Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Richardot ba da daɗewa ba zai bi misalin jihohin Artois, Hainaut da Lille, Douai da Orchies kuma su sulhunta da sabon Gwamna Janar, Alexander Farnese. Har ma ya rubuta wani harin satirical a kan William the Silent, wanda aka buga ba tare da izini ba a matsayin "Le Renart decouvert" (Mons: Rutger Velpius, 1580). Farnese ya yi sauri ya gane basirar Richardot, ya tabbatar da zama memba na Majalisar Privy a 1580 kuma ya ga an nada shi a matsayin shugaban Majalisar Artois a 1581. Ofaya daga cikin nasarorin sa na farko shi ne shawo kan Jihohin Artois don karɓar dawowar rukunin Mutanen Espanya daga Sojojin Flanders. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka Philip II ya ba Richardot daraja. A ranar 26 ga Fabrairu, 1583, an nada shi mai ba da shawara na Majalisar Jiha, mafi girma daga cikin Councils na Collateral kuma a matsayin haka yana da alhakin ba da shawara kan al'amuran jihar. Farnese ya yi amfani da Richardot a yawancin tattaunawar da ta tabbatar da sulhu tsakanin garuruwa a Flanders da Brabant. Daga cikin waɗannan akwai Ypres, Bruges, Ghent, Brussels da Antwerp
Ka yi haƙuri. An kuma sanya shi a matsayin shugaban tawagar da ta sadu da wakilan Sarauniya Elizabeth I a Bourbourg a 1587, a cikin ƙoƙarin da aka yi don kawo ƙarshen tashin hankali tsakanin Ingila da Spain. A halin yanzu, Farnese ya aika da Richardot sau biyu zuwa kotun Madrid. Ayyukansa a 1583-1584 shine don samun karin mutane da kudi don yaki a Netherlands. A shekara ta 1589 an aiko shi don bayyana gazawar Farnese don mamaye Ingila tare da Armada na Spain.