Career
He was probably born in Ansley, Warwickshire. He rebuilt much of the centre of Wincanton following a fire in 1707. He was churchwarden at Street Peter"s in Stourton, Wiltshire during the 1720s and may have done work on the church himself.
He moved to Wincanton around 1726, and owned a pottery there from 1738-1750.
There is a monument to him in the Churchyard of Street Peter and Street Paul, Wincanton, including a statue which he is believed to have carved himself.
