 In 1319, it was assumed he was dead but he returned to his estates after the Earl of Lancaster's execution following defeat at the Battle of Boroughbridge on 16 March 1322.He was convicted and imprisoned in Kenilworth Castle, and later Pontefract Castle, before he was released in 1324.Rather than killing his wife's husband at Newton-le-Willows, it was Sir William Bradshaw who was slain there on 16 August 1333 in a fight with members of the Radcliffe family.