Chronicle of the law officers of Ireland/Offices created at different periods

by Constantine J. Smyth

TABLE OF OFFICES

CREATED AT DIFFERENT PERIODS AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT.

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King's Counsel	1613.	10 Jac. I.
Patentee of Preaudience	1615.	13 Jac. I.
Second Sergeant	1627	2 Car. I.
Third Sergeant	1682.	33 Car. II.

From the year 1627 the title of King's Sergeant was discontinued, and that of Prime Sergeant adopted in its stead; in 1805 the title and precedence of the Prime Sergeant were abolished.

Fourth Justice of the King's Bench.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Added in 1784.
————————— Common Pleas.
Fourth Baron of the Exchequer.

Master of the Rolls : this office was erected anew into a judicial one, by 41 Geo. III. c. 25.

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The following table shews the annual fees paid to the Judges and Law Officers out of the civil establishment, immediately after the revolution, from the Appendix to the Commons' (Ir.) Journal, Vol. II. p. 80.—