 A number of English composers who had converted to Catholicism — or were suspected of converting — went to live in exile in Roman Catholic countries in Continental Europe.It is known that Dering visited Florence and then lived for a time at the English College in Rome, a seminary for English Catholic priests.A letter from Sir Dudley Carleton to Sir John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of Exton dated 25 June 1612 makes reference to Harington's servant, a "Mr Dearing" who was considering "going over" to the Catholic faith.