[7][8] Lewis Morris, Governor of New York and Lord the Manor of Morrisania from Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales was known to utilize a similar crest to Sir Christopher, "A castle in flames, Proper."

[2] He was on board one of the vessels which, under Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey's command, escorted Charles V to Biscay after his visit to England in 1522; in July a detachment with artillery was landed on the coast of France near Morlaix, which was captured, "for the master gunner, Christopher Morris, having certain falcons, with the shot of one of them struck the lock of the wicket in the gate, so that it flew open," and the town was taken.

In August 1523 Morris was acting as lieutenant-gunner before Calais, and on the 23rd of that month he sailed with the vice-admiral, Sir William Fitzwilliam (later Earl of Southampton), and landed near Treport; after severe fighting they re-embarked, burning seven ships and capturing twenty-seven pieces of ordnance.

[1] Between 1524 and 1527 Morris was employed in diplomatic work on behalf of Henry VIII; at the end of 1526 or beginning of 1527 he was sent with letters to the English envoys at Valladolid, and started back with their dispatches on 1 February 1526–7.

In 1530 he served in Ireland, and in January 1530–1 before Calais; in the same year he inspected the mines at Llantrisant, Glamorganshire, as the king's commissioner, and appears as owner of a ship.

[1] In 1537 Morris was again at Carlisle inspecting the fortifications, which had been declared unsound; was granted license to be "overseer of the science of artillery;" appointed master gunner of England, and on 31 July landed at Calais, where in 1539 he was one of the commissioners appointed to receive Anne of Cleves;[1][11] In 1542 Morris was in England superintending the artillery, not always with success, for of the pieces dispatched for the war in Scotland in October 1542 all but one burst.

Landing near Leith, which was immediately captured, Morris accompanied the army to Edinburgh, where on 7 May he blew in the Netherbow Port with a culverin; the next day he bombarded the castle, without effect, for two hours and was compelled to retreat.