| Data | source |
|---|---|
| Appointed as first Headmaster of Merchant Taylor's School in 1561; | Salmon, Vivian, 1999 |
| Headmaster of St. Pauls (after time at Merchant Taylor's) | Salmon, Vivian, 1999 |
| born in Cumberland; educated: Eton, King's College, Cambridge and Christchurch, Oxford; possibly Shakespeare's model for Holofernes in Love's Labour Lost | Howatt, A. P. R., 1984 |