 Godwin, who supported a large family and was chronically penniless, immediately saw in Shelley a source of his financial salvation.He wrote asking for more particulars about Shelley's income and began advising him to reconcile with Sir Timothy.Meanwhile, Sir Timothy's patron, the Duke of Norfolk, a former Catholic who favoured Catholic emancipation, was also vainly trying to reconcile Sir Timothy and his son, whose political career the Duke wished to encourage.