Venn: B.A. from CHRIST'S, 1604. S. of Edward (above), R. of Kelshall, Herts. M.A. 1608; B.D. 1616; D.D. 1630. Fellow, 1610-23. Ord. priest (London) Dec. 1610. Chaplain to Lord Chancellor Bacon. Held the rectory of St Laurence Dengie, Essex, with vicarage of Kelvedon, Essex, 1620. R. of Little Cressingham, Norfolk, 1622; and of Gt Cressingham, 1627-44, ejected. Died c. 1644. Father of John (1646). (Peile, I. 236.)