He was elected knight of the shire (MP) for Derbyshire in 1572. In 1576 Talbot and his wife stayed at Goodrich Castle in Herefordshire and sent his father a gift of local produce, a Monmouth cap, Ross boots, and perry.Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History, vol. 2 (London, 1791), pp. 152-4. On 1 May 1578 Talbot was walking in the tiltyard, the tournament ground, at Greenwich Palace, and by chance saw Queen Elizabeth at the window of the gallery overlooking the yard, in her nightgown. Later she slapped him on the forehead and told the Lord Chamberlain, Earl of Sussex about the morning's incident. Talbot saw this as a mark of favour and wrote to his father about it.Edmund Lodge, Illustrations of British History, vol. 2 (London, 1791), p. 170.
