He was summoned to Parliament as a member of the House of Lords the first time 9 September 1400, the year of his father's death.
[1] There are no records of military service, unlike his father and grandfather.
He died on 18 May 1409 and was buried on family estates, in Halstead, Essex.
Firstly to Margaret, the widow of Sir John Sutton but had no issue.
Following her death, he married Idoine Lovet (d. 12 September 1410), widow of John Glevant, by whom he had one child and sole heiress: