Richard de Wirkeley (died after 1357) was an English-born cleric who was Prior of the Order of Hospitallers in Ireland and held office very briefly as Lord Chief Justice of Ireland.
De Wirkeley was a fairly common name in Yorkshire in that era; it may indicate a connection with the town of Wakefield.
Wirkeley seems to have resented his removal from office, since the King issued an injunction ordering him not to meddle in the matter any further.
This is confirmed by an episode which occurred the following year, when the King appointed a commission to investigate an allegation that Simon Warde, a servant to John Gynwell, Bishop of Lincoln, had been assaulted by Wirkeley and other members of his Order, including John Paveley, Prior of the Order's English house from 1358, on whom Warde had been attempting to serve a summons to appear in a lawsuit.
The Prior was as much a soldier as a cleric, and accustomed to taking firm action to defend his Order's interests, and a Prior who failed to display sufficient martial spirit was open to criticism.