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Despite his close family ties (through his first wife) with the
Bermingham family of Carbury, he suffered considerable losses during the Berminghams' private war in Counties Meath and Kildare in 1367-8 and was forced to garrison Carbury Castle. It is unclear if he played any part in the failed
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of the King. The collection passed to his son
Christopher, the second Baron, who made a keen study of it. This became a cause of controversy in the political crisis of 1418-9, when the second Baron was accused of
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lasted for almost 6 months, which must have seriously interfered with his private practice, although he did receive a salary of £29, which was then a very large sum, as well as his expenses. He became
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Although he had evidently been anxious to retire as Chief
Justice, in his later years he continued to hold high office: he was briefly Lord Chancellor in 1388, deputy
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He was the son of Roger de
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nobleman, statesman and judge of the fourteenth century. He held several senior judicial offices including, for a brief period, that of
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to put down the rebellion, in which task he was largely successful. Preston served as his lieutenant in the campaign and received a
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Carbury in 1368 where the de Berminghams, in breach of the truce which had been agreed, imprisoned the Crown's representatives.
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He married firstly
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in 1358, and held that office for 20 years. He was removed from office in 1378, "unless the King or
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in the city centre, in about 1360. It became known as
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in the early fourteenth century. Roger held several judicial offices including
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as Baron Kells, in right of his first wife, Margaret de
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order otherwise " but this was on his own petition.
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36:Viscount Gormanston
22:(died 1396) was an
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275:References
202:deposition
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304:Ball p.83
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