Background
He was born in Drogheda to an old Anglo-Irish family which had settled in Ireland soon after the Norman Conquest. Later he and his wife Katherine jointly owned lands in County Meath.
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Career
He was called to the Bar and became King"s Serjeant in December 1471: the appointment, unusually, was stated to be for life. In fact he apparently held it until December 1476. In the latter year he became Controller of the Ports of Dublin and Drogheda.
He was briefly Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer in 1478-1480 and was then demoted to the post of an ordinary justice of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland).
He took part in a public ceremony of repentance the following year and received a royal pardon from the victorious King Henry VII.
