page_title: Richard Reade
section_title: Lord Chancellor of Ireland and later life
hierarchical_section_title: Richard Reade / Lord Chancellor of Ireland and later life
caption_attribution_description: English: In 1546 Sir John Alan, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, was removed from office on a charge of corruption, and Reade was sent to replace him. He was granted a house in the precincts of St. Patrick's Cathedral and the manor of Moyglare near Maynooth, County Kildare. In 1548 Alan was reinstated as Chancellor. Reade returned to England where he became Master of Requests. He later purchased the manors of Redbourn near St. Albans and Tangley near Andover.
context_page_description: Sir Richard Reade was an English-born judge in sixteenth-century Ireland, who held the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
context_section_description: In 1546 Sir John Alan, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, was removed from office on  a charge of corruption, and Reade was sent to  Ireland to replace him. He was granted a house in the precincts of St. Patrick's Cathedral,  and the manor of Moyglare near Maynooth, County Kildare. In 1548 Alan was reinstated as Chancellor. Reade returned to England where he became Master of Requests. He later purchased the manors of Redbourn near St. Albans  and Tangley near Andover.
caption: Moyglare Manor, present day
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