Early Life
He was born at Dittisham in Devon in 1579, and educated at Broadgates Hall, Oxford and the University of Leiden, graduating at the former in January 1596-97, and at the latter thirteen months afterwards. In 1601 he entered the Middle Temple, but soon afterwards retired to Landrake. For some years he lived in seclusion in Cornwall and occupied himself with theological studies.
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