He was ordained and served the parish of Watlington, Oxfordshire from 1734 to 1739, when he was appointed vicar of Llanbrynmair, Montgomeryshire.
In 1747, he became rector of Manafon, Montgomeryshire, also becoming the parish priest of Llangynhafal, Denbighshire in 1749, where he died on 18 January 1760.
A printed copy of one of these poems were given to the Welsh antiquarian and poet Lewis Morris in 1737, Morris and Lewes being regular correspondents after that time (if they were not already), each sending copies of poems that they had written to the other.
He owned various Welsh-language manuscripts and was known to be a scholar, leading to his becoming a member of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion soon after 1751.
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