 His son Robert (1680?–1708) bequeathed to the bishopric of Lincoln the advowson of the rectory of Adstock, which had been purchased by his grandfather.Anthony Wood says of Sharrock that he was considered "learned in divinity, in the civil and common law, and very knowing in vegetables".Historic interest attaches to his "History of the Propagation and Improvement of Vegetables", Oxford, 1660, 1666, 1672, his first published book, as the results of the researches of an early student of natural science, especially botany.