 In 1613, he purchased the manor of Nympsfield, Gloucestershire, with Luke Garnon.He was counsel for the city of Gloucester in 1614, and in 1615 he was made a bencher of the Inner Temple.In 1622, he served as counsel for Exeter in a successful attempt to block the inclusion of Bishop Valentine Carey in the city's commission of the peace, and was engaged as counsel by Lord Zouche.