He was imprisoned several times in the Tower of London due to his faith, and his book No Cross, No Crown (1669), which he wrote while in prison, has become a Christian classic.
Несколько раз он отбывал заключение в Тауэре, и его книга «Без креста нет короны» (1669 г.), которую он написал, находясь в тюрьме, стала классикой христианской литературы.