 He was first keeper of Woking Park, including the Palace, and in 1620 acquired it from a cash-strapped crown for a rent of £100 a year and the duty of serving the first dish to the king on a feast on St James's Day.The king when at Oatlands Palace often came to Hoe Bridge Place for revels with Zouch playing the fool, singing bawdy songs and telling bawdy tales.In 1631, not long before he died, his tenants set forth a long list of grievances and exploitations by Zouch, and after contributing to the maintenance of Old Woking church, his will requested that he was to be buried at night.