Later Life
In 1686 Ketch was sent to prison for "affronting" a sheriff. His job was taken by his assistant, Paskah Rose, formerly a butcher. Rose was arrested after only four months in his office for robbery. Ketch was reappointed in his place and hanged his own assistant at Tyburn.
He died towards the close of 1686.
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