 He studied law at Lincoln's Inn, and became Solicitor in the Court of the Welsh Marches; on his appointment he settled at the Welsh town of Cilgerran near Cardigan, where he lived until he died.He was Member of Parliament for Carmarthen Boroughs in 1547 and for Cardigan for (1555–1559).He applied to Oxford University for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine in February 1558, stating that he practised for twenty years.