He matriculated at Pembroke College, Oxford on 24 April 1635, aged about 17 and was a student of Gray's Inn in 1636. In 1658, he succeeded his father to the estate of Dawley in Harlington.
On April 24, 1635, when about 17 years old, he matriculated at Pembroke College, Oxford and studied at Gray's Inn in 1636. In 1658, he inherited the estate of Dawley in Harlington from his father.