He matriculated at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, on 7 June 1605; but was elected, on a recommendatory letter of James I, a Devonshire fellow of Exeter College on 30 June 1607.
On June 7, 1605, he matriculated at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford; however, on June 30 of the same year, James I's recommendation letter led to his election as a fellow in Exeter College, Devonshire.