 In the meantime he was granted the rectory of Haversham, Buckinghamshire.After two deaneries (Cloyne (1718–1720) and Ardagh (1720–1721)) and two bishoprics (Ferns (1721–1727) and Kilmore & Ardagh (1727–1742)), he became Archbishop of Tuam (1742–1751).He also served for a period as a preacher and a volume of his sermons on "practical subjects" went through several editions.