Leicester had also taken other steps that were ill-judged.

West Friesland had for many years been united to Holland and was known as the North-Quarter.

The governor-general, however, appointed Sonoy Stadholder of West Friesland, and was thus infringing the rights and jurisdiction of Maurice of Nassau.

Maurice also held the post of Admiral-General of Holland and Zeeland, but Leicester took it upon himself to create three distinct Admiralty Colleges, those of Holland, Zeeland, and the North-Quarter, thus further dividing authority in a land where greater unity was the chief thing to be aimed at.

Leicester was equally unwise in the part he took in regard to religious matters.