[1][2] In 1818 he succeeded his father as organist at Beverley, and held the post until 1874, when ill health and deafness compelled him to retire.
He died in Beverley on 24 January 1880, in the house in which he was born, and was interred in the private burial-ground in North-Bar Street Within.
His wife and two sons (George, who took holy orders, and Henry William, a musician) predeceased him.
[1][2] His published compositions include overtures, instrumental chamber music, organ fugues and piano pieces.
Some quartets and a septet were played at the meetings of the Society of British Musicians; they were well received but were never published.