After the English Restoration in 1660, on advice of Anne Wilmot, Countess of Rochester, Verney stood for Great Bedwyn, but was unsuccessful. He was appointed a Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer for the Norfolk circuit in July and a Commissioner of Assessment in August, serving in Buckinghamshire. For the latter county Verney was a Justice of the Peace as well as a Deputy Lieutenant. On 16 March 1661, King Charles II of England made him a Baronet, of Middle Claydon, in the County of Buckingham. A year later, he became a Commissioner of Sewers in Bedfordshire and was additionally a commissioner for loyal and indigent officers in the same county.