Editing Francis Lovelace (section)

===Return to England===
Lovelace, whose property in New York had been confiscated by the Dutch, was sent home in disgrace to England.<ref name="newenglandhistoricalsociety"/> The Duke of York, blaming Lovelace for the loss of his namesake colony, confiscated his plantation on [[Staten Island]] and his English estates for a £7,000 debt. In January 1675 he was committed to the [[Tower of London]], where he was interrogated by commissioners.  His answers were deemed unacceptable, but no further proceedings were brought against him. He contracted [[dropsy]] and, because of his health, was released in April.  He went to live at [[Woodstock, Oxfordshire]] and died, in [[penury]], by 22 December 1675 when [[intestacy|administration]] of his estate was granted to his brother Dudley.<ref name="yale"/>

The third new Governor of New York after Francis Lovelace was [[John Lovelace, 4th Baron Lovelace]] of [[Hurley, Berkshire|Hurley]] – no kin to Francis of the Bethersden Lovelaces. Early genealogists confused Francis with an identically named son of [[Richard Lovelace, 1st Baron Lovelace]] of Hurley, due to a pamphlet issued at the time of his appointment mistakenly asserting that he was the brother of the said Richard. The confusion has also spread to more modern historians.