 He took no degree, and on leaving university was admitted a student of the Inner Temple, on 2 February 1548.Hare was one of the gentlemen appointed to bear the bannerols at the funeral of Anne of Cleves on 15 July 1555, and on 29 March 1558 he was in the service of William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester.On 14 June 1560 he was admitted clerk of the pells on the nomination of the marquess, and he was returned for in Suffolk to the parliament which met on 11 January 1563.