Gray's Inn facts for kids

Combined coat of arms of the four Inns of Court. Gray's Inn's arms are at the bottom-right.

Entrance to Gray's Inn.

The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts of Justice in London. They may call members to the Bar and allow them to practice as barristers. The other Inns are Middle Temple, Lincoln's Inn and Inner Temple.

It is situated in Holborn, in the London Borough of Camden, just on the border with the City of London and the City of Westminster.

Images for kids

Gray's Inn Square, London
A map showing the boundaries of the Inn in 1870
Elizabeth I of England, who served as the Inn's patron during its "golden age".
Francis Bacon House at Gray's Inn
A 1677 map of Gray's Inn at Holborn.
South Square, Gray's Inn WC1.
The Gray's Inn badge (a gold griffin on a black field)
The Inn's buildings and walks, in a compound on the left hand side of "Greys ynne la.", shown on the "Woodcut" map of London of the 1560s
Gray's Inn Hall, London WC1
An image from 1702 showing the Walks.