On Edward's accession in 1461 he was made an "Usher of the Chamber" and started to become wealthy. From 1465 to 1469 he was an "Esquire of the Body" and he was knighted on the field after the huge Yorkist victory of the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471 (along with many others). His wife was a "damicellae" or Lady-in-waiting, of the Queen. In the portrait he and his wife wear lavish Yorkist gold collar chains of suns and roses with the personal livery of Edward in pendants of his emblem, a lion, both in white "ronde bosse" enamel with gold highlights, clutching a ruby in their raised paws. These chains would presumably have been presents from Edward to his close followers.