Venn: Matric. sizar from Christ's, Nov. 1570. Possibly s. of Thomas, V. of Eccles, Lancs, (but see note under Henry (1587)). B. at Salford, Lancs. B.A. 1574-5; M.A. 1578; B.D. 1585; D.D. 1598. Incorp. at Oxford, 1585. Ord. deacon and priest (Lincoln) July 5, 1580. R. of Tichmarch, Northants., 1583-1631. Preb. of Peterborough, 1605-30. Preb. of Lincoln, 1605-26. Buried May 30, 1632, at Tichmarch. Father of Thomas (1609), James (1612), Dove (1624) and Henry (1626), brother of Henry (1587) and John (1575). (Peile, 1. 116; Al Oxon.; H. I. Longden.)