Newport attended Magdalen College, Oxford c. 1577 before travelling to Europe,[a] spending some time in Paris with Anthony Ashley, transferring to The Netherlands in 1586, where he fought at Zutphen with Sir Philip Sydney, returning to England in the same year to attend Sydney's funeral.
Thereafter, Newport appears to have remained in England, when he was twice returned in his uncle's borough of Corfe Castle although his parliamentary career is poorly documented in the journals of the House of Commons.
[1] His time in Europe had instilled the adventurer in him, apparently collaborating with his neighbours to hire ships and to harry the Spanish Armada in 1588.
Elizabeth Newport died shortly after giving birth to a daughter, Frances, in 1590, who was raised by her grandfather Francis Gawdy.
Hatton was able to sell lands that had not been developed to help pay off some of the debt and was able to play an active role in Northamptonshire county business.