Chap. to Sir Edmund Prideaux‡ bef. 1656; cur. Cheshunt, Herts. 1661 – 62; rect. Kedington, Suff. 1663 – 64; preacher, L. Inn 1663 – 91; lecturer, St Laurence Jewry, London 1664 – 91; preb. Canterbury 1670 – 72, Ealdland St Paul’s 1675 – 77, Oxgate St Paul’s 1677 – 89, Newington St Paul’s 1689 – 91; dean Canterbury 1672 – 89, St Paul’s 1689 – 91.
Chap. to Charles II, James II, William III and Mary II; clerk of the closet 1689–91;
FRS 1672; mbr. Gouge Trust to distribute Welsh bibles 1674; commr. ecclesiastical appointments 1689, Irish church 1690,
oil on canvas by M. Beale, 1672, St Paul’s Cathedral; oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, 1691, NPG 94; oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, c.1691-4, St Paul's Cathedral; oil on canvas, 1691, Lambeth Palace; oil on canvas, Lambeth Palace; oil on canvas, Lambeth Palace; oil on canvas after Sir G. Kneller, Clare Coll., Camb.