Adam de Harvington, also called Adam de Herwynton was a fourteenth-century Crown official and judge who had a successful career in both England and Ireland. He held office as Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer and Lord Treasurer of Ireland, and as Chancellor of the Exchequer of England, and acquired considerable wealth.
Harvington, Worcestershire, Adam's birthplace, present day
Pershore Abbey, of which Adam, whose cousin was the Abbot, was a notable benefactor
Adam's patron Guy de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick: he is depicted standing over the body of his enemy Piers Gaveston
Frankley, Worcestershire, present-day; Adam held the manor of Frankley
Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer
The Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer was the Baron (judge) who presided over the Irish Court of Exchequer. This was a mirror of the equivalent court in England, and was one of the four courts which sat in the building in Dublin which is still called The Four Courts.
The Four Courts in Dublin.
Chief Baron Palles