Venn: Adm. pens, (age 18) at St John's, May 25, 1654. S. of Henry, yeoman, of Newcastle, Northumberland. Bapt. Apr. 2, 1637, at St John's, Newcastle. School, Barwick (William Webb). Matric. 1654; B..A. 1657-8; M.A. 1661. Fellow, 1661. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) June 3;
priest, June 7, 1662.