 He became a Doctor of Divinity in 1697, and he was appointed chaplain to William III and Mary II.In 1701 he was appointed Boyle lecturer.In the year following he was presented to the vicarage of Deptford, was reappointed Royal chaplain by Queen Anne, and on 23 March 1704 was made Dean of Canterbury, still retaining Lewisham and Deptford.