 George Calvert went up to Trinity College , at Oxford University <unk> in 1593 / 94 , where he studied foreign languages and received a bachelor 's degree in <unk> . As the oath of allegiance was compulsory after the age of sixteen , he would almost certainly have pledged conformity while at Oxford . The same pattern of conformity , whether pretended or sincere , continued through Calvert 's early life . After Oxford , he moved to London in <unk> , where he studied municipal law at Lincoln 's Inn for three years . 
