Background
Foster was the son of William Foster of London, a barber-surgeon, and was born in November 1591.
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Foster was the son of William Foster of London, a barber-surgeon, and was born in November 1591.
He entered Merchant Taylors" School in July 1607, and two years later (8 December 1609) was admitted of Street John"s College, Oxford, whence he graduated.
Having taken holy orders he became chaplain (1628) to Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon, and soon afterwards rector of Hedgerley, Buckinghamshire. The date of his death is unclear.