 He was summoned to London by the Protector in 1654, but excused himself on the ground of ill-health.He was named by the Council of England that year on the Committee for authorising admissions to the ministry in Perth, Fife, and Angus.On the establishment of Episcopacy he was removed from 
his charge September 1661, confined to Musselburgh and subsequently to Kirkcaldy (where he was for three years and a half), and 
afterwards at Meikle Couston, parish of Aberdour, Fife, where he died 27 August 1666, and was buried in the churchyard of Aberdour.