, younger brother of the preceding, was born at Vache, May 8, 1543, came to Oxford in 1558, and after
, younger brother of the preceding,
was born at Vache, May 8, 1543, came to Oxford in 1558,
and after taking his bachelor’s degree, was chosen perpetual fellow of Magdalen college in 1562. He then took
his master’s degree, and entered into holy orders in 1567.
He was appointed chaplain to the earl of Bedford, and
leaving his fellowship in 1571, went to the north of England, where he became a frequent and popular preacher,
like his brother. In May 1572 he was inducted into a prebend of Durham; in 1573 he was made archdeacon of
Northumberland, and in 1578 he was presented to the rectory of Ryton in the bishopric of Durham, on which he
resigned his archdeaconry. He died April 16, 1617, a
few weeks after his brother, and wa’s buried in Ryton
church. Wood represents him as a zealous enemy of
popery, an admirer of Calvin, and a man of great charity.
His works are three tracts against cardinal Bellarmm and
popery; an “Exposition of Romans iii. 28, on Justification b) Faith,
” London, Plain and familiar exposition of the Ten Commandments,
” ibid.