Sent to England on 2 November 1588,[3] he was soon arrested, racked and tortured by Topcliffe, and hung up by the hands for twenty-four hours at a time and "bore all most patiently".
[4] Bales was tried and condemned for high treason on the charge of having been ordained beyond seas and coming to England to exercise his office.
[4] He was executed on 4 March 1590, "about Easter", in Fleet Street (London),[5] opposite Fetter Lane.
On the same day, Nicholas Horner was executed in Smithfield for having made Bales a jerkin, and Alexander Blake for lodging him in his house.
[4] Alexander Blake was an ostler convicted of aiding Bale and was hanged outside his own door at Gray's Inn Lane.