matriculated at Cambridge as a sizar of Trinity College on 2 May 1567, and became a scholar there.
After Essex left the university, Wright became head of his household.
When Essex was made the Queen's Master of the Horse, Wright was appointed clerk of the stables.
[1] Wright was a man of learning, and Thomas Newton (1542?–1607) complimented him on his many accomplishments in an epigram addressed "Ad eruditiss.
Latin verses prefixed to Peter Baro's Prælectiones in Jonam (1579) are also assigned to Wright.