He received his education in the English College of Douay during its temporary move to Reims.
For a time he was stationed at the residence or seminary established by Parsons at Lisbon.
He was probably ordained priest in 1592, and he defended universal theology at Seville on 20 February 1593.
From Lisbon he crossed over to England about 1597, and for nineteen years he was chaplain to Sir John Southcote.
On James I's accession, being sent into banishment with many other priests, he returned to Lisbon, but soon revisited England, and again fell into the hands of the pursuivants.