In 1568, Faunt was sent to Merton College, Oxford, and placed under the tuition of the philosopher John Pott,[3] who previously taught him in Leicestershire.
William V, Duke of Bavaria chose him as his scholar, and maintained him in the university there, where he studied for his Masters degree.
He attracted the attention of Pope Gregory XIII, who licensed Faunt to make a seal which would allow him to issue passports to his countrymen, enabling them to travel through foreign countries without fear of the Spanish Inquisition or any other similar danger.
Pope Gregory died in 1585: it was supposed that had he lived longer, he would have raised Faunt to the rank of cardinal.
[8] Faunt died on 28 February 1591 at Vilnius,[1] capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (then part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth).