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Thomas Cusack (Irish judge)
Sir Thomas Cusack (1490–1571) was an Anglo-Irish judge and statesman of the sixteenth century, who held the offices of Master of the Rolls in Ireland, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland. He was one of the most trusted and reliable Crown servants of his time, but had a somewhat turbulent private life. He was an ancestor of the Duke of Wellington.
== Background and early career ==
He was the son of John Cusack of Cussington,〔Now Cushinstown, near Dunboyne〕 County Meath, and Alison Wellesley; both parents came from long-established families of the Pale; he was a cousin of that earlier Thomas Cusacke who was Attorney General for Ireland in 1480, and Lord Chief Justice of Ireland from 1490 to 1494. Little is known of his life until he entered the Inner Temple in 1522, and became Master of the Revels in 1524.〔Ball, F. Elrington ''The Judges in Ireland 1221–1921'' John Murray London 1926 p.200〕 He married his first wife Joan Hussey about 1515.
Like most ambitious Irishmen of the time, he saw the patronage of Thomas Cromwell as the path to power; he lobbied Cromwell successfully for the Irish Chancellorship of the Exchequer, and on payment of £10, received the office in 1533. In 1534 when a vacancy opened on the Court of Common Pleas, he again lobbied for office with the assistance of his rich cousin Lady Neville who spent £100 in bribes.〔Ball, p.201〕
Despite his undoubted use of bribery to gain office, Cusack was highly regarded as a judge : O'Flanagan〔O'Flanagan, J.Roderick ''Lives of the Lord Chancellors of Ireland'' 2 Volumes London 1870〕 praises his practical common sense, his ability to discern the truth of any case and his minute attention to detail. He showed no prejudice against Irish-speaking plaintiffs and gained a reputation for integrity and moderation.
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