From about 1591 to 1601 he was JP for Worcestershire and was High Sheriff of Worcestershire from 1591 to 1592. He was knighted in 1592. In August 1594 he travelled to Stirling Castle as an attendant of the Earl of Sussex, representing Queen Elizabeth at the baptism of Prince Henry.Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 11 (Edinburgh, 1936), p. 418.
