[1] With the accession of Edward VI to the throne of England Argentine participated in the consequential enthusiasm for protestantism.
The 2nd Baron originally persuaded the Ipswich elite to declare Lady Jane Grey Queen of England.
[3] He delivered a lecture at both Oxford and Cambridge universities arguing that the study of Arabic would help the development of medicine.
[4] A manuscript of his lecture, Ad Oxonienses et Cantabrigienses pro lingua Arabica beneficio principum restituenda has been preserved in the Bodleian Library.
The later he gained from the sponsorship of Robert Wingfield,[5] an ardent local catholic who had he played host at his Ipswich home to Queen Mary during her journey to London.
Argentine is mentioned in Foxe's Book of Martyrs in relation to the persecution of Agnes Wardall in July 1556.