 On 1 August 1721 he was appointed to the chapter living of Ashburton; on 4 January 1723 he succeeded to the prebendal stall vacated by his father's death; on 4 June 1724 he was appointed subdean of Exeter, which he vacated on his installation to the deanery, on 27 December 1726; on 8 January 1724 he was granted the degree of LLD at Lambeth.In January 1726 he received from the crown a canonry at Christ Church, which he held "in commendam" with the bishopric of Llandaff, to which he was consecrated on 28 December 1740.In 1749 he was translated to Salisbury where he was also "ex officio" Chancellor of the Order of the Garter .