[1] He married Joan, the daughter of Robert Bures (d. 1524) of Acton, Suffolk.
[1][2] By the marriage settlement agreed in January 1530 he received the manor and advowson of Up Cerne, Dorset from his parents.
[1] He occasionally attended Henry VIII's court, being present at the reception of Anne of Cleves in 1539.
[1] He was a JP in Dorset from 1536 and served in various administrative roles as a commissioner and as escheator.
[1] He died in January 1551, leaving his wife his manor house at Rushton, Up Cerne and his sheep and cattle for her life.