He was active in local administration in Sussex and Surrey, and from 1505 until his death held office in the Exchequer, rising in 1542 to the post of King's Remembrancer.
He was appointed Justice of the Peace in Surrey in 1522 and in Sussex in 1534, and continued to serve in that capacity in both counties until his death.
In November 1539, he was among those appointed to attend as a guard of honour to meet Henry VIII's future Queen, Anne of Cleves.
[3] More is said to have been the first member of his family to settle in Surrey, and about 1509 he purchased the manor of Loseley, near Guildford.
He added a codicil on 8 July 1549 requiring Constance to enter into sureties to her stepson, William, concerning property in the Blackfriars, London.