Sir John Doddridge was an English lawyer, appointed Justice of the King's Bench in 1612 and served as Member of Parliament for Barnstaple in 1589 and for Horsham in 1604. He was also an antiquarian and writer. He acquired the nickname "the sleeping judge" from his habit of shutting his eyes while listening intently to a case. As a lawyer he was influenced by humanist ideas, and was familiar with the ideas of Aristotle, and the debates of the period between his followers and the Ramists. He was a believer in both the rationality of the English common law and in its connection with custom.
- Occupation
- judge, lawyer, politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1589 Parliament, Member of the 1604-11 Parliament, Solicitor General for England and Wales
- Citizenship
