[1] Turner's association with the Chapel Royal began in the early 1660s, when he joined the choir there as a boy soprano.
In 1669, however, he rejoined the Chapel Royal as a countertenor, and upon the death (1672) of Henry Cooke (who had earlier cared for Turner in the year between his voice breaking and his appointment at Lincoln) became a member of the King's Private Musick.
An appointment as vicar-choral of St Paul's Cathedral (1687) led to another as lay vicar of the choir of Westminster Abbey (1699).
After 1696 he was normally referred to as "Dr Turner", having been granted an honorary degree from Cambridge University in June of that year.
Amongst these works are hymns and chants, six services, more than 40 anthems (some of which include parts for string instruments), and a Latin motet.