Venn: Matric. pens, from Trinity, Easter, 1611. 4th s. of Edmund, linen-draper. Bapt. July 15, 1595, at Sudbury, Suffolk. B.A. 1613-4; M.A. 1618. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) Mar. 1; priest, Mar. 2, 1617-8. V. of Haverhill, Suffolk. V. of Terling, Essex, 1624-31, ejected. Emigrated to New England, June 5, 1632. Pastor at Roxbury, Mass., 1632. A vehement opponent of the Antinomians, active in the Cambridge, Mass., synod of ministers, 1637. Collaborated with Rev. John Eliot and Rev. Richard Mather in compiling a psalter, published at Cambridge, Mass., 1640. Agent for Massachusetts in London, 1641-6; visited Laud in the Tower, claiming redress for former grievances. Recalled to New England, 1646, but did not return. R. of St Mary, Gateshead, Durham, 1649-60. Author, controversial. Died Mar. 23, 1660-1. (D.N.B.; J. G. Bartlett.)