Foster: of co. Durham, sacerd. Queen's Coll., matric. 21 Nov., 1628, aged 15; B.A. from Brasenose Coll. 24 March, 1631-2; vicar of Alnham, Northumberland, 1636, and of Rotherham, Yorks, 1639-45, rector of Whalton, Northumberland, instituted 1645, and admitted 1661, minister of Bolton-in-Craven, Yorks, preacher of St. John's, Newcastle-on-Tyne, until his death 22 May, 1689; buried in his church or chapel. See Ath. iv. 256.
See 'John Shaw 1612/3-1689', which notes that he was not V. of Rotherham. For the latter, see 29397.