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137:. The reference to his services to the King suggests that the Crown, even at this early stage of his career, saw him as too valuable an official for his services to be lightly dispensed with. A royal pardon was relatively easy to obtain, even for such a serious crime, and this ability of serious criminals to evade justice seems to have become a matter of scandal only in the following century.
208:. Emeldon, unlike Barton, benefited directly from Burnham's long absence from Ireland, and although there is no firm evidence of his complicity, it is possible that he was involved in the accusations against Burnham, and also Chief
296:, and the restoration of his confiscated lands and goods, despite Rokeby's protests. He became Chief Baron in 1351 and died in office in 1355. His last years apparently passed without serious incident
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Ralph de Byrton in 1336. Perhaps aware that his plea might be seen as an admission of his guilt, he quickly changed his stance. He pleaded his innocence at a hearing in the
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