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Recorder of Kinsale

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Due to the size of the town, the recorder's duties were not especially onerous: the salary was a modest 15 shillings a year. The duties of the recorder were often combined with another Government post. Henry Bathurst was also
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appointment, but was elected by Kinsale Corporation, also known as the Court of the Hundred. They could annul the election, as they did that of John Dowdall in 1692.
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in 1613. The first recorder of Kinsale whose name is definitely known is Robert Slighe, who served in that office between approximately 1601 and 1615.
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community in County Cork, and was accused, perhaps unfairly, of being a "great persecutor" of that
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In addition to presiding at criminal trials, it seems likely that he held a weekly court of
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Like all Irish recorderships within their jurisdiction, the office was abolished by the
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The population was just under 5300 as of 2016, although it had been 7000 before the
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A Compendious View of Some Extraordinary Sufferings of the Quakers in Ireland
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Sir Richard Cox, 1st Baronet, Recorder of Kinsale and later Lord Chancellor
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from 1675: he later went on to hold high judicial office, notably as
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Warrant upon the humble suit of Robert Slighe, Recorder of Kinsale
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Warrant issued by Robert Slighe, Recorder of Kinsale 7 July 1615
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Like other Irish recorders, the recorder of Kinsale was not a
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to deal with routine judicial business, as his colleague the
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did. The Reorder was also charged with keeping the peace.
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Index

Ireland
magistrate
Kinsale
judge
chartered
Elizabeth 1
Recorder
James I
Crown
Petty session
recorder of Clonakilty
Henry Bathurst
Quakers
religious denomination
Recorder of Cork
Sir Richard Cox, 1st Baronet
Recorder of Clonakilty
Lord Chancellor of Ireland
Josias Rowley
Irish House of Commons
Kinsale

Irish Free State
Henry Bathurst
Recorder of Cork
William Worth
Court of Exchequer (Ireland)
Sir Richard Cox, 1st Baronet
Francis Bernard
Solicitor General for Ireland

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