 He was born at Drayton, Vale of White Horse, the son of John Wise from Dorchester, Oxfordshire.He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, where he was fellow 1694-1726.He became rector of St Alphege Church, Canterbury (1709), vicar of Bekesbourne (1711), Six Preacher of Canterbury Cathedral (1711), prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral (1720), and was chaplain to the Princess of Wales (1721) and the Duke of Ormonde.