Subsequently he was given the living of All Saints, Lombard Street, London; and was one of George II's chaplains.
[2] Shuckford's major work was The Sacred and Profane History of the World, connected from the creation of the world to the dissolution of the Assyrian empire at the death of Sardanapalus, and to the declension of the kingdom of Judah and Israel, under the reigns of Ahaz and Pekah, 2 vols.
This work was intended to serve as an introduction to Humphrey Prideaux's Old and New Testament Connected; it was reprinted, 3 vols., London, 1731–40; 4 vols.
There was another edition of both works with notes and analyses, by James Talboys Wheeler, 2 vols.
[5] A Connection of Sacred and Profane History, from the death of Joshua to the decline of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah (intended to complete the works of Shuckford and Prideaux), by Michael Russell, appeared in 3 vols.