Venn: Matric. sizar from Christ's, Mar. 1580-1; Scholar; B.A. 1584-5; M.A. 1588. Head Master of Ashby de-la-Zouch School till about 1619. Suspended for his Puritan opinions. Went to London and lectured there. He taught also at Great Yarmouth. He married a sister of Bishop Joseph Hall. Author, Ludus Literarius, and other nscholastic works. Father of the next. (D.N.B.; Peile, 1. 162.)