It is suggested in the Mona Miscellaney [1][2] that Sam Rutter was probably a native of Lancashire, educated at Westminster school, and elected from there in 1623, to Christ Church, Oxford.

Upon the Restoration, he was made Bishop of Sodor and Man: he was presented to the See by Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby on 18 December 1660, confirmed 14 March, and consecrated a bishop on 24 March 1661.

He was a chaplain to the James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, and was at Lathom House during its first siege.

He was also "the chosen friend counsellor, and afterwards chaplain, of the noble-minded Countess, during all her troubles, and it was principally through her influence that he succeeded to the bishopric."

A translation of it reads as follows: He wrote numerous pieces of poetry for the Earl of Derby's amusement, but not many of them have been published.