Background
He was the son of William Wilson, Canon of Windsor.
He was the son of William Wilson, Canon of Windsor.
He was educated at Eton College and King"s College, Cambridge where he graduated Bachelor in 1601, Master of Arts in 1606, Doctor of Medicine in 1613.
He was appointed Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1615 and practised as a physician in Windsor and London. He was appointed to the seventh stall in Street George"s Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1616 and held the canonry until 1617 when he was deprived of it for not having been ordained priest within a year of his installation.