Education
He graduated Bachelor of Arts at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1686, took holy orders, and became chaplain to Francis Turner, Bishop of Ely.
chaplain clergyman political writer
He graduated Bachelor of Arts at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1686, took holy orders, and became chaplain to Francis Turner, Bishop of Ely.
At the Glorious Revolution he followed Turner by refusing to take the oaths to the new rulers. After Turner"s death he became chaplain and librarian to Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth.