Alexander de Balscot

Alexander de Balscot, also known as Alexander Petit (died 1400) was one of the leading Irish clerics and statesmen of the late fourteenth century, who held the offices of Bishop of Ossory, Bishop of Meath, Treasurer of Ireland and Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

He was criticised for spending large sums of money to influence his election to the See of Ossory, and for visiting the Holy See without permission, but received a royal pardon to cover any possible wrongdoing.

[2] In 1378 he petitioned the Crown that the warrant appointing John Warner as High Sheriff of County Cork and that he not intermeddle in the office.

He was a key member of the Irish government of the pre-eminent royal favourite, Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland.

Following de Vere's downfall at the Battle of Radcot Bridge in 1388, de Balscot was dismissed from office, along with most of his colleagues, including John Stanley, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond, the Governor, and Sir Robert Crull, the Lord High Treasurer of Ireland.