He was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, matriculating on 19 February 1706 and obtaining degrees of BA in 1709, MA in 1712 and BD in 1719.
From 1726 onwards, he was rector of Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, and was buried there after his death on 14 September 1756.
[1] He had elegant handwriting, admired by his contemporaries for its resemblance to well-executed typography.
He transcribed some manuscripts located now in the Bodleian Library in Oxford, and wrote out a copy of the statutes of Jesus College, preserved in their archives.
He frequently mentioned in correspondence to friends a project of his, namely creating an alphabetical catalogue of ancient and modern coins.