 The clock which once occupied a gable of the house was saved and is now situated in the Boat Museum of Ellesmere Port.He studied law at the Inner Temple and before 1547 was elected Fellow of that institution, Bencher in 1556, Autumn Reader in 1557, Lent Reader in 1557 and was elected to the position of considerable trust of Treasurer in 1564.He served as JP of Devon and Dorset from about 1559, and as legal counsel to the town of Lyme Regis from about 1564.