Background
He was born in Holywell, Oxford, the song of Anthony Wood.
He was born in Holywell, Oxford, the song of Anthony Wood.
From 1564 he was scholar of Winchester College and from 1569 scholar of New College, Oxford (he was appointed fellow in 1571). In 1572 he was awarded a Bachelor in 1572 and in 1576 an Master of Arts. In 1575 he was ordained, in 1581 he was awarded a preaching licence and was awarded the degrres of BTh (1584) and Doctor of Theology (1588). In 1583 appeared his A Short Treatise of the Sacraments, which he dedicated to Sir Francis Walsingham.
He attacked the Catholic Rheims translation of the New Testament in his Fruitefull and Briefe Discourse..of Nature.
He was also against Martin Marprelate.