Background
There is no exact information about his birth but it is known that he was born about the end of the 15th century of a Yorkshire family.
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Robert Ferrar
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He was educated at Cambridge, whence he proceeded to Oxford. He graduated B. D. in 1533, accompanied Bishop Barlow on his embassy to Scotland in 1535, and was made prior of St Oswald's at Nostell near Pontefract.
Religion
In Oxford he became a canon regular of St Augustine. He came under the influence of Thomas Gerrard and Lutheran theology, and was compelled to bear a faggot with Anthony Dalaber and others in 1528.
Personality
He seems to have been a kindly, homely, somewhat feckless person like many an excellent parish priest, who did not conceal his indignation at some of Northumberland's deeds. He had taught his child to whistle, dined with his servants, talked of " worldly things such as baking, brewing, enclosing, ploughing and mining, " preferred walking to riding, and denounced the debasement of the coinage.
Connections
Ferrar's son, Samuel, obtained preferment in the Diocese of St. David's. His daughter married Lewis Williams, rector of Narberth.
