On 19 January 1485 he obtained a pardon; but that he remained hostile to Richard III's government may perhaps be inferred from the fact that Henry VII, shortly after his accession, appointed him an Esquire of the Body.
Of the returns of this commission all that remains is a transcript of selected cases preserved among the Lansdowne manuscripts in the British Library,[2] which were printed among the transactions of the Royal Historical Society for 1893.
He was appointed customer of wools, hides, and fleeces in the port of London on 2 January 1522,[4] and was a commissioner for raising the subsidy in Dorset in 1523.
In 1527 he procured a pardon for all malversations in his office as comptroller of the port of Poole since 3 December 1515, a proceeding which recalls his conduct in connection with the subsidy of 1523.
On 8 July 1535 he surrendered the customership of London, which he had enjoyed for thirteen years,[6] and it was granted to William Thynne as the result of a friendly transaction between the two.
That Uvedale was a friend to the reforming party, and trusted by the King, is apparent from the occurrence of his name in 1536 on a list of noblemen and gentlemen of the southern counties, to whom it was in contemplation to write for assistance in the suppression of the northern rebellion.