 He resigned the see to Thomas Spens on 8 January 1450.The later historian Hector Boece related that Bishop Vaus had gone to a great deal of effort to enable Spens to succeed him.Vaus seems to have lived for some time after his voluntary resignation of the see of Galloway, as it was said by Boece that Spens refrained from being styled as lord or bishop in the presence of the elderly Vaus.