Venn: as WETHERHIRD, Adm. sizar (age 20) at Caius, June 29, 1612. S. of John, husbandman, deceased, of Long Preston, Yorks. School, Giggleswick. Matric. 1612; B.A. 1615-6. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) Mar. 1; priest. Mar. 2, 1617-8. Licensed schoolmaster at Sutton, Cambs., 1618. V. of Wentworth, 1619-43. Minister at Chettisham, in 1649 and 1659; he had been referred to the Assembly of Divines for this parish, Dec. 4, 1646. {Venn, i. 218.)