Patrick Finglas
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Patrick Finglas was an Irish judge.
Finglas was appointed Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer by Henry VIII in 1520, and afterwards, by patent dated at Westminster
8 May 1533, he was constituted Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland in the place of Sir Bartholomew Dillon
. He resigned the latter office in or before 1535, and later served a second short term as Chief Baron.
He wrote 'A Breviat of the getting of Ireland, and of the Decaie of the same.' Printed in Harris's 'Hibernica,' edit. 1770, i. 79-103. It appears that the original manucript of this work is in the Public Record Office (State Papers, Henry VIII, Ireland, vol. xii. art.7). It is described in the calendar as 'An Historical Dissertation on the Conquest of Ireland, the decay of that land, and measures proposed to remedy the grievances thereof arising from the oppressions of the Irish nobility.These included the settlement of Leinster by "English lords and gentlemen ", the securing of castles and other strong places, and more controversially, the suppression of all religious houses as potential centres of rebellion. He did not however urge the expulsion of the native Irish , arguing that they would be a useful element in society if properly governed.
Finglas was regarded by the English Crown as one of the principal supports of its rule in Ireland; in 1520 the Lord Deputy, the Earl of Surrey
, praised him to Cardinal Wolsey as" the best willed and most diligent to do the King's Grace true and faithful service of all the learned men of this land."
Finglas was appointed Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer by Henry VIII in 1520, and afterwards, by patent dated at Westminster
Westminster
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8 May 1533, he was constituted Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland in the place of Sir Bartholomew Dillon
Bartholomew Dillon
Sir Bartholomew Dillon was a leading Irish judge of the sixteenth century who held the offices of Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer and Chief Justice of the King's Bench in Ireland....
. He resigned the latter office in or before 1535, and later served a second short term as Chief Baron.
He wrote 'A Breviat of the getting of Ireland, and of the Decaie of the same.' Printed in Harris's 'Hibernica,' edit. 1770, i. 79-103. It appears that the original manucript of this work is in the Public Record Office (State Papers, Henry VIII, Ireland, vol. xii. art.7). It is described in the calendar as 'An Historical Dissertation on the Conquest of Ireland, the decay of that land, and measures proposed to remedy the grievances thereof arising from the oppressions of the Irish nobility.These included the settlement of Leinster by "English lords and gentlemen ", the securing of castles and other strong places, and more controversially, the suppression of all religious houses as potential centres of rebellion. He did not however urge the expulsion of the native Irish , arguing that they would be a useful element in society if properly governed.
Finglas was regarded by the English Crown as one of the principal supports of its rule in Ireland; in 1520 the Lord Deputy, the Earl of Surrey
Earl of Surrey
The Earl of Surrey is a title in the Peerage of England, and has been created five times. It was first created for William de Warenne, a close companion of William the Conqueror...
, praised him to Cardinal Wolsey as" the best willed and most diligent to do the King's Grace true and faithful service of all the learned men of this land."