 He did return to Ireland as Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer in 1395, but he seems to have served in that office for little more than a year before returning to England, where he remained for the rest of his life.He acted regularly as a justice of the peace, and sat on numerous commissions for the peace, especially in Essex, where he became a major landowner, acquiring the manors of Writtle, Great Finborough and Stanford Rivers.He also had a London house in the parish of St Mary le Strand.