Venn: Matric. sizar from QUEENS', Easter, 1620. Of Northamptonshire. B. at Oundle. B.A. 1623-4; M.A. 1627; D.D. (Oxford) 1642. R. of Hadham, Herts. V. of Gretton, Northants., 1640. R. of Wold, 1643. Chaplain to the Earl of Northampton. Poet and dramatist. His Rival Friends was acted before the King and Queen on their visit to Cambridge, Mar. 22, 1631-2. Died in Banbury Castle, 1645, during the siege. (D.N.B.; Cooper, Annals; H. G. Harrison.)