and Richard, earl of Shannon. V. T. Nov. 21. 1766. James Oswald; Welbore Ellis; and hon. | 1781. Robert, earl Nugent; Charles Townshend; and 1768. Hon. James Grenville; Isaac Barré; and Richard Rigby. V. T. Feb. 22. Hon. James Grenville; Isaac Barré; and Robert, viscount Clare. v. T. July 4. 1769. Hon. James Grenville; Robert, viscount Clare; and Charles, earl Cornwallis. V. T. Feb. 27. 1770. Robert, viscount Clare; Charles, earl Corn 1782. wallis; and Welbore Ellis. v. T. April 21. 1783. 1773. Robert, viscount Clare; Welbore Ellis; and 1787. 1777. Robert, viscount Clare (now earl Nugent); 1789. Robert, earl Nugent; Henry Flood; and Richard, earl of Shannon; Richard, earl of Richard, earl of Shannon; sir George Richard, earl of Shannon; lord Robert Richard, earl of Shannon; lord Charles Richard, earl of Shannon; George, viscount William, duke of Devonshire, appointed in 1766, In 1793, the patent to the last-named vice-treasurers was abolished or revoked, and at the same time (Dec. 24.) the patent to the lord high treasurer was revoked also. And Richard, earl of Shannon; sir John Parnell, bart., chancellor of the exchequer ; John Beresford, a commissioner of customs and excise; sir Henry Cavendish, bart.; the Rt. hon. William Burton Conyngham; and Robert, lord Hobart, chief secretary (or the chief secretary for the time being), were appointed commissioners of the office of treasurer and vice treasurer; any three of them to perform the duties thereof. Similar commissions were issued in subsequent years until the office was abolished. 1793. Dec. 28. Henry-Theophilus Clements; separately granted the office of receiver-general and paymaster-general. 1816. Dec. 27. Rt. hon. sir George Fitzgerald Hill, bart., by himself or deputy. By the act 50th George III. (1817) were united into one fund all the public revenues of Great Britain and Ireland. CHANCELLORS OF THE EXCHEQUER OF IRELAND. ** William de Bromleye, temp. Edward III. 1346. Robert de Emeldon. 1385. William Fitzwilliam, keeper of the seal. ** Robert de Herford, temp. Richard II. 1399. Hugh Banent. 1423. Sampson Dartas: he appointed James Blakeney his deputy. 1431. James Blakeney, now chancellor. 1461. Robert Norreys. ** Robert de St. Lawrence. 1495. Edward Barnewall. 1532. Richard Delahyde. 1535. John Alen, clerk or keeper of the rolls. 1577. John Bathe. 1586. Sir Edward Waterhouse: surrendered. 1589. Sir George Clive. 1590. Thomas Molinex, or Molyneux. 1612. Sir Dudley Norton; in reversion after Cooke. 1784. Rt. hon. John Foster. April 23. 1381. Sir Thomas de Mortimer, knt. 1384. John Penros, or Penrose. 1385. John Shriggely; from the exchequer. 1388. Richard Plunket. July 10. . Peter Rowe. Sept. 23. 1403. Stephen Bray; from the common pleas. 1426. Henry Fortescue. 1429. Stephen Bray, again. 1659. William Basill, attorney-general. Jan. 24. 1660. Sir James Barry, knt.; afterwards lord Santry. 1673. Sir John Povey, knt.; from the exchequer. 1679. Sir Robert Booth, knt.: died the next year. 1680. Sir William Davys, knt., prime serjeant. 1687. Thomas Nugent: removed. 1690. Sir Richard Reynell, knt. and bart.: resigned. 1695. Sir Richard Pyne, chief justice of the common pleas. 1709. Alan Brodrick: removed. 1711. Sir Richard Cox, knt, and bart.: removed. 1434. Christopher Bernevall, or Barnewall, 2nd 1714. William Whitshed: removed to the comjustice. mon pleas. 