In 1631, he was elected Master of Trinity College and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. At the outbreak of the English civil war, he sided with the royalists and was hounded by the Puritans, who imprisoned him in 1642 until his death on 28 February 1653.
In 1631, he was appointed Master of Trinity College and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. During the English civil war, he aligned with the royalists and faced persecution from the Puritans, who confined him in 1642 until his death on February 28, 1653.