Venn: Adm. sizar (age 16) at St John's, Jan. 26, 1631-2. S. of Robert, shoemaker, of St Ives, Hunts. B. there. School, St Ives (private). Matric. 1632; Scholar, 1634; B.A. 1635-6; M.A. 1639; B.D. (Oxford) 1642; D.D. (Cambridge) 1661 [Lit. Reg.]. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) Feb. 18, 1637-8; priest, Dec. 22, 1639. R. of Aynhoe, Northants., 1646-62, ejected, retired to Oundle. R. of Tatlenhill, Staffs., 1660-2. Author, Iter Boreale, and other poems. Buried at Oundle, July 30, 1679. Will (P.C.C.) 1680. Doubtless father of the next and of John (1663). (Al. Oxen.; D.N.B.; J. Ch. Smith.)