Background
He was born in Jacobstow, Cornwall, at the mansion of Berry Court.
historian Camden Professor of Ancient History
He was born in Jacobstow, Cornwall, at the mansion of Berry Court.
He matriculated at Broadgates Hall, Oxford, on 6 July 1593, graduated Bachelor of Arts on 5 February 1597, and proceeded Master of Arts
On 16 June 1600. Wheare was admitted on 7 July 1602 as Cornish fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, and became full fellow on 7 July 1603. He was headmaster of Abingdon School from 1605-1606. He resigned his fellowship on 30 April 1608.
Anthony Wood says that Wheare ‘was esteemed by some a learned and genteel man, and by others a Calvinist.’
Wheare died at Oxford on 1 August 1647, and was buried under the eagle in Exeter College Chapel on 3 August, a large gravestone marking the place of burial.