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. After Fitzwalter's attempt to kill

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in 1212, Baynard was required to give his son to the king as hostage in 1213. But Baynard continued to oppose John. Baynard was seated at

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, and was specially constituted a justice for a single occasion in November 1226.

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* ;Attribution Year of death missing 13th-century English judges People from Breckland District English civil servants 13th-century English landowners 1226 births {{England-law-bio-stub