which he held by patent for life with reversion to his second son, were cashiered. Gondomar, he observed, 'did term patents the common faith.' Yet he claimed to have governed more cheaply than any of his predecessors, no money having been remitted from England during his whole term of office, and he had increased the revenue by 14,000_l._ He had acquired no land for himself, and we may probably dismiss as mere scandal the statement that he had a share in the nefarious profits of certain pirates. He cannot, however, be considered a successful viceroy, and the querulous tone of his letters has prejudiced historians against him.[166] [Sidenote: Falkland falsely accused, 1631.] Falkland was an unpopular man, and many objections were made to him. He was accused of conspiring with Sir Dominic Sarsfield, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, to procure the condemnation of one Bushell, a man of eighty, for the murder of his wife with intent to divide his property between them. Falkland brought this case before the Star Chamber, Lord Mountnorris being one of the defendants. He had said that the Lord Deputy 'would not suffer the King's servants to enjoy their places.' Falkland succeeded completely after a trial which lasted several days. Wentworth, who gave judgment in his favour, exonerated Mountnorris, who was only proved to have said that the Deputy's government was tyrannical and that he prevented the King's servants from enjoying their places. 'My Lord Mountnorris,' said Wentworth, 'I acquit: every word must not rise up in judgment against a man.'[167] [Sidenote: Youthful escapade of Lucius Cary.] One of Falkland's later acts was to give a company to his eldest son Lucius, who was under twenty, and the Lords Justices who succeeded him transferred the command to Sir F. Willoughby, who was an excellent soldier. Young Cary admitted this, but added 'I know no reason why therefore you should have my company any more than why therefore you should have my breeches,' and so challenged him to fight. Willoughby said he had specified that he had rather not have this particular company or that of Sir Charles Coote. The duel did not take place, but Cary spent ten days in the Fleet, whence he was released on his father petitioning the King.[168] [Sidenote: Cork and Loftus Lords Justices, 1629-1633.]