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Henry Mitchell (Irish judge)

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should order otherwise"; Preston apparently retired voluntarily due to advancing age. He was ordered to deliver to his successor all records relating to the office. Mitchell died in 1384. He was probably not "one Henry Mitchell" who in that year had Peter Rhys
77:, where Philip Overy claimed possession of certain lands allegedly left to him by Thomas le Botiller. In 1374 the Crown ordered an extra payment to him of 33 shillings for arguing the pleas before the Court of Common Pleas, and before the 45:, son of John Mitchell. He is recorded as living in England in 1344: he was probably studying law there, as Ireland then had no law school. From 1372 to 1376 he was Attorney General for Ireland, with a salary of £1 and 1 269: 279: 96:. He held office briefly as an ordinary Baron of the Exchequer in 1376, and as Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer in 1376-7, and was then transferred to the 274: 35: 264: 101: 259: 284: 74: 31: 92:
in the Parliament of 1375. In the same year he and John FitzRery, the new Escheator of Ireland, were ordered to collect the King's
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by the Court of Common Pleas: this was a common legal remedy at the time for non-payment of a
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of the fourteenth century. He was one of the first recorded holders of the office of
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A History of the King's Serjeants at Law in Ireland
270:Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) 8: 280:Chief justices of the Irish Common Pleas 198:Published Dublin Irish Stationery Office 157:Chronicle of the Law Officers of Ireland 167: 165: 151: 149: 147: 125: 36:Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas 133: 131: 129: 100:as its Chief Justice. His predecessor 7: 102:Robert Preston, 1st Baron Gormanston 275:Chief Barons of the Irish Exchequer 49:, and authority to practice in the 182:Not to be confused with the later 141:John Murray London 1926 Vol.1 p.89 32:Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer 14: 139:The Judges in Ireland 1221–1921 98:Court of Common Pleas (Ireland) 75:Court of King's Bench (Ireland) 55:Court of Common Pleas (Ireland) 159:London Butterworths 1839 p.113 1: 265:Attorneys-general for Ireland 51:Court of Exchequer (Ireland) 28:Attorney General for Ireland 222:Four Courts Press 2000 p.17 22:(c.1320–1384) was an Irish 311: 260:Lawyers from County Dublin 155:Smyth, Constantine Joseph 16:Irish judge (c. 1320–1384) 285:14th-century Irish judges 208:Close Roll 26 Edward III 79:Lord Treasurer of Ireland 243:Patent Roll 8 Richard II 232:Close Roll 48 Edward III 196:Calendar of Ormond Deeds 172:Close Roll 51 Edward III 106:Privy Council of Ireland 61:of Ireland, appeared as 41:He was born in Killeek, 30:, and was subsequently 90:Irish House of Commons 137:Ball, F Elrington 81:presiding in the 302: 245: 240: 234: 229: 223: 216: 210: 205: 199: 193: 187: 184:Roger Hawkenshaw 180: 174: 169: 160: 153: 142: 135: 63:expert witnesses 310: 309: 305: 304: 303: 301: 300: 299: 250: 249: 248: 241: 237: 230: 226: 217: 213: 206: 202: 194: 190: 181: 177: 170: 163: 154: 145: 136: 127: 123: 17: 12: 11: 5: 308: 306: 298: 297: 292: 287: 282: 277: 272: 267: 262: 252: 251: 247: 246: 235: 224: 211: 200: 188: 175: 161: 143: 124: 122: 119: 88:He sat in the 20:Henry Mitchell 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 307: 296: 293: 291: 288: 286: 283: 281: 278: 276: 273: 271: 268: 266: 263: 261: 258: 257: 255: 244: 239: 236: 233: 228: 225: 221: 215: 212: 209: 204: 201: 197: 192: 189: 185: 179: 176: 173: 168: 166: 162: 158: 152: 150: 148: 144: 140: 134: 132: 130: 126: 120: 118: 116: 112: 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 86: 84: 80: 76: 72: 68: 64: 60: 56: 52: 48: 44: 43:County Dublin 39: 37: 33: 29: 25: 21: 242: 238: 231: 227: 219: 214: 207: 203: 195: 191: 178: 171: 156: 138: 87: 40: 19: 18: 295:1384 deaths 290:1320 births 218:Hart, A.R. 73:before the 254:Categories 121:References 83:Exchequer 59:Escheator 111:outlawed 71:Kilkenny 53:and the 47:shilling 67:lawsuit 94:debts 65:at a 24:judge 115:debt 34:and 69:in 256:: 164:^ 146:^ 128:^ 117:. 85:. 38:.

Index

judge
Attorney General for Ireland
Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer
Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas
County Dublin
shilling
Court of Exchequer (Ireland)
Court of Common Pleas (Ireland)
Escheator
expert witnesses
lawsuit
Kilkenny
Court of King's Bench (Ireland)
Lord Treasurer of Ireland
Exchequer
Irish House of Commons
debts
Court of Common Pleas (Ireland)
Robert Preston, 1st Baron Gormanston
Privy Council of Ireland
outlawed
debt







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