His father had been appointed as chief of Holmen in 1610 but fell ill and died shortly after his son was born.
Holmen had fallen into disrepair under his predecessor, Erik Ottesen Orning, and bringing it up to date was made difficult by rigshofmesteren Corfitz Ulfeldt's hiring of incompetent and dishonest suppliers.
Lindenov secretly briefed Christian IV about the situation through chancellery Secretary Otte Krag but it is not known how the king responded to the accusations.
After being accused of embezzlement, in February 1757, he was fired and expelled from the court by Frederick III.
Shortly after falling out of favor at the court, in 1657, he was granted the fief of Nykøbing Len and kept it until 1661.