 Many strong accusations, some amounting to fraudulent misgovernment, were made against his running of the diocese to the archbishop of Canterbury in 1585.His answers to the charges were satisfactory, though he was obliged to admit his comparative poverty, and that he had placed his son in jail.In 1593 he purchased from the Brett family the estates of Pilland, Upcott, Beara and Cladovin all in the parish of Pilton in North Devon.