 The Queen agreed and the three petitioners were imprisoned in the Fleet Prison.They were soon released, after having made an abject apology to the Queen and the Lord Deputy, although they did not drop their opposition to the cess.His last years seem to have been peaceful enough, apart from a dispute with the Lord Justice of Ireland, Sir Henry Wallop, in 1584 over the right of Skurlock's sons to take possession of the manors of
Skurlockstown and Ifernack.