Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa muBiskerthorpe muLincolnshire. Akadzidza paYunivhesiti yeCambridge pashure pacho akava musoja. Mudzimai wake Anne akanga ari mwanasikana waSir Edward Martury weGenby. Akashanda muIreland munzvimbo dzinoverengeka panguva yeHondo Yemakore Mapfumbamwe (1594-1603) uye aive gavhuna weLifford panguva dzekupedzisira dzehondo uye zvakare panguva yekumukira kwaSir Cahir O'Dogherty. Akatora rutivi mukudzvinyirirwa kweO'Doherty's Rebellion ya 1608 uye akanga anyevera Gavhuna George Paulet nezvengozi nguva pfupi pamberi peKupisa kweDerry
iyo yakatanga kumuka. Somubayiro webasa rake akapiwa Lifford nenyika dzakapoteredza naJames I uye akapiwa mvumo yekuwana guta rekambani paLifford semurwi weHondo yeMakore Mapfumbamwe.