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The Inns are believed to have evolved in the 15th century, and by 1470, when they the first surviving mention of them was made by Sir John Fortescue , there were ten of them, but the number later fell to eight. Initially they provided early training for young lawyers before they entered an Inn of Court, but they later lost that role, ultimately becoming merely social associations. The Inns of Court appointed readers to supervise legal education at the Inns of Chancery, and in some cases acquired the Freehold s of their buildings. The Inns of Chancery fell into disuse in the 19th century as the solicitors' profession modernised, and was reorganised around the Law Society , which was founded in 1825. As the premises of the Inns of Chancery were often owned by the Inns of Court, and they were supervised by them to some degree, by abandoning them for new arrangements created by themselves, the solicitors asserted their independence from the barristers, and the dignity of their profession. The premises of most of the Inns of Chancery were completely demolished, and only Staple Inn survives largely intact. Attached to the Inner Temple :
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