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The chief justice of Munster was the senior of the two judges who assisted the Lord President of Munster in judicial matters. Despite his title of Chief Justice, full judicial authority was vested in the lord president, who had "power to hear and determine at his discretion all manner of complaints in any part of the province of Munster", and also had powers to hold commissions of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery.

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Chief Justice of Munster

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chief justice of Munster was the senior of the two judges who assisted the Lord President of Munster in judicial matters. Despite his title of Chief Justice...

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Lord President of Munster

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was assisted by a Council whose members included the Chief Justice of Munster, another justice and the Attorney General for the Province. By 1620 his...

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Chief Justice of Connacht

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Chief Justices of Connacht and Munster not to "intermeddle" with cases which were properly within the jurisdiction of another court. On the face of it...

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William Saxey

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of a lawyer, judging by the later attacks on him for his deficient knowledge of the law. In 1594 he was sent to Ireland as Chief Justice of Munster on...

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Henry Gosnold

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lawyer who spent most of his very long life in Ireland. He sat in the Irish House of Commons and held office as Chief Justice of Munster and Deputy Admiralty...

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Gerald Comerford

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office as Chief Justice of Munster and as a Baron of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland). He profited from his close family association with the Earl of Ormond...

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Cornworthy

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eldest son of Thomas and Elizabeth. Edward spent much of his life in Ireland, where he became a substantial landowner and Chief Justice of Munster. He was...

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Richard Becon

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that of his superior Jesse Smythes, the Chief Justice of Munster, who refused to have any Irish tenants on his lands. Beacon was the author of a political...

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Jesse Smythes

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Solicitor General for Ireland and Chief Justice of Munster, and was heavily involved in the Plantation of Munster. He was noted for his deep hostility...

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Lord President

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Chief Justice and Lord Justice General of Scotland Lord President of the Supreme Court, the title of the head of the judiciary (now Chief Justice) of...

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Bern Minster

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Bern Minster (German: Berner Münster) is a Swiss Reformed cathedral (or minster) in the old city of Bern, Switzerland. Built in the Gothic style, its construction...

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Court of Castle Chamber

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lands. Castle Chamber dealt with a number of cases of judicial corruption: William Saxey, Chief Justice of Munster, was severely reprimanded for corrupt practices...

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Charles Calthorpe

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less stressful life of a High Court judge. He was offered the position of Chief Justice of Munster, but refused it: the work of that office was extremely...

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Valentine Greatrakes

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 1600–1643) and Mary Harris (died c. 1656), daughter of Sir Edward Harris, Chief Justice of Munster. Both his parents were English Protestant settlers....

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Elizabeth Dowdall

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made chief justice of Munster. He helped his brother-in-law to obtain land at Poulnelong, County Cork, Ireland as part of the Plantation of Munster, which...

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Bernhard Knipperdolling

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Bernhard Knipperdolling (c. 1495 – January 22, 1536) was a German leader of the Münster Anabaptists. He was also known as Bernd or Berndt Knipperdollinck or...

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