1727. John Rogerson, attorney-general. 1741. Thomas Marlay; from the exchequer: resigned. 1751. St. George Caulfield, attorney-general: resigned. 1760. Warden Flood, attorney-general. 1764. John Gore, afterwards lord Annaly; solicitor-general. Aug. 24. 1784. John Scott, created lord Earlsfort; afterwards viscount and earl of Clonmel. April 29. 1798. Arthur Wolfe, lord Kilwarden; afterwards viscount Kilwarden. June 13.: murdered in the streets of Dublin, by rebels in Emmett's insurrection July 23, 1803. 1803. William Downes, afterwards lord Downes. Sept. 12. 1822. Charles Kendal Bushe (solicitor-general from 1805). Feb. 14. 1841. Edward Pennefather (solicitor-general). Nov. 10. 1846. Francis Blackburne (master of the rolls). Jan. 23. The PRESENT (1851) Chief Justice of the court of Queen's Bench in Ireland. PUISNE JUSTICES OF THE KING'S BENCH. 1322. Robert Bagod, Bigod, or Bigot. 1326. Nicholas Fastolf. * Roger de Preston. ** John Hunter del Nash. 1344. Jeffrey Foljambe. 1352. John de Redenesse. 1357. Peter Malorre. Nicholas Meones. This stupendous work (two immense volumes, imperial folio) was completed by the eminent antiquary, Mr. Rowley Lascelles, under the sanction of government, and printed by order of the house of commons, in 1826. It has never been published. A few copies only were issued to high personages in the state, and to certain Jublic offices, as records. A copy was also presented to the British Museum, and may be seen there. custom." Hiberniæ. 1604. Lewis Prowde, 3rd justice. 1605. Geoffrey Osbaldeston, 2nd justice. 1606. Sir Dominick Sarsfield, 3rd justice. 1607. Sir Christopher Sibthorpe, 2nd justice: removed. 1609. Sir Dominick Sarsfield; made 2nd justice. 1610. Sir William Sparke; "made a 4th or ad ditional judge by the king's letters patent, in order to ride the circuits, and avoid the protraction of suits; and to be 2nd justice when sir Dominick Sarsfield should be made chief judge of the common pleas." - Liber Munerum Publicorum Hiberniæ. [Sir Dominick Sarsfield was directly afterwards appointed to the common pleas.] 1623. Sir Edward Harris, knt., 3rd justice. 1625. Sir Christopher Sibthorpe, knt., 2nd jus tice. 1632. Hugh Cressy, 2nd justice. 1636. Sir William Ryves, knt. (attorney-general), 3rd justice. 1644. Thomas Dongan, 2nd justice; afterwards a baron of the exchequer. 1659. John Cooke; under the usurpation, 3rd justice. 1660. Sir William Aston, knt., 2nd justice. Nov. 3. Thomas Stockton, 3rd justice. Nov. 23. 1671. Oliver Jones (from the common pleas), 2nd justice. 1682. John Lyndon (serjeant-at-law), 2nd justice. 1684. Sir Richard Reynolds (called in some records Reynell), knt. and bart., 3rd justice; afterwards chief justice. 1685. Thomas Nugent, 3rd justice; afterwards chief justice. 1687. Sir Bryan O'Neile, bart., 3rd justice: removed. 1690. Sir Richard Stephens, knt., 3rd justice, vice O'Neile. 1691. Sir Henry Echlin, 3rd justice; from the exchequer. 1693. Thomas Coote, 3rd justice, vice Echlin, who returned to the exchequer. 1699. Robert Tracy, 2nd justice; made a baron of the exchequer in England. 1701. James Macartney, 2nd justice: removed. 1711. Richard Nutley, 2nd justice: removed. 1714. James Macartney, again; transferred to the common pleas. 1715. Jeffrey Gilbert, 2nd justice: removed to the exchequer as chief baron. 