Richard Plunkett

Another branch of the family, descendants of Richard's brother, another John, later held the title Baron Louth.

[3] He was already sufficiently well respected by 1364 to form part of the powerful delegation sent to England to describe the state of the Irish government and to complain to King Edward III about the corruption and maladministration of certain officials of the Crown in Ireland; the complaints were directed in particular against Thomas de Burley, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

In July 1388 he was promoted to Chief Justice of the King's Bench, on the same terms enjoyed by John Keppock,[6] and the following September he was made Lord Chancellor.

[8] Elrington Ball[3] puts his death around 1389, but O'Flanagan[9] states that he was still alive in 1393, when Richard Northalis succeeded him as Lord Chancellor.

O'Flanagan[9] calls him one of the most eminent Irishmen of his time, a lawyer of great distinction and equally distinguished for his Parliamentary career.