Commons 1558-1603

J.p. Mon. from c. 1573, under-sheriff 1566 – 67, sheriff 1577–8.

Servant to (Sir) Francis Walsingham; member, Barber Surgeons’ Co. 1579, master 1615; servant to (Sir) Thomas Heneage by 1590; post at Chester 1590, confirmed 1599; duchy of Lancaster feodary in Northants. 1591; bailiff of Long Buckby 1591 – 92; steward of Ormskirk 1594; master forester, Amounderness 1594; ‘solicitor by patent’ to Hull by Oct. 1596; dep. (to William Lambarde) keeper of recs. in the Tower 1601, keeper 1601 – 02; esquire of the body to Q. Elizabeth and James I; bailiff, manor of Elton 1604 – 24; alderman of London 1614, sheriff 1614 – 15; gov. of Irish soc. 1616 – 22; member, Grocers’ Co. 1622; ld. mayor of London 1622–3.VCH Hunts. ii. 92; iii. 160; Collins, Peerage, ix. 137; Young, Annals of the Barber Surgeons, 532–3; CSP Dom. 1581–90, p. 663; APC, xxix. 590; Somerville, Duchy, i. 507, 509, 590; Cheshire Sheaf (ser. 3), vii. 94; Chambers, Eliz. Stage, i. 65; HMC Hatfield, vi. 350–1, 436; Queen’s Coll. Oxf. mss 155, pp. 247–8; Beaven, Aldermen, i. 74, 193; ii. 53.VCH Hunts. ii. 92; iii. 160; Collins, Peerage, ix. 137; Young, Annals of the Barber Surgeons, 532–3; CSP Dom. 1581–90, p. 663; APC, xxix. 590; Somerville, Duchy, i. 507, 509, 590; Cheshire Sheaf (ser. 3), vii. 94; Chambers, Eliz. Stage, i. 65; HMC Hatfield, vi. 350–1, 436; Queen’s Coll. Oxf. mss 155, pp. 247–8; Beaven, Aldermen, i. 74, 193; ii. 53."