The son of Jeremiah Taverner, a portrait-painter of the early 18th century, he was trained in the civil law, and practised at Doctors' Commons in London.
[1] Taverner is known for the plays he wrote, particularly The Artful Husband, produced at London's Lincoln's Inn Fields[clarification needed] on 11 February 1717: it ran for 15 nights.
The play as printed ran through three editions; in the preface, Taverner complained of the injustice of John Rich, the patentee of the theatre, towards authors.
[1][2] A companion comedy, The Artful Wife, appeared at Lincoln's Inn Fields 3 December 1717.
[1] Other works were:[1] Taverner's widow, Alathea, took out letters of administration at the prerogative court of Canterbury on 6 February 1731.