 On New Year's day 1596 he produced a performance of "Titus Andronicus" and a masque written by his brother-in-law Sir Edward Wingfield at his house at Burley-on-the-Hill.A contemporary noted that he paid for the extravagant household, horses, and hunting of his daughter Lucy and the Earl of Bedford, and was forced to lease out his lands on unfavourable terms to raise money.On 23 April 1603 he entertained King James I on his journey from Scotland at Burley with dinner and a welcoming speech written by Samuel Daniel.