In 1595 he was sent by Sir Robert Sidney, governor of Flushing, to lobby for resources for Flushing and to find out what what going on at the court and to relay to him the latest political gossip.
In 1595 he was sent by Sir Robert Sidney, who had been appointed as governor of Flushing (Vlissingen in the Netherlands). His role was to lobby for resources for Flushing and to find out what what going on at the court and to relay to him the latest political gossip.