Education
He graduated Bachelor of Arts on 7 February 1584, and was licensed Master of Arts
He graduated Bachelor of Arts on 7 February 1584, and was licensed Master of Arts
Born in County Durham, Wilson matriculated at The Queen"s College, Oxford on 17 November 1581, aged 18. on 7 July 1586. He was elected chaplain of the college, apparently before he was ordained, on 24 April 1585. In July 1586 Wilson was appointed rector of Saint George the Martyr, Canterbury through the influence of Henry Robinson, to whom he had owed his college education.
He was acting as chaplain to Thomas Wotton in 1611.
Wilson died at Canterbury in January 1622, and was buried in his own churchyard, outside the chancel, on the 25th. A funeral sermon was preached by William Swift of Saint Andrew"s, Canterbury.