[1][2] He was born at Sowerby, Yorkshire, and educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford and Trinity College Dublin, becoming a fellow of the latter.
[4] He was an assiduous teacher in Dublin, covering every book and verse of the bible and, when he had finished, starting again.
On the outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641, he took refuge in London, where he was made vicar of Stepney, replacing the royalist William Stampe.
On 10 July, the Master of University College, Thomas Walker, lost his position as well.
A sermon preached by "J. H.", and printed in 1645 with the title Jehojades Justice against Mattan, Baal's Priest, &c., is also attributed to Hoyle.