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Lord Chancellor of Ireland

the highest judicial office in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922

62 dated entries naming Lord Chancellor of Ireland, drawn from 61 separate years between 1186 CE and 1706 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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12th century

  • 1186Stephen Ridell appointed as first Lord Chancellor of Ireland.source

13th century

  • 1245William Welwood becomes Lord Chancellor of Ireland.source
  • 1259Fromund Le Brun became Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1260Roger Utlagh, or Roger Outlawe (d. 1341) was a leading Irish cleric, judge and statesman of the fourteenth century who held the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland.source
  • 1283Walter de Fulburn became Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1288William de Beverley became Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1292Thomas Cantock, Bishop of Emly became Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1294Adam de Wodington appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource

14th century

  • 1306Thomas Cantock, Bishop of Emly became Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1308Adam de Wodington appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1309Thomas Cantock, Bishop of Emly and Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1313Stephen Riddel appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland.source
  • 1318William FitzJohn, Bishop of Ossory appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1321Roger Utlagh, Prior of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Kilmainham appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1330Adam Limberg appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1335Alexander de Bicknor, Primate of Ireland appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1337Thomas Charlton, Bishop of Hereford appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1338Robert de Henningsberg appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1340Robert de Askeby appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1341Roger Utlagh, or Roger Outlawe (b. 1260) was a leading Irish cleric, judge and statesman who held the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland.source
  • 1343John L'Archers, Prior of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1344John Morice appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1350The Yorkshireman John de St Paul, Archbishop of Dublin, is appointed as Lord Chancellor of Ireland by King Edward III of England.source
  • 1356Richard d'Askeaton appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1357John Frowyk, Prior of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1359Thomas de Burley, Prior of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1364Robert de Ashton appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1367Thomas le Reve, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland.source
  • 1368Thomas de Burley, Prior of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1371John de Bothby, or Boothby, became Lord Chancellor of Ireland.source
  • 1374William Tany, Prior of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1377Robert Wikeford, Primate of Ireland appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland.source
  • 1379John Colton, Deans of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin was appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1382William Tany, Prior of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1383Ralph Cheyne, appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1385Alexander de Balscot, Bishop of Ossory appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1388Robert Preston, 1st Baron Gormanston appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1393Richard Northalis, Bishop of Ossory appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1397Robert Braybrooke, Bishop of London appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland.source

15th century

  • 1401Thomas Cranley, Primate of Ireland appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1423Richard Talbot, Primate of Ireland appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1426William Fitz Thomas appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1472Robert FitzEustace and John Taxton appointed Joint Lord Chancellors of Irelandsource
  • 1473Gilbert Debenham, future Chancellor of Ireland sent as emissary to Irelandsource
  • 1474Gilbert Debenham appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1483May – Robert St Lawrence, 3rd Baron Howth appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland (died a few months later)source
  • 1492Alexander Plunket is appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland.source

16th century

  • 1505Thomas Cusack, (disputed) Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1512William Rokeby, Primate of Ireland appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1513William Rokeby, Primate of Ireland appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland.source
  • 152129 November – William Rokeby, a leading statesman and cleric in the early sixteenth-century, who held the offices of Bishop of Meath, Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland.source
  • 1522Hugh Inge, Primate of Ireland appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland.source
  • 1528John Alen, Primate of Ireland appointed Lord Chancellor of Irelandsource
  • 1534July 28 – Archbishop John Alen, Chancellor of Ireland (who has attempted to mediate in the revolt) is murdered at Clontarf by retainers of Thomas FitzGerald.source
  • 1546Sir John Alan, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, is removed from office by the Privy Council of England on a complaint of corruption, and Sir Richard Reade is sent to Dublin to replace him.source
  • 1546May 1 – Sir John Alan is dismissed from his post as Lord Chancellor of Ireland by England's Privy Council after accusations of corruption and promoting discord are made by the Lord Deputy, Anthony St Leger. Alan is later reinstated in 1548.source
  • 1567August 8 – Dr. Robert Weston is sworn in as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Although a layman, he is also appointed Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.source

17th century

  • 160514 October – Thomas Jones is appointed to succeed Adam Loftus as Lord Chancellor of Ireland.source
  • 1665Michael Boyle (archbishop of Armagh) is appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland, an office he will hold for more than twenty years.source
  • 1686April 6 – Michael Boyle (archbishop of Armagh) is replaced as Lord Chancellor of Ireland (after serving for twenty years) by Sir Charles Porter.source
  • 1687Early – the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Sir Charles Porter, is dismissed on a charge of taking bribes and replaced by Sir Alexander Fitton, a Protestant who converts to Catholicism.source

18th century

  • 1706November 21 – the Cox Baronetcy, of Dunmanway in the County of Cork, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland in favour of Richard Cox, Lord Chancellor of Ireland.source

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