Arthur Corye (or Curry; died 1597) was an Irish barrister who held office as Serjeant-at-law (Ireland) from 1594 until his death, and had a bad reputation for incompetence.
The Council complained that Corye had been so incompetent in prosecuting cases on behalf of the English Crown, especially in revenue and exchequer matters, that the Irish Treasury had suffered serious financial loss due to his neglect of duty.
The letter notes that the Solicitor-General for Ireland, Roger Wilbraham, who was English by birth, was the only law officer who did his work competently.
While the Crown often complied with such requests, Corye was replaced instead by another Irish lawyer, Edward Loftus, a noted legal scholar from a leading Dublin family.
Wilbraham in any case was "marking time" in Ireland while waiting for a more lucrative appointment in England.