The great-nephew of Sir Thomas More's friend, Dr. John Clement, he was a student at the English College, Douai when in 1578 the college moved to Reims; but was shortly sent to the English College, Rome, where he was admitted 5 September 1579. He was ordained priest in 1585, but remained in Rome till October 1587. He took the degree of Doctor of Theology in Italy, probably in Rome itself.
