Walter de Thornbury
Walter de Thornbury (died 1313) was an English-born statesman and cleric who held the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland in the 14th century. His efforts to secure confirmation of his election as Archbishop of Dublin ended in tragedy with his death in a shipwreck.
Biography
Walter de Thornbury was born in
Irish career
Thornbury was sent to Ireland as
Justiciar of Ireland to Walter, concerning the goods of a merchant of Cork which had been seized at Dieppe, even though the merchant had previously rendered a service to the French navy.[6]
In 1313, Thornbury was briefly Deputy Justiciar of Ireland.
Death
In 1313 he was one of two candidates for the Archbishopric of Dublin, the other being
Papal Court at Avignon to secure papal confirmation of his election.[9] The ship he was travelling on sank in a storm with the loss of all lives on board, "as if Heaven had promulgated its judgment on the election", in the words of a nineteenth-century history.[10] The dead were reported to have numbered more than 130.[10]
See also
References
- ^ Ball F. Elrington The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921 John Murray London 1926
- ^ Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward I, Vol.5 pp.219-20
- ^ a b c d Mortimer, Ian The Greatest Traitor- the life of Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March Jonathan Cape 2003
- ^ Patent Roll 4 Edward II
- ^ Otway-Ruthven, A.J. History of Medieval Ireland Barnes and Noble reissue 1993 p.219
- ^ National Archives SC 1/28/152
- ^ a b Calendar of the Justiciary Rolls
- ^ Patent Roll 6 Edward II
- ^ The precise date on which he sailed is unclear, but he had been holding the assizes in Cork on 6 August.
- ^ a b O'Flanagan, J. Roderick The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of Ireland 2 Volumes London 1870
