Robert Weston
Robert Weston (c.1515 – 20 May 1573) was an English civil lawyer, who was
Life
Robert Weston was the seventh son of John Weston (c. 1470 - c. 1550), a tradesman of
From 1546 to 1549, he was a principal of Broadgate Hall, and at the same time deputy reader in civil law at the University, under Dr
Weston was elected
Lord Chancellor of Ireland
On 12 January 1559, Weston was created
The
Weston arrived in Dublin early in August and was sworn into office on 8 August 1567. He was conscientious in performing his duties, and greatly respected for his integrity, although ill-health (he was plagued by
Weston and Sir
In addition to being Dean of St Patrick's, he was Dean of Wells from 1570 to 1573, but his health was failing and he died in 1573. He was buried in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, beside his first wife Alice.
Weston was described as follows[4]
"A man in his time most godlie, upright, and virtuous, and such a one as that place was not possessed of the like in many currents of years. In his life he was most virtuous and godlie; in matters of council most sound and perfect; in justice most upright and uncorrupted in hospitalitie very bountie and liberal; in manners and conversation most courteous and gentle; faithful to his Prince, firm to his friend, and courteous to all men; and as was his life, so was his death, who a little time before the same called his household, and gave them such godlie instructions as to their callings appertained; then he set his private things in order, and he spent all the time that he had in praiers and exhortations"
Family
Weston married (1st) Alice Jenyngs, daughter of Richard Jenyngs of Barr, near Lichfield. They had a son John, and three daughters, of whom we know most of Alice, who married firstly Hugh Brady, Bishop of Meath, by whom she had numerous children including Luke and Nicholas, and secondly Sir Geoffrey Fenton, by whom she was the mother of Catherine, who married Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, and of Sir William Fenton. He married (2nd) Alice Bigges, daughter of John Bigges of Isleworth and widow of G. Aunsham of Heston. They had no issue. Through his daughter Alice, Weston was the ancestor of another Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Maziere Brady.
References
- ^ a b Chapters of Dublin Chapter XXVIII. Life of Lord Chancellor Weston. Accessed 7 January 2023.
- ^ Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 p. 66
- ^ Calendar State Papers Dom 1547-80, p246
- ^ Holinshed's Chronicle, vol. vi. p. 373.
Further reading
- Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1889). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 20. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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