on 11 february 1493-4 he was raised to the bench as a puisne judge of the common pleas, when on 24 november 1495 he was transferred to the chief-justiceship of the king's bench. he was one of the triers of petitions in the parliament of 1496, and the same year was joined with the archbishop of canterbury, the archbishop of york and certain other peers as feoffee of certain manors in staffordshire, berkshire, wiltshire, kent, and leicestershire to the use of the king. he was one of the executors of the will of cardinal morton, who died in 1500. in 1503 he was again a trier of petitions in parliament, and was enfeoffed of certain other manors to the uses of the king's will. in the act of parliament declaring the feoffment he is for the first time designated 'knight.' in 1509 he was appointed one of the executors of the king's will. he was also a trier of petitions in the parliament of 1515.