 After his ordination as a priest, he was vicar of Llanasa, Flintshire from 1798 to 1854.In addition, he was a rural dean, and was made a canon of St Asaph's Cathedral in 1833.In addition to his parish work, he was active in eisteddfods and was an antiquarian; he also edited the second edition of the "Grammatica Britannica" by John Davies of Mallwyd, and this was published in 1809 (212 years after the first edition).