 In 1558 he was returned to Parliament for the first and only time, succeeding William Faunt in that office; Faunt would later marry one of his daughters by his first wife Jane.It is speculated that he owed this position in part to patronage from Sir Edward Hastings, who had recently been elevated to the peerage and was Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household.In 1559, his seat in the Commons went to Adrian Stokes, the new husband of Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk.