 He became rector of Stapleford Abbots, Essex (1719–1722) and St Batholemew, Royal Exchange (1720–1724) He was vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, in 1726.He was then Dean of Winchester in 1739, Bishop of Bangor in 1748, and Bishop of Rochester in 1756.In 1761 he turned down the position of bishop of London.