Thomas Luttrell (Irish judge)

Sir Thomas Luttrell (born before 1490 – died 1554 ) was a wealthy Anglo-Irish landowner of the sixteenth-century Irish Pale. He was also a distinguished lawyer and judge who held the offices of Solicitor General for Ireland and Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas.

He was born in Dublin, the eldest son of Richard Luttrell of Luttrellstown Castle, the head of a prominent Anglo-Irish family, which came originally from Lincolnshire, and his wife Margaret FitzLyons. His exact date of birth is not recorded but it was almost certainly before 1490, since his first marriage took place in 1506.

Little is known of his early years. He was involved in litigation over an inheritance in 1527; he was presumably by then a barrister of some years standing since he became King's Serjeant and Solicitor General in 1532. He was spoken of as a possible judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland) in 1533, and next year became Chief Justice of that Court, holding that office until his death 20 years later.

He was an active member of the Privy Council of Ireland: he accompanied Sir William Skeffington, the Lord Deputy of Ireland on a mission to negotiate with the O'Toole clan. Luttrell was of great assistance on this mission since, perhaps surprisingly (given his attitude to Gaelic culture) he spoke fluent Irish.He took charge of the defence of Dublin in the Lord Deputy's absence and was praised for his diligence in that regard. He sat on a commission into the acquisition by the Crown of monastic lands in 1541, and himself received several grants, notably of the lands of St. Mary's Abbey at Clonsilla. He was knighted in 1540.

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