He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford on 22 February 1605, aged 15 and was awarded BA on 7 July 1608.
[1] His tutor was Robert Bolton, a puritan writer, whose life was subsequently written by Bagshaw.
[1] As Reader, he delivered two discourses to the effect that 'a parliament may be held without bishops,' and that 'bishops may not meddle in civil affairs.'
The lectures attracted the notice of William Laud, and Bagshaw was prohibited from continuing them.
[1] Bagshaw died in 1662 on 12 September or October, and was buried in the church at Moreton Pinkney, in Northamptonshire, near where his property lay.