William Cave (1637–1713), whom he helped in his literary work; but considering that his assistance was not sufficiently appreciated he soon forsook this employment.

[2] In 1687 he was ordained deacon, and in 1688 he made the acquaintance of the archbishop of Canterbury, William Sancroft, under whose generous patronage some of his literary work was done.

The archbishop, who had a very high opinion of Wharton's character and talents, made him one of his chaplains, and presented him to the Kentish living of Sundridge, and afterwards to that of Chartham in the same county.

[2] Wharton's major work is his Anglia Sacra, a collection of the lives of English archbishops and bishops, which was published in two volumes in 1691.

[3] His other writings, in addition to his criticism of the History of the Reformation, include A Treatise of the Celibacy of the Clergy (1688); The Enthusiasm of the Church of Rome Demonstrated in Some Observations upon the Life of Ignatius Loyola (1688) ; and A Defence of Pluralities (1692, new ed.