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Sir John de Shriggeley, also spelled Shirggeley and Shryggeley (died after 1403) was an Irish judge who held several important judicial offices, including Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. Despite committing at least two murders, he was a valued servant of the English Crown. He was born in County Dublin, son of John de Shriggeley senior: the de Shriggeley family are said to have been fairly recent arrivals in Ireland from Cheshire, who took their family name from the village of Pott Shrigley.〔Crooks. Peter ''Factionalism and Noble Power in English Ireland c.1361-1423'' Ph.D Thesis University of Dublin 2007 p.213〕 The younger John married Nicola, daughter of Nicholas Bathe, and widow of Sir Simon Cusacke of Beaurepaire, a substantial landowner in County Meath, in 1385.〔Ball, F. Elrington ''The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921'' John Murray London 1926 Vol.1 p.165〕 As the marriage of a widow needed the Crown's consent, their marriage without a royal licence was technically an offence, but the couple quickly received a royal pardon, in consideration of John's "good service".〔''Patent Roll 9 Richard II''〕 Nicola brought him a very substantial dowry, but they had considerable difficulty in asserting their rights to her lands at Culmullen in County Meath, the ownership of which was disputed by various relatives of Nicola's first husband, and as late as 1393 Shriggeley and Nicola were complaining to the Crown that they had been unlawfully dispossessed of their lands for more than seven years. 〔Crooks p.212〕The dispute apparently turned violent in the following two years, as Shriggeley and one Geoffrey Cusacke, (who was probably a nephew of Sir Simon Cusacke〔Although his father Thomas, Simon's half-brother, was said to be illegitimate-Crooks pp.212-3. 〕) were bound over in 1394-5 to be of good behaviour, find men of good social standing to act as sureties for their good conduct, and pledge to do no harm to each other.〔Crooks p.212〕 The Cusacke family continued the struggle to gain possession of Culmullen for at least another generation, well after Shriggeley's death.〔Crooks pp.212-3〕 Shriggeley was appointed second Baron of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland) in 1382.〔Ball p.165〕 In 1385 he became Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas, and was later translated to the more senior office of Lord Chief Justice. He became Chief Escheator of Ireland in 1386, and at the same time he was made Chief Clerk of the Markets and Keeper of the Weights and Measures for Ireland. 〔Crooks p.213〕 He stepped down as Lord Chief Justice in 1388.〔Ball p.165- there is a good deal of confusion during the 1380s about the precise dates on which the various holders of this office were appointed and replaced.〕 He was a trusted servant of the Crown, and in particular enjoyed the confidence of Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland, the prime royal favourite of King Richard II through much of the 1380s, but the Duke's downfall in 1388 does not seem to have harmed Shriggeley's career.〔Crooks pp.212-3〕 In 1389 in consideration of his seven years good service in the "Irish wars" and in "diverse offices", he was given a knighthood and granted lands at Drogheda.〔Leland, John L. ''Aliens in the Pardons of Richard II'' Hamilton ed. ''Fourteenth-century Ireland'' 2006 Vol. IV p.142〕 It was presumably his good services to the Crown which led to his being pardoned in December 1389 for killing Nicholas Cusacke and Richard Cormygan, after a plea for mercy from Geoffrey Vale (this was probably the Geoffrey Vale who was High Sheriff of Carlow in 1374).〔''Patent Rolls 12 Richard II''〕 Little is known of the details of the murders,〔Leland p.142〕 although Nicholas's surname might suggest that it was connected with the long-running dispute over possession of the former Cusacke lands in County Meath. The violence of this dispute was certainly of great concern to the Crown in the 1390s, and it continued for many years after.〔Crooks p.212-3〕 In 1390 he was granted the lease of "the watermill below Dublin Castle".〔''Patent Rolls 14 Richard II''〕 He was still alive in 1403 when he was described as living at Skryne, County Meath. In the same year he was appointed Captain of the Militia, Keeper of the Peace and a member of the Commission of Array.〔''Patent Rolls 4 Henry IV''〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John de Shriggeley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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