[1] Darcy many years later recalled that he and Kent lodged with John Estrete, the Deputy Chief Baron, to study those legal texts, notably the Treatise on Tenures by Thomas de Littleton, and Estrete's own text Natura Brevium, (now lost), a knowledge of which was necessary to allow a student to proceed to the English Inns of Court and qualify as a barrister.
[1] During the holidays they visited the home of Philip Bermingham, the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, to learn dancing and how to play the harp; these were not simply recreations but were an essential part of a young lawyer's education.
[2] The appointment suggests that Kent was a protégé of Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, who had been restored to favour after a period of disgrace, due to his unsuccessful efforts to place two pretenders on the English throne.
Kildare obtained from King Henry VII the right to appoint all Irish judges and law officers except the Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
[3] In 1508 he was chosen to be a member of the new Guild of the Fraternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the House of St. Thomas the Martyr.