Education
Bavant was a native of Cheshire, and received his education at Oxford, where he graduated Master of Arts
Bavant was a native of Cheshire, and received his education at Oxford, where he graduated Master of Arts
In 1552. He was one of the original fellows of Street John"s College, Oxford and the first Greek reader there. During his residence at Oxford he was tutor to two noted writers, Edmund Campion and Gregory Martin. Leaving England on the change of religion in 1558-1559, he pursued his theological studies at Rheims and Rome, and was created Doctor of Divinity In 1581 he was sent from Rheims to England, and he worked on the mission for a time, but was at last apprehended and kept a prisoner in Wisbech Castle, where it is supposed he died.
On 13 June 1586, Robert Gray of Wisbech addressed to Secretary Francis Walsingham a petition praying for his release.
In the end Bavant was set free. Bavant returned to Wisbech in 1595, to mediate in the "Wisbech Stirs".