Background
Floyd was born in Cambridgeshire in 1572.
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Floyd was born in Cambridgeshire in 1572.
He entered the Society of Jesus when at Rome in 1592.
On 18 August 1593 Floyd received minor orders, at Reims or Douai. On August 22 he with his nine companions was sent back to the English College at Rome, where he taught philosophy and theology, and became known as a preacher. In 1609 he became a professed father of the Jesuit order. He worked for a long time on the English mission. Having visited Edward Oldcorne in Worcester gaol in 1606, he was arrested. After a year's imprisonment he was sent into exile with forty-six other priests. His last years were spent at Louvain and he died at St Omer on the 15th of September 1649.
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He joined the Society of Jesus on 1 November 1592.