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William Saxey
William Saxey (; c. 1550 – 1612) was an English born judge in Ireland of the late Elizabethan and early Stuart era; he was an unpopular and controversial figure with a reputation for corruption and misanthropy.
==Early career==
He was born in Bristol around the year 1550; he may have been a son of Robert Saxey, a wealthy merchant of the town who was Mayor in 1557. He entered Staples Inn, and then Gray's Inn in 1576.〔Ball, F. Elrington ''The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921'' John Murray London 1926 Vol.1 p.226〕 His practice at the English Bar was extremely lucrative: he was said to make £500 a year, a very large sum for the time, although he was probably not a particularly good lawyer, judging by later attacks on him for his deficient knowledge of the law..〔Ball p.226〕
In 1594 he was sent to Ireland as Chief Justice of Munster.〔Ball p.226〕 From the beginning of his career in Ireland he faced accusations of corruption, and in 1596 the Court of Castle Chamber (the Irish equivalent of Star Chamber) reprimanded him severely for "corrupt, violent and intemperate proceedings". To judge from a later case (when he was on the verge of retirement), it seems that the practice most complained of was putting the wrong party in possession of lands (presumably in return for a bribe) in defiance of the verdict of the judges of assize.〔Crawford, Jon. G ''A Star Chamber Court in Ireland- the Court of Castle Chamber 1571-1641'' Four Courts Press Dublin 2005 p.48〕
The Privy Council of Ireland took the unusual step of writing to the English Government, condemning Saxey for going to England without leave, attacking him as a man deficient in legal knowledge (despite his success at the English Bar), and rather illogically in view of their earlier rebuke, asking that he be kept in England and "be no more returned to his office here, he being a person who has incurred so general a mislike".〔Crawford p.275〕 Saxey asked that any complaints against him be heard in England, as he could not get a fair hearing in Ireland, but no further proceedings seem to have been taken.〔Crawford p.275〕
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