VENN: Matric. sizar from KING'S, c. 1595. B. in Lancaster. B.A. 1598-9; M.A. 1606. Ord. deacon (London) Feb. 24, 1604-5, age 27, ;C. of St Dionys Backchurch;; priest, May 26, 1605. R. of Weeley, Essex, 1607-c. 1654. Father of the next.
When ordained deacon (Feb. 1604/5) and priest (May 1605) described as Schoolmaster in house of the bishop of London; constituted to serve cure of St Dionisius Backchurch, London.