Subsequently he was made one of the canons or prebendaries of the royal chapel of St. Stephen's, Westminster, a preferment he exchanged in 1479 with Dr. Walter Oudeby for the provostship of the collegiate church of Cotterstock, near Oundle.
Lying near the River Nene, three miles north-east of the town of Oundle and a mile from the village of Cotterstock, Tansor forms part of the district of East Northamptonshire.