He was a member of the special commission which on 24 October of that year tried John Lilburne. On 14 March 1655 he was placed with Sir George Booth and Sir William Brereton on the militia commission for Cheshire. Soon afterwards he was transferred from the court of common pleas to the upper bench, in which he sat with Lord-chief-justice John Glynne on the trial (9 February 1657) of Miles Sindercombe.[1]