Venn: B.A. from PETERHOUSE, 1575-6. S. of Thomas, mercer, of London. M.A. 1579. Fellow, 1579-85. Incorp. at Oxford, 1583. Ord. priest (Peterb.) May 11, 1581. Adm. at Gray's Inn, Aug. 18, 1588. As a puritan he was suspended by Whitgift, and imprisoned in the Fleet for three years. Minister of St Anne's, Blackfriars, 1598-1622. Author, theological. Buried at St Anne's, Blackfriars, May 7, 1622. Will (P.C.C.) 1 622. Brother of the next and Timothy. (D.N.B.)