Venn: Matric. pens, from St John's, Easter, 1605. Of Hertfordshire. B.A. 1609-10; M.A. 1613; B.D. 1620; D.D. 1639. Fellow, 1611. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) Oct. 21; priest, Oct. 22, 1617. R. of Grinstead-by-Ongar, Essex, 1617. Perhaps R. of Hevingham, Norfolk, 1622-5. R. of Heydon in 1628-52. Preb. of Norwich, 1628. R. of Hadstock, Essex, 1637; sequestered, 1644; restored, 1660-3. Archdeacon and preb. of Exeter, 1643; sequestered. R. of King's Ripton, Hunts., 1634-8. R. of Anstey, Herts., 1652-61. Canon residentiary of Exeter, 1660. R. of Uplowman, Devon, 1662-3. Dean of Exeter, 1662. Died 1663. Will, P.C.C; left £40 a year out of an estate at Fumeaux Pelham, Herts., for the benefit of the poor of Braughing, Herts. Probably brother of Henry (1623) and William (1612). (Clutterbuck, iii. 442.)