 He seems to have been educated at Cambridge, possibly at Pembroke Hall, under Edmund Grindal.On 22 October 1566 he was presented to the rectory of St. Antholin, Budge Row, London, and in 1575 he became rector of Hasketon, near Woodbridge, Suffolk.He appears to have held the rectory of St. Antholin until 12 October 1592, when Nicholas Felton was appointed his successor.