{{Short description|English politician and jurist (1577–1634)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use British English|date=May 2012}} {{More citations needed|date=September 2014}} [[File:WilliamNoy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|William Noy.]] '''William Noy''' (1577 – 9 August 1634) was an [[England|English]] [[jurist]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Granger|first=James|title=A Biographical History of England|publisher=William Baynes and Son|year=1824|edition=5th|volume=3|location=London|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rXUHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA22 22]|language=en|oclc=895919199|author-link=James Granger}}</ref>
He was born on the family estate of Pendrea in [[St Buryan]], [[Cornwall]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Toy|first1=Henry Spencer|title=The Ancient Borough of Helston|date=1912|publisher=John Lander & Son|location=Helston|url=https://archive.org/stream/ancientboroughof00toyh#page/n0/mode/2up|access-date=19 August 2014}}</ref> He left [[Exeter College, Oxford]], without taking a degree, and entered [[Lincoln's Inn]] in 1594. From 1603 until his death he was elected, with one exception, to each parliament, sitting invariably for a constituency of his native county. For several years his sympathies were in antagonism to the [[court party]], yet every commission that was appointed numbered Noy among its members, and even those who were opposed to him in politics acknowledged his learning.
A few years before his death he changed political allegiance, went over to the side of the court, and in October 1631 he was created [[Attorney-general]],<ref name=":0" /> but was never knighted. It was through his advice that the impost of [[ship money]] was levied, resulting in a controversy that helped trigger the [[English Civil War]]. Noy suffered from [[kidney stones|stones]], and died in great pain; he was buried at New [[Brentford]] church.
His principal works are ''On the Grounds and Maxims of the Laws of this Kingdom'' (1641) and ''The Compleat Lawyer'' (1661).
==References== {{Portal|Cornwall}} {{reflist}} * {{EB1911|wstitle=Noy, William}}
== Further reading == * {{Cite ODNB|last=Hart|first=James S.|title=Dictionary of National Biography|title-link=Dictionary of National Biography|date=23 September 2004|language=en|chapter=Noy [Noye], William (1577–1634), lawyer and politician|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/20384}} * {{cite DNB|wstitle= Noye, William |volume= 41 |last= Rigg |first= J.M.|author-link= |pages= 253-255 |short=}}
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