▁B . D . ▁ 1 2 ▁November ▁ 1 6 0 5 , ▁and ▁D . D . ▁ 1 ▁June ▁ 1 6 0 8 . ▁He ▁gained ▁a ▁reputation ▁as ▁a ▁pre acher . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 6 0 6 ▁to ▁ 1 6 1 0 ▁he ▁was ▁re ctor ▁of ▁T ap low , ▁Buck ingham shire ; ▁and ▁from ▁ 1 6 0 9 ▁was ▁vic ar ▁of ▁Ash eld am ▁in ▁Es sex . ▁On ▁ 1 ▁May ▁ 1 6 1 0 ▁the ▁prov ost ▁and ▁fell ows ▁of ▁The ▁Queen ' s ▁College , ▁Oxford ▁elected ▁him ▁principal ▁of ▁St . ▁Edmund ▁Hall . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁made ▁chap lain ▁to ▁Lord ▁Ell es m ere , ▁the ▁lord ▁ch an cell or , ▁and ▁chap lain - in - ordinary ▁to ▁James ▁I , ▁and ▁was ▁instit uted ▁to ▁the ▁pre b end ▁of ▁Nether bury ▁in ▁E cc lesia ▁at ▁Sal is bury , ▁in ▁which ▁at ▁his ▁death ▁he ▁was ▁succeeded ▁by ▁Thomas ▁Full er . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 6 1 3 ▁he ▁was ▁induct ed ▁to ▁the ▁rect ory ▁of ▁S else y , ▁Sus sex , ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁year ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁Wh itch urch , ▁Sh ro pshire . ▁He ▁spent ▁much ▁time ▁in ▁Oxford , ▁where ▁in ▁ 1 6 2 7 ▁he ▁built ▁a ▁new ▁house , ▁and ▁was ▁in ▁confident ial ▁relations ▁with ▁William ▁J ux on ▁and ▁William ▁La ud .