In the reign of Queen Elizabeth he abjured the Protestant religion and proceeded to the English College, Reims, where he arrived on 4 July 1579.
The epitaph styles him "nobilis Anglus", and states that "ex testamento centum montium loca in pios usus reliquit, prout ex actis d. Michaelis Angeli Cesi notarij constat".
He is the author of two excessively rare works, the first of which is entitled: "The Praise of Solitarinesse, Set down in the forme of a Dialogue, Wherein is conteyned a Discourse Philosophical of the lyfe Actiue and Contemplatiue.
The dedication to the author's approved friend, Mr. Edward Dyer, and is signed Roger Baynes.
A notice from the printer to the reader informs us that "this present Volume, and the rest that are to follow, though they have not come to the Presse till now, yet haue they byn written some yeares ago, in the tyme of the late Queene Elizabeth."