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Joscelyn also published an edition of [[Gildas]]' work ''[[De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae]]'' in 1568,<ref name=DNB/> for which he wrote the preface.<ref name=McK46>McKisack ''Medieval History'' p. 46</ref> He also wrote a history of [[Corpus Christi College, Cambridge|Corpus Christi College]] at Cambridge that remained unpublished until 1880, 200 years after his death. He contributed extensively to Parker's ''[[A Testimonie of Antiquitie Shewing the Auncient Fayth in the Church of England]]'', the earliest printed book containing portions in Old English.<ref name=DNB/> Joscelyn also contributed a large part of Parker's ''De Antiquitate Britannicae'', published in 1572.<ref name=Graham422/>
In 1577, Parker's successor gave Joscelyn a rectory at [[Hollingbourne]], Kent, replacing the prebend at Hereford.<ref name=DNB/> He died on 28 December 1603, probably at High Roding, and was buried in All Saint's Church in High Roding where the inscription of his memorial brass survives.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1141272|desc=Parish Church of All Saints, High Roothing|grade=II*}}</ref> He never married.<ref name=DNB/>
Joscelyn's contributions to the study of Old English have been called "a significant contribution to the development of the study of the language".<ref name=Graham422/> The historian [[May McKisack]] called him a "man of great learning and a good servant to his master".<ref name=McK47>McKisack ''Medieval History'' p. 47</ref> Besides his dictionary and grammar, his working notebook also became part of the Cotton library, now manuscript Vitellius D.vii. Other of his manuscripts, either written or acquired by him, were either given to Corpus Christi College by Parker's heirs, or became parts of the [[British Library]] or the [[Bodleian Library]].<ref name=Graham422>Graham "Anglo-Saxon Studies" ''Companion to Anglo-Saxon Literature'' pp. 422–423</ref>
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