 10 Oct. 1841. He was the author of a work on Bills of Exchange (1789), and of an edition of Lord Raymond's Reports in 1790. He also published The Book of Common Prayer, with Notes on the Epistles (1813), and (under the signature of "A Layman") The Prophecies of Christ and Christian Times (1828).