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- Jesse_Smythes abstract "Jesse Smythes (died c.1594) was an English born judge and colonist in Elizabethan Ireland. He held office as Solicitor General for Ireland and Chief Justice of Munster, and was deeply involved in the Plantation of Munster.LIttle is known of his family background or early life, or his career before 1584, when he was appointed Solicitor General for Ireland. He was, as far as is known, the first Englishman to hold the office: his appointment was at the personal request of Elizabeth I, who was dissatisfied with the quality of service provided by her Irish law officers, and believed that she would be better served by Englishmen. At the same time he was appointed Chief Justice of Munster.There is an interesting glimpse of his official duties in the records of the Court of Castle Chamber, the Irish equivalent of Star Chamber, in 1586. Patrick Flatsbury and his brother Edmund, of Johnstown, County Kildare, were charged with the murder of Hugh Burn. According to the later indictment against the jury, the case for murder was overwhelming, yet the jury in flagrant disregard of the evidence acquitted both the accused. Smythes prosecuted the jurors in Castle Chamber for perjury, the reasoning being that they had broken their oaths to deliver a true verdict; for their "dangerous example" to other juries they were convicted and fined, although in consideration of their poverty the fine was a small one.He stepped down as Solicitor General in 1586, perhaps due to his increasing role in the plantation of Munster. He was granted substantial lands in the province, where he settled 600 English tenants. He was noted for his exceptional severity towards the original Irish inhabitants, and refused to have any Irish tenants, remarking that he "would set fire to the nest rather than that any such birds should roost in any land of his". If the Irish were to remain on their traditional lands, he thought, it could only be on condition that they accept the common law: he compared the bringing of common law to Ireland to Moses giving law to his people.He probably died in 1594 when William Saxey succeeded him as Chief Justice of Munster.".
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- Jesse_Smythes comment "Jesse Smythes (died c.1594) was an English born judge and colonist in Elizabethan Ireland. He held office as Solicitor General for Ireland and Chief Justice of Munster, and was deeply involved in the Plantation of Munster.LIttle is known of his family background or early life, or his career before 1584, when he was appointed Solicitor General for Ireland.".
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