 He lived at this time in a house called "The Fort" in Stroud.He subsequently lived at Gloucester, and from about 1785 to 1794 was employed as the editor of Ralph Bigland's county history, "Historical, Monumental, and Genealogical Collections relative to the County of Gloucester", which had been left unpublished at Bigland's death.He saw two volumes into print, but the arrangement ended when he quarrelled acrimoniously with Bigland's son, Richard.