 Failing to hold this post against the assaults of the Parliamentarians, he burned the house to the ground.Bard was also Governor of Worcester about 1643, and in October, 1646, he distinguished himself by being among the first to scale the ramparts, a feat which he is said to have performed at Naseby also.On 8 July 1646, he was created Baron Bard and Viscount Bellamont in the Kingdom of Ireland.