He acted as deputy to Sir Thomas Gardiner , Recorder of London , during the reign of Charles I .
After Sir 's death the King had given him an order for a grant of the office of Prothonotary of South Wales .
He acted as deputy to Sir Thomas Gardiner , Recorder of London , during the reign of Charles I and after Gardiner 's death the King had given him an order for a grant of the office of Prothonotary of South Wales .