He was a gentleman usher to Queen Elizabeth and King James.
In 1586 he visited Mary, Queen of Scots at Chartley and Fotheringhay and reported on her custody by Amias Paulet.
Paulet was grateful for his help but attributed improvements in his allowance to Francis Walsingham.
[11] Florence Stallinge rescued and fed her tenants and neighbours in the upper floors of Kenn Court during the great floods of 1607.
Horses were stabled in the great hall, standing in floodwater.