Archbishop of Armagh, and shortly to be Archbishop of Dublin; and the favour he showed towards Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare aroused resentment among the other members of the Anglo-Irish nobility. On his return, a vengeful Earl of Sussex brought articles of impeachment against him, but these were ignored; in later years his interest in politics was mainly local. From 1572 he again served until his death as MP for Gloucestershire. He died at the end of 1580, and was buried at Churcham. Character and religion He was an exceptionally devout Protestant and, although he outwardly welcomed the accession of the Catholic Queen Mary, was suspected of involvement with Wyatt's Rebellion. He was twice committed to the Tower of London, but nothing could be proved against him, and for the last two years of Mary's reign he was allowed to live on his estates. The informer William Thomas claimed that he had discussed Mary's assassination with Arnold, but at Wyatt's trial the Crown accepted that the conspirators has aimed only at preventing the Queen's marriage to Philip II of Spain, and had not planned to kill her. In personality he was described as a "hard, iron, pitiless man", but resolute and hard-working. Most of his leisure time was dedicated to horse breeding, and he was credited with doing much to improve English bloodstock. Marriages He married twice: Firstly, Margaret Denys, daughter of Sir William Denys (1470–1533) of Dyrham, Gloucestershire. Secondly, Margaret Isham, daughter and co-heir of John Isham of Bryanstown and widow of Nicholas Hore of Harpersdown, Wexford. He had two sons and a daughter by his first marriage and one son by his second. His granddaughter Dorothy, daughter of his eldest son Rowland, was the first wife of Thomas Lucy, son of the courtier Sir Thomas Lucy, famous for his clashes with the young William Shakespeare. Notes, citations, and sources Notes Citations Sources 1507 births 1580 deaths 16th-century Anglo-Irish people English knights English MPs 1559 English MPs 1563–1567 English MPs 1571 English MPs 1572–1583 High Sheriffs of Gloucestershire Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Cricklade Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Gloucester People associated with the Dissolution of the Monasteries People from Forest of Dean District