▁at ▁Ly tt on , ▁Dor set shire , ▁on ▁ 2 5 ▁March ▁ 1 5 7 7 . ▁His ▁mother ▁belonged ▁to ▁a ▁respect able ▁Ch esh ire ▁family , ▁and ▁his ▁mat ernal ▁uncle ▁was ▁Sir ▁Richard ▁Mort on . ▁His ▁parents ▁were ▁C athol ics , ▁and ▁both ▁died ▁while ▁he ▁was ▁an ▁infant . ▁He ▁was ▁brought ▁up ▁by ▁his ▁uncle , ▁John ▁Brook , ▁a ▁merchant , ▁until ▁he ▁was ▁eleven ▁years ▁old , ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁Sher bor ne ▁School . ▁Dor set shire , ▁for ▁five ▁years . ▁ ▁His ▁brother ▁then ▁sent ▁him ▁to ▁Oxford , ▁where ▁he ▁studied ▁for ▁nearly ▁a ▁year ▁in ▁St . ▁Mary ' s ▁Hall , ▁and ▁for ▁another ▁year ▁in ▁Gl ouc ester ▁Hall . ▁Sub sequently , ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁expedition ▁of ▁the ▁Earl ▁of ▁Es sex ▁to ▁Spain , ▁and ▁‘ after ▁being ▁toss ed ▁about ▁by ▁many ▁storm s ’ ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁London , ▁where ▁he ▁spent ▁two ▁years ▁and ▁a ▁half ▁in ▁the ▁service ▁of ▁Lord ▁Henry ▁W inds or . ▁In ▁ 1 5 9 8 ▁he ▁was ▁recon ci led ▁to ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Church . ▁Go ing ▁to ▁Rome ▁he ▁was ▁admitted ▁into ▁the ▁English ▁College ▁on ▁ 1 9 ▁May ▁ 1 6 0 0 , ▁under ▁the ▁assumed ▁name ▁of ▁D ing ley . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁ord ained ▁priest ▁ 2 0 ▁December ▁ 1 6 0 3 , ▁entered ▁the ▁Society ▁of ▁Jesus