 He still maintained a few supporters and admirers, primarily, Sir Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy who appointed him as a chaplain, and Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk who appointed him vicar of Bere Regis and later, in 1606, Rector of Almer in Dorset.Bastard was married three times.He died impoverished in the debtor's prison at Allhallows parish, Dorchester, and was buried in parish churchyard.