Peter Palmer

Peter Palmer (died 1621) was an English-born judge who served in Ireland for many years, into extreme old age.

He was born at Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, The Palmers leased the main mansion in Waddesdon as tenants of the Crown. but for reasons which are not clear Fitzgerald's permanent appointment to the Common Pleas was simply disregarded.

After the establishment of the assize system in Ireland, Palmer was diligent in going on circuit, even in old age. He was party to the deed of 1612 by which the English Crown vested "Blackfriars" (now Blackhall Place) in the High Court judges as Trustees of the King's Inns.

Although he was described as an old man by 1611, he continued to go on assize in Leinster until 1618. He died in 1621, still in office, and is buried in St. Werburgh's Church, Dublin. His widow, whose family name was Newce, died in 1625. They appear to have had no children, and his heirs sold the Waddesdon property in 1623.