Background
Fisher was born in 1591, the son of William Fisher of Carleton, Bedfordshire, deputy-auditor for the county of York (descended from a Warwickshire family), by Alice Roane of Wellingborough.
Fisher was born in 1591, the son of William Fisher of Carleton, Bedfordshire, deputy-auditor for the county of York (descended from a Warwickshire family), by Alice Roane of Wellingborough.
Fisher matriculated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, 13 November 1607. He was admitted Bachelor of Arts 28 January 1610-1611, Master of Arts 27 January 1613-1614, Bachelor of Divinity and Doctor of Divinity 1639. Fisher held at Magdalen College the post of divinity or philosophy reader (Wood).
The exact date of Fisher"s death is uncertain.
lieutenant is only known that he was alive in 1639, when he proceeded Doctor of Divinity According to Oldys"s manuscript notes to Gerard Langbaine he became blind, whether from old age or an accident is not known. Gideon Fisher, who went to Oxford in 1634 and succeeded to the estate at Carleton, was the son, not of Jasper, but of Jasper"s elder brother Gideon.