Venn: Matric. pens. from St John's, Easter, 1612. Of Lancs. B.A. 1615-6; M.A. 1619; B.D. 1627; D.D. 1631. Fellow, 1618. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) May 15; priest, May 16, 1625. R. of Methley, Yorks., 1625-48. Doubtless 2nd s. of John, of Lowick, Lancs. (Lancs. Vis. 1664.)
Selected as a naval chaplain in 1626 and served on the 'Vanguard' (BL, Add. MS 37816, fo. 143v; TNA, SP 16/36/10); served on the 'Red Lion' as one of two naval chaplains on the Re expedition of 1627 (CSPD 1627-8, p. 507; 1628-9, p. 40); listed as preacher on the 'Convertive' in 1632, on the 'Charles' in 1634, and again on the 'Vanguard' in 1635 (National Maritime Museum, JOD/1/1); left £50 in 1640 in the will of Sir John Pennington (BL, Egerton MS 2533, fo. 97). We owe all these references to Dr Andrew Thrush.