MORE, Thomas II (c.1395-1461), of Cumcatch, Cumb.

Family and Education

b. c.1395. m. (1) c.1419, Maud, wid. of William Sandford (d.c.1417) of Little Asby, Westmld., at least 1da.; (2) Margaret (fl. 1463).C139/107/42; J. Nicolson and R. Burn, Westmld. and Cumb. i. 423-5; ii. 325; Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. n.s. xxii. 339; CPR, 1461-7, p. 253.

Offices Held

Sheriff, Cumb. 10 Feb. – 5 Nov. 1430, 4 Nov. 1443 – 6 Nov. 1444, 9 Nov. 1447–8, 8 Nov. 1452-Mich. 1453.

Escheator, Cumb. and Westmld. 26 Nov. 1431–5 Nov. 1432.

Assessor of taxes, Cumb. Jan. 1436, Aug. 1450.

J.p. Cumb. 22 May 1447 – Dec. 1459.

Conservator of a truce with Scotland 28 Apr. 1450, 16 Sept. 1451, 30 May 1453, 20 June 1457, 3 Feb. 1460.Rot. Scot. ed. Macpherson etc. ii. 340, 353, 366, 383, 397.

Commr. to assign money for the support of archers, Cumb. Dec. 1457; of inquiry Feb. 1458 (lands of Thomas, Lord Dacre of Gilsland).

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MORE, Thomas de la

Main residence: Cumcatch, Cumb.

Author

C.R.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

MORE, Thomas II (c.1395-c.1461)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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