 After graduating B.A., he removed to Emmanuel College, where he was elected to a fellowship on 24 June 1720, and took the degree of M.A.While resident at Emmanuel he printed two copies of Sapphics on the death of George I, and a sermon preached at Bishop Stortford school-feast on 3 August 1726.In 1733 he was presented to the living of Thurcaston in Leicestershire, and was afterwards made prebendary of Lincoln.