 The dean was the son of Thomas Boys of Eythorn, by Christian, daughter and coheiress of John Searles of Wye.He was born at Eythorn in 1571, and probably was educated at the King's School, Canterbury, for in 1586 he entered Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where Archbishop Matthew Parker had founded some scholarships appropriated to scholars of that school.He took his M.A.