1 , ▁Mal ory ▁and ▁ 1 9 ▁others ▁were ▁ordered ▁to ▁be ▁arrested . ▁Nothing ▁came ▁of ▁this ▁and , ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁months , ▁Mal ory ▁and ▁his ▁coh ort s ▁alleg edly ▁committed ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁cr imes , ▁especially ▁violent ▁rob ber ies , ▁rising ▁past ▁ 1 0 0 . ▁At ▁one ▁point , ▁he ▁was ▁arrested ▁and ▁imprison ed ▁in ▁Max st oke ▁Castle , ▁but ▁he ▁escaped , ▁sw am ▁the ▁mo at , ▁and ▁returned ▁to ▁New bold ▁Re vel . ▁Most ▁of ▁these ▁cr imes , ▁if ▁they ▁occurred , ▁seem ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁target ed ▁at ▁the ▁property ▁and ▁follow ers ▁of ▁the ▁Duke ▁of ▁Buck ingham . ▁Mal ory ▁was ▁a ▁supp orter ▁of ▁the ▁family ▁of ▁Buck ingham ' s ▁former ▁rival , ▁the ▁Duke ▁of ▁War wick , ▁so ▁there ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁political ▁mot ive ▁behind ▁either ▁Mal ory ' s ▁attacks ▁( ass uming ▁that ▁he ▁committed ▁them ) ▁or ▁Buck ingham ▁and ▁others ▁bringing ▁charges ▁against ▁him . ▁It ▁is ▁possible ▁that ▁Mal ory ' s ▁enemies ▁tried ▁to ▁s land er ▁him , ▁and ▁there ▁is ▁evidence ▁that ▁the ▁Duke ▁of ▁Buck ingham ▁was ▁Mal ory ' s ▁long - time ▁enemy . ▁ ▁Mal ory ▁finally ▁came ▁to ▁trial ▁on ▁ 2 3 ▁August ▁ 1 4 5 1 , ▁in ▁N une aton , ▁a ▁town ▁in ▁the ▁heart land ▁of ▁Buck ingham ' s ▁power ▁and ▁a ▁place ▁where ▁Mal ory ▁found