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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23.2.1665/66 | Baptised in Steeton Chapel | LRFS | |
| 11.1681 | Joined the merchantman Mary for a voyage to the Mediterranean | LRFS | |
| 9.1682 | Second voyage to the Mediterranean which lasted for three years | LRFS | |
| 12.1685 | Returned home | LRFS | |
| 1.1688 | Entered the Navy | LRFS | |
| 1.1688 | 1689 | Mary (60), Volunteer | LRFS |
| 1689 | Lieutenant | LRFS | |
| 1689 | 9.1690 | Bonaventure (52), Lieutenant | LRFS |
| 1.5.1689 | Battle of Bantry Bay | ||
| 30.6.1690 | Battle of Beachy Head | ||
| 15.9.1690 | Captain | CSORN | |
| 15.9.1690 | 1694 | Conception Prize (32), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1603 |
| 1694 | Ruby (46), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1603 | |
| 1695 | 13.9.1696 | Newark (80), Captain and Commanding Officer | B051 |
| 12.9.1696 | Captain | ADM 6/4 | |
| 14.9.1696 | 7.12.1698 | Cornwall (80), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/4/25 | ADM 6/4 |
| 8.5.1699 | 21.9.1700 | Severn (54), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1603 |
| 3.4.1701 | 25.12.1701 | Cambridge (80), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/6/83 | ADM 6/6 |
| 26.12.1701 | 12.1.1701/2 | Expedition (70), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/6/126 | ADM 6/6 |
| 14.1.1701/2 | 3.1.1702/3 | Restoration (70), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/6/130 | BWAS-1603 |
| 4.1.1702/3 | 18.3.1702/3 | Somerset (80), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/7/70 | ADM 6/7 |
| 19.3.1702/3 | 2.1.1703/4 | Kent (70), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/7/106 | BWAS-1714 |
| 12.2.1703/4 | 22.3.1703/4 | Berwick (70), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/8/47 | BWAS-1603 |
| 23.3.1703/4 | 26.3.1704 | Burford (70), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/8/64 | ADM 6/8 |
| 22.12.1705 | 6.3.1705/6 | Torbay (80), Captain and Commanding Officer | BWAS-1714 |
| 6.3.1705/6 | 19.11.1706 | Barfleur (90), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/8/237 | BWAS-1603 |
| 6.1706 | Commission to command the BARFLEUR, signed by George, Prince of Denmark, March 1706. | NMM-FFX | |
| 10.12.1706 | 29.7.1707 | Albemarle (96), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/9/31 | BWAS-1714 |