 On 30 May 1779 he was ordained deacon by Robert Lowth, and on 19 December 1779 he was advanced to the priesthood by Thomas Thurlow.He was curate at Weston in 1779, to Cecil at Lewes until 1781, then at Reading, and at Chelsea, serving in both places under Cadogan until 1785.About the end of 1785 year Eyre was appointed minister of Homerton, often then called Ram's Chapel after its founder and he opened a school at Well Street, Hackney.