He resided primarily in Ireland and was summoned by writ to the Irish House of Lords on 11 March 1613/1614.

Before 28 August 1584, he married Lucy Mervyn, who died before April 1610,[2] only daughter of Sir James Marvyn (1529–1611) and his first wife Amy Clarke[3] from Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire.

[4] They had seven children: On 29 August 1611, at St. Mary-le-Strand, Middlesex, he married his second wife, Elizabeth Noel (died 1644), the daughter of Sir Andrew Noel (died 1607) and his wife, née Mabel Harington.

[1] The administration of his will was granted to his daughter Eleanor, wife of Sir Archibald Douglas.

His widow married Sir Piers Crosby on 6 March 1618/19, and was living in 1644.