Most of them are catches, rounds and glees but three instrumental pieces are stored in the Oxford Music School collection.
A celebrated performer on the viol, he was born (probably) in the parish of Christchurch, Newgate Street in London.
His father, Thomas Brewer, was a poulterer, and his mother's Christian name was True.
Here he remained until 20 June 1626, when he left school, and was apprenticed to one Thomas Warner.
His printed works consist chiefly of rounds, catches, and part-songs, but in the Music School Collection at Oxford are preserved three instrumental pieces, consisting of airs, pavins, corrantos, &c., for which kind of composition he seems to have been noted.