Venn: Matric. sizar from St John's, Easter, 1621; B.A. 1624-5; M.A. 1628. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) Jan. 26; priest, Jan. 27, 1628-9. V. of Bengeo, Herts., 1635. Intruded at Stanhope, Durham, during the Interregnum. Lecturer at St Nicholas, Newcastle, 1639. Master of the Grammar School, 1669-71. Buried at St Nicholas, Newcastle, June 27, 1671; 'minister.' Father of John (1679) below. (H. M. Wood;
Brand's Newcastle.)