Patrick Cogley, or Cogle (died after 1470) was an Irish Crown official, landowner and judge of the fifteenth century. He is first heard of in 1461, when he was appointed

Master of the Rolls in Ireland The Master of the Rolls in Ireland was a senior judicial office in the Irish Chancery under English and British rule, and was equivalent to the Master of the Rolls in the English Chancery. Originally called the Keeper of the Rolls, he was respon ...

, at a salary of 10 marks a year, but he stepped down from that office after only three months when he was appointed

Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper The Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper was a civil servant within the Irish Chancery in the Dublin Castle administration. His duties corresponded to the offices of Clerk of the Crown and Clerk of the Hanaper in the English Chancery. Latterly, the ...

, or Chief Clerk in

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, (the Mastership of the Rolls, though a judicial position, was probably at that early stage the less important office of the two), at a salary of 10 marks a year. He was replaced as Master by

Peter Trevers Peter Trevers, or Travers (died 1468) was an Irish barrister and judge of the fifteenth century. He belonged to a family which had settled in County Meath in the thirteenth century. John de Tryvers, judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland) ...

. He was at the same time appointed

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in Ireland and Clerk to the Great Council of Ireland. He was still

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in 1470. He was also Chief Chamberlain of the

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. He was a clerk in holy orders but apparently did not hold any high clerical office. In 1470 King

Edward IV Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, then again from 11 April 1471 until his death in 1483. He was a central figure in the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars in Englan ...

granted him by

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certain lands which were not clearly specified; the Irish Parliament by statute confirmed that the grant was for life (the statute was not repealed until 2007).

References

*Ball, F. Elrington ''The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921'' London John Murray 1926 *Smyth, Constantine Joseph ''Chronicle of the Law Officers of Ireland'' Butterworths London 1839 *''Patent Roll 1 Edward IV '' *Statute Law Revision Act 2007, repealing the statutes ''5 Edward IV c.5 "Patrick Cogle, Clerk of the Crown, to have 10 marks per annum" and ''10 Edward IV c.23 "confirmation of patent to Patrick Cogley to occupy certain lands for his natural life"'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Cogley, Patrick 15th-century Irish judges Masters of the Rolls in IrelandA judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges