 A second edition appeared in 1629, and another in 1676, Archbishop Abbot had caused the Latin original to be published for the first time in 1619 in London.In 1625, asked by George Abbot, he republished the defence of the church of England "Vindiciae Ecclesiae Anglicanae", first published in 1613 by Francis Mason, archdeacon of Norfolk.Brent's daughter Margaret married Edward Corbet of Merton College, a presbyterian, on whom Laud repeatedly refused to confer the living of Chartham.