He was Gresham College Professor of Divinity in 1607, and in 1608 Master of the Savoy and chaplain to James VI and I.

[2] When in 1628 the archbishopric of York fell vacant by the death of Tobias Matthew, Montaigne is said to have secured the nomination by remarking to Charles I, "Hadst thou faith as a grain of mustard seed, thou wouldst say unto this mountain, be removed into that sea [see]" (Matthew 17:20).

He was duly elected to the archbishopric on 1 July, but died in London on 24 October 1628, and was buried in Cawood Church.

[2] He was one of the Arminian group of bishops who arose in opposition to the general Calvinism that prevailed in the Church of England in the early seventeenth century.

One manifestation of his views were prosecutions in his London diocese for the disrespectful wearing of hats in services.