[1] Early in the reign of Edward VI, Gower was appointed surveyor of the royal estates in Northumberland and captain of Eyemouth, near Berwick (1 September 1547).
He was captain of a band of light horsemen in the army with which the Lord Protector, the Duke of Somerset, invaded Scotland.
Gower had to pay a considerable ransom, and 'as he was a poor man', was much burdened by expenses at Eyemouth, and had to appoint a deputy in his office as surveyor.
[2] In 1549, he went to London to claim eighteen months' arrears of sums due for Eyemouth, and complained that other services had not been rewarded.
In 1559, he complained that one Bennett had been appointed over his head, and was apparently replaced, as he held the post in 1560, when he was made master of the ordinance in the army sent to besiege Leith.