 In 1548 he obtained a grant of arms for his father and in 1549 one for himself, quartering Cordell with his mother's Webb.In 1553 he was appointed Solicitor General, a position he held until 1557 when he became Master of the Rolls and a member of the Privy Council.In 1554 he was appointed to the commission of the peace for the counties of Essex and Suffolk, adding Middlesex in 1561 and sitting on all for life.