For some time afterwards Morris was employed mainly in diplomatic work ; at the end of 1526 or beginning of 1527 he was sent with letters to the English envoys at Valladolid , and started back with their despatches on 1 February 1526 – 7 . In the same year he was appointed chief gunner of the Tower , and in September was bearer of instructions to William Knight , the envoy at Compiègne . In 1530 he served in Ireland , and in January 1530 – 1 before Calais ; in the same year he inspected the mines at Llantrisant , Glamorganshire , as the king 's commissioner , and appears as owner of a ship . After serving on a commission to survey the land and fortifications of Calais and Guisnes , commanding a company of artillery at the former place , and inspecting the fortifications of Carlisle in 1532 , Morris was in 1535 despatched on a mission to North Germany and Denmark , probably to enlist gunners and engineers in the English service . He visited Hamburg , Lübeck , Rostock , and all the principal towns in Denmark and Zealand , returning on 27 June . In August he was at Greenwich , engaged in enlisting men , and in September was ordered to proceed with three ships to Denmark ; the order was , however , countermanded , and Morris was again sent to Calais . On 8 February 1537 , he succeeded Bernardin de Valois ( Bernardyne de Wallys ) as Master of the Ordnance , with a salary of 2s . a day for himself , 6d . for a clerk , and 6d . for a yeoman . Before October he was recalled , and was in London ready to march northwards to assist in suppressing the Pilgrimage of Grace . In 1537 Morris was again at Carlisle inspecting the fortifications , which had been declared unsound ; was granted license to be " overseer of the science of artillery ; " appointed master gunner of England , and on 31 July landed at Calais , where in 1539 he was one of the commissioners appointed to receive Anne of Cleves ; on 18 October he was knighted at the creation of the Earl of Hertford and Southampton . In 1542 Morris was in England superintending the artillery , not always with success , for of the pieces despatched for the war in Scotland in October 1542 all but one burst . In March 1543 – 4 he joined Edward Seymour , Earl of Hertford 's expedition to Scotland . Landing near Leith , which was immediately captured , Morris accompanied the army to Edinburgh , where on 7 May he blew in the Netherbow Port with a culverin ; the next day he bombarded the castle , without effect , for two hours and was compelled to retreat
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
Christopher Morris (Master of the Ordnance)