He is said to have declined a bishopric vacated by a nonjuror. The political counterpart to the Nonjuror schism was Jacobitism. In 1881 Overton published "William Law, Nonjuror and Mystic". However, as a Nonjuror, Ken remained deeply tied to the Anglican tradition. It was largely edited by the nonjuror Richard Russel and the botanist John Martyn.