[3] In 1624, Watts was apparently appointed vicar of Barwick, Norfolk, and the next year rector of St. Alban, Wood Street, London.
The former living he seemingly held until 1648: on 24 April of that year he was included in a list of sequestrated delinquents (Royalists whose estates were confiscated by Parliament).
[3] On Prince Rupert's return to England in 1642, Watts, who had previously held the post of chaplain to Charles I, was attached to him.
He also attended him at sea, and during the blockade of the royalist ships under the prince in Kinsale Harbour, Watts fell sick.
[5] He assisted Sir Henry Spelman with his glossary, and his translation of the Confessions of St. Augustine (London, 1631) was edited by Edward Pusey in 1838 for his Library of the Fathers.