[1] He served as a Justice of the Peace for Lincolnshire (Kesteven in 1531 and Lindsey in 1531–32).
In the Lincolnshire Rising of 1536 he managed to escape capture at the sessions at Caistor, but was seized the next day at his home and forced to become a captain of the rebels.
After the collapse of the uprising, forerunner of the Pilgrimage of Grace and Bigod's Rebellion, Moigne was arrested and taken to London.
Most of those forced to take part were pardoned, but Moigne had been seen in friendly conversation with Robert Aske, leader of the rising in Yorkshire.
[2] He was then returned to Lincoln, tried for treason on 6 March 1537 and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered, which was carried out the following day.