Horton Davies first held a parish in Wallingford, London, during World War II. Later, during some summers in America, he also had interim pastorates at Brookfield, Connecticut, and at Tunbridge, Vermont. He held appointments successively at Rhodes University, South Africa; Oxford University; Princeton University; Princeton Theological Seminary; and Drew University. He is the author of, among other books, Worship and Theology in England; Varieties of English Preaching, 1900-1960; and Like Angels from a Cloud: The English Metaphysical Preachers, 1588-1645.