In 1537 he was removed from that position, after he had advocated for the legitimate status of Princess Mary; but he was reinstated in 1540.
[2] He ignored a summons home in late 1540, after letters to him from John Heliar were discovered.
With Seth Holland, his chaplain, he was the subject of an act of attainder, in 1542.
[4] In the will of Sir Robert Acton dated 24 September 1558 he is named as one of the Executors, despite the fact that Sir Robert expressed himself in terms consistent with his dying in the Protestant faith.
[5] In 1559, after the accession of Elizabeth I of England, he was deprived, and then imprisoned in the Tower of London.