 Though a Catholic, he is reported to have treated Protestants fairly.He made his will on 4 April 1558 and died at Monken Hadley on 28 August, leaving his wife as executrix and his eldest son as heir.He is said to have prepared the first printed edition of Glanvill’s "Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus regni Anglie" and in 1557 published the first textbook of English criminal law; "Les Plees del Coron".