Hugh Inge

The cause of the quarrel appears to have been Wolsey's request that Inge surrender his office of Archdeacon of Meath, which he held jointly with the bishopric, to the royal physician.

[7] The quarrel was short-lived, and with Wolsey's renewed support Inge followed the same career path as William Rokeby, whom he succeeded both as Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland in 1521.

The Council referred the matter to the three Chief Justices of the Courts of Common Law, who ruled that the disputed lands were indeed within the liberty of the Archbishop, and that he and his successors were entitled to hold them in perpetuity without let or hindrance by the Mayor of Dublin.

[10] At the same time he was engaged in a lawsuit with the Dean and Chapter of the Diocese of Kildare as to his rights of visitation in the Diocese if the office of Bishop of Kildare happened to be vacant: the outcome of this lawsuit is unknown[11] In 1528 the fourth and most severe outbreak of the mysterious plague called the sweating sickness swept through England and Ireland, and also ravaged much of the continent of Europe.

Inge was among its victims: he died on 3 August 1528 and was buried in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin[3] The Victorian historian O'Flanagan[3] praises him as a judge who was noted for his honesty, good sense and desire to do impartial justice; though his recorded judgements are few, they are said to have carried great weight.

In his own lifetime Polydore Vergil praised him as an honest man who brought a measure of order and good government to a notoriously troubled kingdom.