Background
He was son of John Carpenter, rector of Northleigh, Devon, and was born there on 7 February 1589.
He was son of John Carpenter, rector of Northleigh, Devon, and was born there on 7 February 1589.
He matriculated at Saint Edmund Hall, Oxford, on 7 June 1605. But was elected, on a recommendatory letter of James I, a Devonshire fellow of Exeter College on 30 June 1607. A second Devonshire candidate, Michael Jermyn, obtained an equal number of votes.
The vice-chancellor gave his decision in favour of Carpenter.
The dates of Carpenter"s degrees were: Bachelor of Arts 5 July 1610, Master of Arts 1618, Bachelor of Divinity 11 May 1620, Doctor of Divinity 1626. During his residence at Oxford he is said to have become a noted philosopher, poet, mathematician, and geographer.
Carpenter"s death is said to have occurred at Dublin in the beginning of 1628, and his funeral sermon was preached by Robert Ussher.
Matthew Sutcliffe nominated him a member of Chelsea College, and Archbishop James Ussher brought him to Ireland, where he was appointed schoolmaster of the king"s wards in Dublin (wards being minors of property whose parents were Roman Catholics).