MORICE, James (1539-97), of Chipping Ongar, Essex.

Family and Education

b. 1539, 1st s. of William Morice of Chipping Ongar by Anne Isaac of Kent. educ. M. Temple 1558, called. m. by 1560, Elizabeth (d.1603), da. of George Medley of Tilty Abbey, Essex and ‘Whitnes’ (?Whitnash), Warws., 4s. inc. John 3da. suc. fa. 1554.Burke, Landed Gentry (1871), ii. 947; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 256, 457-8; Morant, Essex, i. 129; CPR, 1558-60, p. 447; will at Essex RO, 231/ER/17.

Offices Held

J.p. Essex from c. 1573, q. by 1586, commr. piracy 1577; town clerk, Colchester by 1578; bencher and Autumn reader, M. Temple 1578; treasurer 1596; commr. musters, Essex 1583; recorder, Maldon from c.1586 (though, by 1593, called dep. recorder to Earl of Essex there); attorney of ct. of wards 16 Oct. 1589.Essex RO Assize File 35/15/3; Lansd. 146, f. 18; Essex Arch. Soc., Morant mss; M. T. Recs. i. 221, 224, 284, 367; Morant, i. 51; Essex RO, Maldon borough recs. DB 3/3/256, 264, 265, 270, 272; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 635, where date of attorneyship is given in error as 1579; pat. roll 31 Eliz. pt. 10.

Parlimentarian

MORICE, James (1539-97), of Chipping Ongar, Essex.

Main residence: Chipping Ongar, Essex.

Author

J.H.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

MORICE, James (1539-97)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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