1716. Godfrey Boate (prime serjeant), 2nd jusWilliam Caulfield, 3rd justice. tice. 1722. John Parnell, 2nd justice. 1729. Michael Ward, vice Parnell, 2nd justice. 1734. Henry Rose, vice Caulfield, 3rd justice. 1743. Arthur Blennerhassett (prime serjeant), vice Rose. 1758. Charles Robinson, king's counsel. 1759. William Scott, prime serjeant: removed to the exchequer. 1768. 1784. William Henn (king's counsel), vice Scott. Sir Samuel Bradstreet, recorder of Dublin; (appointed an additional og 4th justice, pursuant to act 24th Geo. III.) Dec. 12. 1787. John Bennett, vice Robinson. May 1. 1791. Robert Boyd, vice Bradstreet. June 10. Joseph Hewett, serjeant-at-law. July 6. 1792. William Downes, vice Bennett. Feb. 14; afterwards chief justice. 1794. Tankerville Chamberlain, vice Hewett. June 10. 1798. Robert Day, vice Boyd. Feb. 12. 1802. Charles Osborne, vice Chamberlain. July 5. 1803. St. George Daly, vice Downes. Oct. 22. 1817. Edward Mayne, vice Osborne. Oct. 10. 1818. Richard Jebb, vice Day. Nov. 12. 1820. Charles Burton, vice Mayne. Nov. 21. 1822. Thomas B. Vandeleur, vice St. George Daly (who resigned). Feb. 20. 1834. Philip Cecil Crampton (solicitor-general), vice Jebb. Oct. 21. 1835. Louis Perrin (attorney-general), vice Vandeleur. Aug. 31. 1847. Richard Moore. Dec. 13. PRESENT (1851) JUSTICES. The dates in these lists are, usually, those of the patents or the official announcement in the London Gazette. In some few (late) instances the dates are taken from the king's, or, as now, the queen's letter, or from the records in the Irish Office, in London. Richard de Exon. CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE COMMON PLEAS. 1326. Henry de Hambury. 1334. Robert le Poer. May 10. Simon Fitz-Richard (2nd justice), rice Poer. Oct. 13. 1313. John Gernoun. 1353. Thomas de Dent. 1358. Sir Robert de Preston. 1378. Henry Michell. 1381. Stephen Bray. 1385. Edinund del Clay. 1414. John Fitz-Adam. 1419. William de Tynbegh. 1421. John Blakeney. 1428. Sir James Allevne. 1446. Robert Dowdail. 1461. Nicholas Barnewall. 1464. Philip Bermingham. 1496. Thomas Bowryng. 1532. Richard Delahyde. 1534. Thomas Luttrell, of Luttrellstown; afterwards sir Thomas Luttrell, knt. 1554. John Bathe, serjeant-at-law. 1559. Robert Dillon, of Newtoun, near "Trym.” 1562. The same; new appointment. Nicholas Nugent, rice Dillon: resigned. 1581. Sir Robert Dillon, knt., of Riverstown, county of Westmeath (one of the justices): resigned. 1593. Sir William Weston. 1595. Sir Robert Dillon; restored on the death of Weston. 1597. Sir Nicholas Walsh; from the king's bench. 1610. Sir Dominick Sarsfield; from the king's bench; in reversion after Walsh, "in reward of good service." 1615. Sir Dominick Sarsfield, knt., on Walsh's death deprived by sentence in the court of Star-chamber in England. 1634. Sir Gerard Lowther, knt., on Sarsfield being deprived. 1658. Sir Gerard Lowther, by a new patent from Richard Cromwell, protector. Robert Bagot. PUISNE JUSTICES OF THE COMMON PLEAS. 1600. Patrick Fitzgerald, 2nd justice. Peter Palmer, 3rd justice. 1602. George Robinson: "appointed to supply the office of a justice in the absence of the other judges."-Lodge. 1604. John Ady, 3rd justice. 1606. Charles Calthorpe (attorney - general), 2nd justice. 