mother Elizabeth (his father's sole executor) held the two manors of Flixton late Priory and Flixton Boyse as, or with, her jointure estate.

As administrator, Elizabeth Tasburgh faced suits for her husband's debts, and she soon remarried to Francis Clovell, Armiger, of Cloville Hall (Fullers) in West Hanningfield, Essex, and now of South Elmham. Clovell became embroiled in lawsuits with the family concerning the Flixton estates, and by early 1563 was dead: by 1565 Elizabeth was again remarried,