the last mention of him as clerk occurs on 13 june 1553, and there can be little doubt that he lost his office on queen mary’s accession. he also lost his seat in parliament, and possibly a post in the customs which he had bought, and of which, as he subsequently complained to cecil, he was deprived without compensation. in 1554 he was, however, granted by the crown the manor of milton grange, bedfordshire, in milton bryan. he also acquired lands in kentish town and at lydd, kent, and subsequently leased belsize park, hampstead, which he made his home, from the dean and chapter of st. paul’s. on 17 december 1555 he was summoned to account for 800"l". paid him by sir andrew judd. waad does not appear to have been restored to the clerkship of the council on the accession of elizabeth; but on 15 april 1559 he was sent on a mission as ambassador to the duke of holstein. he was instructed to seek increased facilities for english merchants in the duke’s dominions, to report on his relations with the free cities in his duchy, to offer elizabeth’s aid in repressing the attempts of the said ‘stades’ to recover their liberties and to suggest ‘some further intelligence’ between the duke and england for the purpose of maintaining the augsburg confession. in june 1562 he was sent to rye to muster six hundred men for service at havre, and to collect information about the movements of french parties and the readiness of the huguenots to accept english help. in december he requested a grant of the salt marshes between lydd and the mouth of the camber, with license to enclose them. in 1566 he was engaged in examining at the tower cornelius de alneto or lannoy, an alchemist who had failed to redeem his promise of manufacturing gold for the queen’s service.