Background
He was born in Farnham, Hampshire and educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1529, Master of Arts
He was born in Farnham, Hampshire and educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1529, Master of Arts
Winchester College; New College.
In 1534, and Doctor of Divinity in 1555. He was Warden of Winchester College from 1541, and wrote verses on the marriage to Philip II of Spain. He was Archdeacon of Taunton from 1551 to 1554 after which he was Bishop of Lincoln from 1554 to 1556.
He was then Bishop of Winchester from 1556, but was deprived of his see in 1559 on the accession of Elizabeth I, and imprisoned.
There is a memorial to him in Winchester College Chapel.