 He inherited his father's business and museum upon the former's death on 31 October 1679, and provided for his younger brother and sister.In 1683, he was prosecuted as a nonconformist.Evidently this was not a great setback since in 1684 he "took his freedom" of (joined) the Eastland and Hamburgh Companies, two of the five regulated companies for foreign commerce (the others being the Muscovy, Levant and African Companies).