He was a native was a native of North Britain, and employed by James VI. of Scotland, in several commissions to Queen Elizabeth. He received the honour of Knighthood in 1603, and attending his royal master to Oxford. In 1609 he purchased of Ralph, Lord Eure, Lord President of the Council in Wales, the Manors of Ingleby and Battersby, the Manor-houses, the Parks, with the Rectory and Church of Ingleby, and lands in Ingleby, Battersby, and Greenhow. In this house was born that eminent historian and divine, Henry Foulis, the second son of Sir Henry Foulis, he was sent to Queen's College, Oxford, and was soon after elected Fellow at Lincoln College, in 1659. Please see the North Riding Look-up Exchange , remembering to read the instructions.
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