Thomas de Cottingham

Thomas de Cottingham (c. 1300 – 1370) was an English-born cleric and judge who held the office of Master of the Rolls in Ireland.

Thomas served as a clerk in the English Chancery for more than 30 years, and was Keeper of the Great Seal in 1349.

His superiors clearly expected him to find it a thankless task since he was promised preferment both for his past services and "the labours which he would have to endure".

He did not lack friends in the Dublin Government, and in 1356, during a period of confusion about clerical promotions, he was appointed joint prebendary of Kilmolran and Desart, in the Diocese of Lismore.

[5] He was at Westminster, in attendance on the King, in February 1369: the Gascon Rolls note briefly that he "received the attorneys".

Church of St. Mary in Cottingham , Thomas's birthplace
Church of St Nicholas, Plumstead. There is a surviving letter to Thomas as vicar from the Archdeacon.
St Mary, Ashby St Mary , of which Thomas became rector in 1349