A fact from Lyon's Inn appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 October 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that by the time Lyon's Inn was dissolved it was being run by only two of the standard twelve governors, neither of whom had any idea what their duties were?
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"Ancients" were a degree of barristers - essentially any barrister who has been called to the Bar for at least ten years. At some point I'll get around to writing an article on it; until then this is a good explanation of the system. Thanks, Ironholds (talk) 20:03, 22 October 2009 (UTC)Reply