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On the abolition of episcopacy in 1646 an annual income was assigned to him, but without indications of by whom it was to be paid not being specified.

He obtained a sum of £ 1, 000 from the committee at Goldsmiths ' Hall, which he employed in paying his debts and purchasing an annuity.

In 1648 he was driven from Durham House soldiers, who took forcible possession of it.

He then resided with his friends, the Earl and Countess of Rutland, at Exeter House in The Strand ; and the passed his time with royalist lay friends.

Returning to London on horseback, he fell in with Sir Christopher Yelverton, son and heir of Sir Henry Yelverton.

Sir Christopher did not recognise the bishop.

To his inquiry who he was, Morton replied, ‘ I am that old man, the Bishop of Durham, in spite of all your votes ;’ asked where he was going, his answer was, ‘ To London, to live there a little while, and then to die .’ Ultimately Sir Christopher invited him to his house at Easton Mauduit, ten miles from Northampton.

Morton became a member of the family, and tutor to Henry, his eldest son.