[1][2] He was instituted in 1598 to the rectory of Pakefield in Suffolk, and from 1600 he held in addition, at any rate until 1603, the livings of Cotton and Thornham Magna in the same county.
[5] At Valladolid James fell under jesuit influence; in August of the same year he left the ambassador's house under pretext of a visit to the University of Salamanca, and never returned.
[7] Wadsworth became steward or agent to Sir Robert Shirley, and, on the proposed Spanish match, was appointed English tutor to the Infanta Maria.
[7] From 1615 to 1620 Wadsworth engaged in correspondence with his early college friend and neighbour in a Suffolk parsonage, William Bedell, later bishop of Kilmore, in support of his beliefs.
[9] In a letter to George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, written from Madrid, 11 Nov. 1623 he reported that his pupil the Infanta was learning English.