[3] Following the dissolution of the monasteries, he was briefly a chaplain to King Henry VIII.

[6] He was nominated Bishop of Sodor and Man in January 1546 and consecrated at Old St Paul's Cathedral on 14 February 1546 by bishops Bonner, Chetham and Hodgkins.

[7][8] He continued to hold the deanery of Chester in commendam for another year before resigning the post by 31 May 1547.

[4][5] After the accession of Queen Mary I, he was deprived of the see and his predecessor Thomas Stanley was restored in 1555 or 1556.

[9][10] Henry died on 19 October 1556 and was buried at St Andrew Undershaft, London.