Education
University of Oxford.
University of Oxford.
Harris, from Herefordshire, obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from Oxford University on 3 November 1558 and his Master of Arts degree on 26 June 1562. He was appointed rector of Kentchurch, Herefordshire in 1571 and became a canon of Hereford Cathedral in 1575. He was Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford from 1573/4 to 1595.
During this time, he was appointed by the royal charter of 1589 as one of the Commissioners to draw up statutes for Jesus College, Oxford.