Career
He was a Member (Member of Parliament) of the Parliament of England for Downton in 1601 and Cumberland 1614. In John Aubrey"s Brief Lives a fragment about Penruddock states that "(lieutenant was a) capital (offence) for a native Irishman to come to Dublin without a passe. Sir.. espying.
. went into the corne.
. found him and hung him up immediately", the source being given as "Mr Anderson", with a note saying that this was a fragment on the "severity of the penal laws", and Mr Anderson was an informant on Irish matters in the life of Richard Boyle, Earl of Cork.
