Patrick Cogley

Patrick Cogley (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, but he stepped down from that office after only three months when he was appointed Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper (the Mastership of the Rolls, though a judicial position, was probably at that early stage the less important office of the two). He was still Clerk of the Crown in 1470. He was also Chief Chamberlain of the Exchequer of Ireland, and acted as Clerk to the Parliament of Ireland in 1468. He was a clerk in holy orders, but apparently did not hold any high clerical office.

In 1470 King Edward IV granted him by letters patent 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were not clearly specified; the Irish Parliament by statute confirmed that the grant was for life (the statute was not repealed until 2007).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 Irish Law Officers Dublin 1839
• Statute Law Revision Act 2007, repealing the statute 10 Edward IV c.23 "confirmation of patent to Patrick Cogley to occupy certain lands for his natural life"