Hugh de Cressy (judge)
Hugh de Cressy | |
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Born | c. 1570 Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK |
Died | 1643 (aged 72–73) |
Occupation | Judge |
Spouse | Margery D'Oylie |
Children | Serenus de Cressy |
Hugh Cressy, or de Cressy (c. 1570–1643) was an English-born
He came from an old Nottinghamshire family which settled in Yorkshire.[1] He was probably born in Wakefield, and later lived in Thorpe Salvin, where his son was born.
He entered
A Judge in Ireland
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In 1633 he was sent to Ireland as second justice of the Court of King's Bench (Ireland).[1] This was probably at the request of the new Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, a fellow Yorkshireman and a friend of Cressy. He became Treasurer of the King's Inns in 1634, and may also have served as a preacher there.[2] As a judge in his early years he was very active in suppressing recusancy, although he was later accused of excessive leniency to Catholics.[1]
In 1637 the
Last years
After the downfall and execution for
Family
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He married, before 1605, Margery D'Oylie, daughter of
Their son Hugh Paulinus de Cressy, known to history as
Sources
- Ball, F. Elrington The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921 John Murray London 1926 Vol.1
- Barry, James The Case of Tenures on the Commission of Defective Titles Argued by all the Judges of Ireland, with their Resolution, and the Reasons for their Resolution (1637)
- Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1888). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 15. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Kenny, Colum King's Inns and the Kingdom of Ireland Dublin Irish Academic Press 1992
- Anthony à Wood Athenae Oxonienses: an Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the University of Oxford from 1500 to 1690 Rivington London 1813