In 1793 he was articled to his guardian, and in due time, having been admitted an attorney, was taken into partnership with him, subsequently attaining a high place in his profession.
His library was left to his nephew John Fitchett Marsh, and was later sold after his death, at Sotheby's, London, 12–13 May 1882.
[1] His first published work, Bewsey, a Poem, written at the age of eighteen, had considerable success.
He wrote many fugitive pieces, which were collected and printed at Warrington in 1836, under the title of Minor Poems, composed at various Times.
It was cast in the form of a romantic epic poem, the subject being the life and times of King Alfred.