In 1701 he became Archdeacon of Totnes and received a prebend in Exeter Cathedral. He also held the prebend of Chiswick in the diocese of London. Laud collated him to the prebend of Newington in St. Paul's Cathedral. Finding that Dean Goodman had annexed the prebend of Wiveliscombe, Barlow deprived him. Until the Dissolution, Dinton was a prebend of Shaftesbury Abbey. A prebend at Westminster was highly sought after by the ecclesiastical establishment. His emoluments were taken away and his prebend was filled in October. There were also six Canons, each of whom had a prebend attached to his office. Samuel Smalbroke became the prebend of Hansacre in 1744 till 1749. There were eleven Canons, each with a prebend. At twenty-four he was ordained a priest and became a prebend at St. Gudule. In 1554 he also was given a prebend at Ste Catherine in Troyes. The church of Govan was a prebend of Glasgow. In 1591 he was appointed to the prebend of Langtoft. The Dean held a prebend, as did the Precentor.