 In 1559 he was authorized to exercise the full jurisdiction of Lord Chancellor.In 1564 he fell temporarily into the royal disfavour and was dismissed from court, because Elizabeth suspected he was concerned in the publication of a pamphlet, "A Declaration of the Succession of the Crowne Imperial of Ingland," by John Hales, which favoured the claim of Lady Catherine Grey (sister of Lady Jane Grey) to the English throne.Bacon's innocence having been admitted, he was restored to favour, and replied to a writing by Sir Anthony Browne, who had again asserted the rights of the House of Suffolk to which Lady Catherine belonged.