Patrick Bermingham [SEP] date of death
Patrick Bermingham
Patrick Bermingham (c.1460–1532) was an Irish judge and statesman of the Tudor period who held the offices of Lord Chief Justice of Ireland and Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland. He was a firm supporter of English rule in Ireland and enjoyed the confidence of Henry VIII, who saw him as a vital mainstay of his Irish administration.
Background.
He was born in Corbally, County Meath, into the Meath branch of the leading Anglo-Irish dynasty of Bermingham, which was founded by Meyler de Bermingham
other heirs, his lands were to be divided between St Werburgh's and St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin. He left a legacy to his father, William, in return for his blessing, and numerous legacies to religious houses.
He had children by his marriage to Anne Cusacke; in his will he commended his family to the care of Philip Bermingham, the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. A year after his death, Anne remarried his successor on the Court of Exchequer, Patrick Burnell, a member of the well