Background
He was the fourth son of Richard Forsett, a barrister and Member of Parliament, and his wife Margaret Vaughan.
He was the fourth son of Richard Forsett, a barrister and Member of Parliament, and his wife Margaret Vaughan.
Educated at Christ"s College, Cambridge and Trinity College, Cambridge, he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1572, and was a Fellow of Trinity from 1574 to 1581.
In the service of Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, and a justice of the peace, Forset was involved on the prosecution side of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot.
In 1606 he became Member of Parliament for Wells.