Venn: Matric. sizar from Christ's, Feb. 1579-80. 4th s. of Adam, of Grainhouse, Giggleswick, Yorks. B. there. School, Giggleswick. B.A. from St Catharine's, 1582-3; M.A. 1586. V. of Alnwick, Northumberland, 1590-3. Died 1593. Brother of Robert (1578). (Peile, 1. 158; J. Parker.)