Background
The son of John Wase of London, he was born in Hackney.
The son of John Wase of London, he was born in Hackney.
He was educated at Eton College, and in 1645 was admitted scholar of King"s College, Cambridge. Wase became Fellow of King"s, and graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1648.
In 1649 he published a translation of Sophocles"s ‘Electra,’ dedicated to Princess Elizabeth, with an appendix designed to show his devotion to the Stuart house. John Walker says that Wase also delivered a feigned letter from the king to Benjamin Whichcote, the Provost of King"son He was deprived of his fellowship and left England.
Captured at sea, Wase was imprisoned at Gravesend, but escaped, and served in the Spanish army against the French.
He was taken prisoner, but was released, and returned to England and became tutor to William, the eldest son of Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke. In 1655 Wase proceeded Master of Arts and was appointed headmaster of the royal free school in Dedham, Essex.
From 1662 to 1668 he was headmaster of Tonbridge school, where the register states that he was Bachelor of Divinity, and educated at the school Thomas Herbert, younger brother of William Herbert. In 1671 he became superior beadle at law and printer to the university of Oxford.
He died on 29 August 1690, in Oxford.