 He died without issue in 1671, his brother George being his heir, but before his death he had made a conveyance of Marden, together with the manor of Flower in this parish, to one Mary Gittings, with whom he had lived for several years prior to his death.She sold the manor in 1672 to Robert Clayton (afterwards Sir Robert) and John Morris, partners in business.Morris afterwards released to Clayton, in whose family Marden remained until it was sold shortly before 1911 to Sir Walpole Greenwell.