Richard Golding or Goldynge (died 1520) was an Irish judge who was twice

Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer The Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer was the Baron (judge) who presided over the Court of Exchequer (Ireland). The Irish Court of Exchequer was a mirror of the equivalent court in England and was one of the four courts which sat in the buildin ...

. The Golding family were notable for producing three judges of the same Court in two generations. He was born in

County Meath County Meath (; gle, Contae na Mí or simply ) is a county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. It is bordered by Dublin to the southeast, Louth to the northeast, Kildare to the south, Offaly to the sou ...

, son of Edward Golding (died after 1504), Baron of the

Court of Exchequer (Ireland) The Court of Exchequer (Ireland) or the Irish Exchequer of Pleas, was one of the senior courts of common law in Ireland. It was the mirror image of the equivalent court in England. The Court of Exchequer was one of the four royal courts of justic ...

and collector of revenues for the port of

Drogheda Drogheda ( , ; , meaning "bridge at the ford") is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, north of Dublin. It is located on the Dublin–Belfast corridor on the east coast of Ireland, mostly in County Louth ...

. Richard's cousin Walter Golding of

Portmarnock Portmarnock () is a coastal suburban settlement in Fingal, Ireland, with significant beaches, a modest commercial core and inland residential estates, and two golf courses, including one of Ireland's best-known golf clubs. , the population was ...

(died 1547) was also Baron of Exchequer, and acted as legal adviser to the

Lord Deputy of Ireland The Lord Deputy was the representative of the monarch and head of the Irish executive (government), executive under English rule, during the Lordship of Ireland and then the Kingdom of Ireland. He deputised prior to 1523 for the Viceroy of Ireland ...

Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane Leonard Grey, Lord Deputy of Ireland (1479/149228 July 1541), known as Lord Leonard Grey prior to 1536, served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1536 to 1540. Family Leonard Grey was a younger son of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset and Cecily ...

.Ball p.191 Richard entered

Lincoln's Inn The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of the four Inns of Court in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar. (The other three are Middle Temple, Inner Temple and Gray's Inn.) Lincoln ...

in 1505 and acted as Master of the Revels there in 1509. He was practising law in

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

in 1511 when he was appointed Chief Baron; he was superseded in 1514 but restored to office shortly afterwards, and apparently remained Chief Baron until his death. He married a daughter of Sir William Darcy of Platten and Margaret St Lawrence, daughter of

Nicholas St Lawrence, 4th Baron Howth Nicholas St Lawrence, 4th Baron Howth (c. 1460 – 1526) was a leading Irish soldier and statesman of the early Tudor period, who held the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Early life He was born about 1460, eldest son of Robert St Lawrence, ...

; they seem to have had no children. His cousin Walter's descendants were still living at Portmarnock in the following century.Burke, Bernard ''The General Armoury of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales'' Harrison and Sons 1864 Vol.2 p.407

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Lawyers from County Meath 1520 deaths Members of Lincoln's Inn Year of birth unknown Chief Barons of the Irish Exchequer 16th-century Irish judges {{Ireland-law-bio-stub