1610. Gerald Lowther; additional judge: "the king understanding that there did want assistance in the common pleas, he, for the better expedition of his service in that court and of justice to his subjects, determined to be at the charge of one justice more."- Liber Munerum Publicorum Hiberniæ, 1621. John Phillpott, 3rd justice. 1624. Samuel Mayart, vice Lowther. 1637. James Donellan, 3rd justice. 1644. William Hilton, a baron of the exchequer. See Exchequer. 1655. James Donellan; his commission signed 1682. Arthur Turner, 3rd justice. 1684. Samuel Gorges, 3rd justice. 1685. Robert Johnson, vice Reynell, 2nd justice. 1686. Denis Daly, vice Johnson, 2nd justice. 1687. Peter Martin, vice Gorges. 1690. Sir Richard Cox, knt., vice Daly; afterwards lord chancellor. Sept. 2. ** John Jefferson, serjeant-at-law. Dec. 6. 1701. John Smyth, vice Jefferson. Feb. 20. Sir Gilbert Dolben, bart. June 24. 1702. Anthony Upton, vice Smith. 1714. James Macartney (from the king's bench), vice Upton. 1720. George Gore (attorney general), vice Dolben. 1793. [Justice Crookshank was made an addi- Tankerville Chamberlain, vice Hellen. 1794. Matthias Finucane, vice Chamberlain, who resigned. June 20. 1800. Luke Fox, vice Crookshank. Feb. 27. [This judge was found guilty of a libel on the earl of Hardwicke, lord-lieutenant of Ireland, Nov. 23, 1805.] 1801. Robert Johnson, vice Kelly. June 23. 1806. Edward Mayne, vice Finucane. Feb. 21; afterwards a justice of the king's bench. William Fletcher, vice Johnson. 1816. Arthur Moore (1st serjeant), vice Fox, who resigned. July 23. 1817. William Johnson (1st serjeant), vice Mayne. Oct. 25. 1823. Robert Torrens, chairman of Kilmainham, vice Fletcher. July 10. Nicholas Ball (attorney-general), vice 1839. 1731. Robert Dixon (serjeant-at-law), vice Bernard. 1732. Robert Lindsay, vice Dixon. 1742. William Yorke, vice Lindsay. 1745. Robert French, vice Gore. 1753. Robert Marshall; vice Yorke, appointed chief justice. PRESENT (1851) JUSTICES. Robert Torrens, Nicholas Ball, and Joseph Devonshire Jackson. 1346. Hugh de Burgh. CHIEF BARONS OF THE EXCHEQUER. 1374. Robert de Holywode: dismissed. 1376. Henry Michell; afterwards chief justice of the common pleas. 1378. Stephen Bray; afterwards chief justice of the common pleas. 1381. Thomas Bathe. ** Richard Rede; chief baron in 1399. 1403. Thomas Bathe, archdeacon of Meath. 1414. William de Tynbegh. 1419. James Uriell. 1420. James Cornewalsh. 1606. Sir Humfrey Winche; afterwards chief justice of the king's bench.. 1609. Sir John Denham (serjeant-at-law); afterwards chief justice of the king's bench. 1611. Sir William Methwold, knt., serjeant-atlaw. 1620. Sir John Blennerhassett, or "Bleverhayssett," knt. 1625. Sir Richard Bolton, knt.; afterwards lord chancellor. 1640. Sir Edward Bolton, knt. (solicitor-general and serjeant-at-law), son of sir Richard. pation. 1660. John Bysse. 1423. Richard Sydegrove, Sydgrave, or Segrave. 1655. Miles Corbet; appointed under the Usur1446. Michael Grittin. 1496. John Topcliffe; chief justice of the king's 1679. Henry Hene, one of the barons. bench. 1513. Sir Bartholomew Dillon. 1525. Patrick Fynglass; afterwards chief justice of the king's bench. 1534. Sir Gerald Aylmer; afterwards, also, chief justice of the king's bench. 1546. James Bathe; "his patent was several times renewed." 1570. Lucas Dillon, attorney-general. 1593. Sir Robert Napper. 1602. Sir Edmund Pelham. |