Much of his mayoralty was spent dealing with the effects of the plague, and his efforts earned him the appellation of "The Good Knight". "The European Magazine and London Review, Vol. 52" pg. 12 He died in 1588, at the age of 74, and was buried at St Mary-at-Hill;Thornbury, George Walter, and Valford, Edward "Old and New London" pg. 41 his wife lived until 1596, being buried in the same tomb.Targoff, Ramie "Posthumous Love: Eros and the Afterlife in Renaissance England" pp. 25 - 26 As he had died without issue, his estate at Abbott's Inn passed into the Altham family, who retained it until it was destroyed in the Great Fire of London. "Archaeologia: Or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity" pp. 408 - 410
