 It has been suggested that his dismissal was the cause of his later opposition to the Crown, whether or not this is true, it is clear that by 1560 the authorities, especially Lord Deputy of Ireland, Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, already regarded him as a troublemaker.From the 1550s on he was consistent in his opposition to the levying of "cess" (a tax to fund the military garrisons in the Pale).His enemy Henry Sidney later said that Barnaby had made a fortune as Attorney General.