Giles Thorndon

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1404 By his own account he entered the household of the future King Henry V in 1404, when he must still have been in his teens.
1442 Giles Thorndon in his early years in Ireland sought to act as a mediator between the rival factions. In 1442 he produced a memorandum on the state of Irish affairs, based, as he noted, on his thirty-eight years' experience of Crown service.
1442 What really mattered, as Giles Thorndon pointed out, were the dire results of the feud. In particular justice could not be obtained from the Courts if the interests of one faction or the other were involved...
1442-1445 Butler-Talbot feud
1444 Giles Thorndon refused to reappoint William Chevir, a key ally of Ormonde, as his deputy. Thorndon now abandoned any effort to mediate and declared himself to be on the Talbot side.
1444 James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond responded by declaring that Giles Thorndon was deemed to have vacated his office, and accused him of treasonable dealings with Thomas FitzGerald, Prior of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem at Kilmainham.