Editing Leoline Jenkins (section)

===Judge ===
Due to his close friendship with Archbishop Sheldon, he was also created a judge, first of the [[consistory court]] of [[Westminster]], then of the [[Arches Court]] and finally of the Court of Admiralty.<ref>''Pepys Diary'' 27 March 1667</ref> As Judge of the Court of Admiralty he won [[Samuel Pepys]]' warm praise for his ability and integrity, although Pepys was told that his appointment had not been welcomed by the [[advocates]] at [[Doctors Commons]].<ref>''Pepys' Diary'', 27 March 1667</ref> He played a crucial role in the development of English [[Admiralty law]] as a coherent body of legal principles.

He was also an expert on [[international law]]. On the death of the [[queen mother]] [[Henrietta Maria]] at [[Colombes]] in August 1669, Jenkins was sent to [[Paris]] to argue that the disposition of her [[personal property]] was governed by English, not French law: the result would be that the property would pass in its entirety to Charles II, rather than to his sister [[Henrietta of England|Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans]], who would have been the [[beneficiary]] under French law. His arguments were successful and on his return to England, Charles rewarded him with a [[Knight Bachelor|knighthood]].