[3] After graduating BA in 1541 he was apprenticed to Sir William Chester,[4] but soon abandoned mercantile pursuits and continued his studies, proceeding MA in 1544 and obtaining a doctorate in theology.
[6] In 1553 he was granted the living at All Hallows Bread Street in London[7] where George Marsh was his curate.
On 15 October 1553 he preached at Northampton, warning the congregation that 'the errors of the popish religion' would be restored to the church by Queen Mary I and that England was threatened with the visitation of God for her 'lukewarm indifference in the cause of Christ, and the privileges of his glorious gospel'.
[citation needed] In October 1554 he was arrested by the order of the bishop of London after having given a sermon at All Hallows Bread Street.
After her husband's death Joanna left England in the company of Robert and Lucy Harrington.