William Methold

Sir William Methold (or Methwold) (c. 1560–1621) was an English-born judge in seventeenth-century Ireland, who held office as Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer.

[4] The marriage created a useful family link with Sir Thomas Richardson, the future Lord Chief Justice, who married Margaret's sister Ursula.

[5] William Methold's widow Margaret remarried Sir Thomas Rotherham, Mayor of Galway, member of the Privy Council of Ireland and MP for Tuam in the Irish Parliament of 1634-5.

[6] Sir Arthur Chichester, the Lord Deputy of Ireland, concerned at rumours that the Crown was planning to remove Methold, praised him as "an honest man".

Woolrych notes that despite his impressive achievements he remains a rather shadowy figure, and that we lack any of those colourful anecdotes, of the kind in which the legal profession delights, which would bring his character to life.