He was born at
Lacock or
Winterbourne Stoke, in Wiltshire. He was educated at
Winchester College from 1523, and
New College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1533, and M.A. in 1537, and became a Fellow. Under suspicion of
heresy, he was expelled; but became the principal of
White Hall, Oxford in 1547. In 1562 he was appointed Warden of
Merton College, Oxford, by the influence of Archbishop
Matthew Parker. He became
Dean of Gloucester in 1566. In 1567 he was sent by
Elizabeth I as her ambassador to Madrid; the mission was unsuccessful and he was recalled in 1568. ==Works==