sentences:  Palmer prospered at the Restoration, being made Attorney General on 31 May 1660, and bencher of the Middle Temple the next month.He was knighted on 1 June 1660, created a baronet on 7 June 1660, and serjeant-at-law in October 1660.During this period, he was active as counsel to the crown and in prosecutions, particularly that of the regicides in 1662.