Education
In 1570-1571 he graduated Bachelor of Arts (Master of Arts 1574), and was elected a Fellow.
In 1570-1571 he graduated Bachelor of Arts (Master of Arts 1574), and was elected a Fellow.
He was incorporated Master of Arts of Oxford on 9 July 1577. Wright was appointed tutor of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, before the earl went to Cambridge, and accompanied him there. After Essex left the university, Wright became head of his household.
When Essex was made the Queen"s Master of the Horse, Wright was appointed clerk of the stables. virum Robertum Wrightum, nobiliss.
Essexiæ comitis famulum primarium". Latin verses prefixed to Peter Baro"s Prælectiones in Jonam (1579) are also assigned to Wright.
He died about 1596.