In 1597 appointed coroner of the Sheading of Ayre in which Lezayre is situated in 1587 appointed Clerk of the Parish of Kirk Andreas by Henry then Earl of Derby and Lord of Man; in 1592 appointed Clerk of the Parish of Lezayre; in 1593 was member of House of Keys (Lower House of the Manx Parliment), mention- ed as a member in 1595.