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Ancients, gentlemen of the Inns of Court and Chancery. In Gray's Inn the Society consists of benchers, ancients, barristers, and students under the bar; and here the ancients are of the oldest barristers. In the Middle Temple, those who had passed their readings used to be termed ancients. The Inns of Chancery consisted of ancients and students or clerks; from the ancients a principal or treasurer was chosen yearly.