 "Be sure you shall have in him a wise quick piece"
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk

Thomas Cromwell ensured his son received the best possible education at Cambridge with a number of carefully selected tutors, often sending gifts to Gregory and his older companions, Nicholas Sadler and cousins, Christopher Wellyfed and another known only as Beresford, who were educated with him.Gregory was at Cambridge from 1528 to 1533.During his education, he resided in Pembroke Hall and Christ's College and at the homes of his father's friends and colleagues.