Montaigne was born in 1569 at
Cawood, Yorkshire. He was educated at
Queens' College, Cambridge, matriculating at Michaelmas 1586, graduating
B.A. 1590,
M.A. 1593,
B.D. 1602,
D.D. 1607, and holding a fellowship at Queens' 1592–1611. He was ordained deacon and priest at
Peterborough in 1593. In 1597 he was chaplain to
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, on his expedition against
Cádiz. He became rector of
Great Cressingham in 1602. He was
Gresham College Professor of Divinity in 1607, and in 1608
Master of the Savoy and chaplain to
James VI and I. ==Notes and references==