He was said to be aged 19 or more at his father's death on 10 March 1476,[6] and was granted special livery of his lands on 1 September of that year.

[7][8] He was knighted by Henry VII on 18 January 1478, and on 4 March 1486 was granted lands in Sussex after the attainder of the Duke of Norfolk.

In 1489 he was made a Knight of the Bath at the creation of Henry VII's eldest son, Arthur Tudor, as Prince of Wales.

He participated in the sieges of Therouanne and Tournai in 1513, and was made a knight banneret after the French defeat at the Battle of the Spurs on 18 August 1513.

[citation needed] West died on 11 October 1525, and was buried at St. Mary's Church, Broadwater, Sussex.