He was made Pembroke College fellow at Cambridge University in 1593; attained Master of Arts in 1594; awarded Doctor of Divinity in 1600; took holy orders and later served in the Church of Ireland as the Archbishop of Tuam from 1629 to 1638.

Born in around 1572, his first known ecclesiastical appointment was in 1601 as parish priest of Ripton Regis,[1] in 1612 as canon of Kildare Cathedral, and later to the Prebendary of Geashill (1614–17).

[7][8][9] He was permitted to hold the deanery of Christ Church, Dublin and the rectory of Athenry in commendam.

[7] He appears to retain the archdeaconry of Meath until the next archdeacon was appointed in 1633,[3] and resigned the deanery of Christ Church, Dublin on 17 December 1634.

They had at least one daughter Elizabeth, who married Sir Francis Hamilton, 1st Baronet, of Killock.