in the 7, 13, 22, and 34 years of her reign;[7] and in the 20th, she nominated him a commissioner with others, to inquire concerning the draining of The Fens through Cloughs Cross and so to the sea.

Mark Noble comments that he had heard that the house of Ramsey was only the lodge of that magnificent pile, and converted by Sir Henry into a dwelling-house.

[12] This excellent character is given of him, "he was a worthy gentleman, both in court and country, and universally esteemed";[13] and which his merit justly deserved.

[24] He married secondly, Susan Weeks (d. 1592), by whom he had no issue,[3] who bore for her arms azure a lion rampant checky argent and gules.

On 4 April 1593, in the court presided over by justice Fenner, John Samwell, his wife and daughter were found guilty of causing the death of Joan through witchcraft and executed a few days later (see the Witches of Warboys case).

[28] An indication of the funeral pomp used at his interment can be found by the charges of the heralds, which were the same as those incurred at the burial of some of the greatest knights of his day.