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,—Solicitor General and King's Sergeant,—patent, 9 Sept. 1532.—Pleasure.—Fee, 20 marks.—24 Hen. VIII. f. Roll. 6., of Fieldstown, after of Gracedieu, S. G. and King's Sergeant,—Luttrell made Chief Justice of the Common Pleas,—patent, 17 Oct. 1534.—Life.—26 Hen. VIII. f. R. 4.

,—patent, 7 Sept. 1537.—Behaviour.—Fee, £10 Irish.—29 Hen. VIII. f. R. 9.—From the appointment of Mr. Cowley, to the death of Richard Finglas, in 1574, there appear to have been two Solicitors for Ireland subsisting at the same time, the one by the name of Principal or Chief Solicitor (Solicitor Principalis sive Capitalis, aut Solicitatoris regni Hiberniæ,) and the other by the name of General Solicitor, (Solicitoris Generalis alias Solicitatoris regni Hiberniæ.)

Principal Solicitor,, of Drumconragh, Co. Dublin, and Athcame,—Cowley surrendered,—patent, 7 Feb. 1546.—Pleasure.—To exercise the office in all things as the Solicitor General of England did.—37 Hen. VIII. f. R. 7.—Continued hy Edward VI.—patent, 15 March, 1547, by the Lord Deputy, which was confirmed by Privy Seal from Westminster, 24 March.—1 Edw. VI. 1$a$ pars f. R. 3, 11.

Solicitor General, ,—Barnewall