He is listed as being a lawyer and an important citizen in Abingdon during the early seventeenth century and resided at Lacies Court (now in the grounds of Abingdon School).[3]
He succeeded Thomas Gorges as Archdeacon of Winchester in 1666, a post he held until his death in 1684.[1] He was the first regularly appointed Recorder of the Abingdon Borough and has his arms engraved at St Nicolas Church, Abingdon because he was a benefactor.[4]