After the Restoration, he was arrested for treasonable practices in October 1663; he was suspected of involvement in the "Yorkshire rising", also known as the Farnley Wood Plot, and held in the Tower of London (his grandfather was there before him).
Following the restoration, he was apprehended for treason in October 1663. He was suspected of participation in the Yorkshire uprising, also called the Farnley Wood Plot, and held at the Tower of London, a place his grandfather had previously been imprisoned.