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b. 28 Nov. 1553, o.s. of Sir William More† of Loseley and his 2nd w. Margaret, da. and h. of Ralph Daniell of Swaffham, Norf.Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 66, 95. educ. Guildford g.s.; Oglander Mems. ed. W.H. Long, 137. Corpus Christi, Oxf. 1570, BA 1572, MA 1605; I. Temple 1574; Al. Ox.; I. Temple Admiss. travelled abroad (France, Italy, Germany) c.1575-9. F. Bamford, Royalist’s Notebk. 164-5. m. (1) settlement 24 Nov. 1579, HMC 7th Rep. 633b. Anne (d. 19 Nov. 1590), Aubrey, Antiqs. of Surr. iii. 310-2. da. and coh. of Sir Adrian Poynings† of Wherwell, Hants, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (2 d.v.p.); Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 2-3. (2) by June 1593, Constance, da. of John Michell of Stammerham, Suss., wid. of Richard Knight of St. Denys, Hants, s.p. Surr. Hist. Cent. LM/348/230. Kntd. 28 Feb. 1598; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 95. suc. fa. 1600. C142/264/179. d. 16 Oct. 1632. Bamford, 164-5. sig. George More.
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Constable (jt.) Farnham Castle, Surr. 1565–1608; Surr. Hist. Cent. LM/348/100/1; HMC 7th Rep. 619a, CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 437. kpr. (jt.) Farnham Little Park 1577–1608; Surr. Hist. Cent. LM/348/114/1; HMC 7th Rep. 630b, VCH Surr. ii. 604. j.p. Surr. 1580 – 1611, 1613 – d., Suss. 1599 – 1611, Mdx. 1615–17; Cal. Assize Recs. Surr. Indictments, Eliz. ed. J.S. Cockburn, 188, Cal. Assize Recs. Surr. Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 63, 91; Cal. Assize Recs. Suss. Indictments, Eliz. ed. J.S. Cockburn, 371; C231/1, f. 77, 231/4, f. 10; G.H. Glanville, ‘Surr. 1580–1620’ (London Univ. Ph.D thesis, 1972), p. 477. commr. eccles. causes, Surr. 1576, HMC 7th Rep. 630a. musters, Surr. 1580 – 94, Tower Hamlets 1616; APC, 1580–1, p. 14; 1616–17, p. 14; HMC 7th Rep. 652a. provost-marshal, Surr. 1589; A.J. Kempe, Loseley Mss, 495; HMC 7th Rep. 646a. commr. suppression of Jesuits, Surr. 1591; HMC 7th Rep. 649b; Surr. Hist. Cent. LM/1380/2. capt. militia ft., Surr. 1594; VCH Surr. ii. 137. commr. subsidy, Surr. 1591, 1594, 1608; Surr. Hist. Cent. 6729/1/21; HMC 7th Rep. 652b; SP14/31/1. dep. lt. Surr. 1600–d.; Surr. Hist. Cent. 6729/4/125–6, 132; APC, 1600–1, p. 12, 1630–1, p. 318; HMC 7th Rep. 659b. sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1597–8; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 137. collector of Privy Seal loans, Surr. 1597, 1604, 1625–7; Surr. Hist. Cent. LM/1509/5–10, LM/1511/1, LM/1513, 6729/10/130; E401/2583, ff. 41v-2; 2585, ff. 117–8; 2586, p. 49; CSP Dom. 1625–6, pp. 170, 237, 425; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. alnager, Surr. and Suss. 1600–10; Surr. Hist. Cent. Loseley mss 1541/1, 2. freeman, Guildford 1601; Surr. Hist. Cent. BR/OC/1/2, f. 47. commr. oyer and terminer, Mdx. and Home circ. 1601–d.; C181/1, ff. 10v, 15v, 132; C181/2, ff. 73v, 241v, 262; 181/4, ff. 109v, 120v. verderer, Windsor Forest, Berks. by 1602–d.; Kempe, 364–5; Surr. Hist. Cent. LM/1081/42. commr. preservation of Thames ditches 1602–5, C181/1, ff. 5v, 113v. sewers, London 1604 – 15, Mdx. 1604 – 19, Westminster 1611, Surr. 1613–d.; C181/1, f. 88; 181/2, ff. 140v, 191, 243, 347; 181/3, ff. 114v, 161v; 181/4, f 121v; Lansd. 168, f. 151. collector aid, Surr. 1609, 1613, Benevolence, 1614, 1620; E179/273/39; E351/1950; SP14/43/101; Surr. Hist. Cent. LM/1495; Harl. 354, f. 68v; Kempe, 223. commr. swans, Kent, Mdx. and Berks. 1609, C181/2, f. 89. new buildings, London 1615, 1618, 1625, Surr. 1616, C66/2165; Rymer, viii. pt. 1, p. 70; APC, 1615–16, pp. 122, 485. annoyances, Mdx. 1613, C181/2, f. 199. inquiry into activities of glass patentees, Surr. and Suss. 1613–16, Surr. Hist. Cent. 6729/3/182; VCH Surr. ii. 300; APC 1613–14, pp. 670–1; 1615–16, pp. 16, 95, 196, 250, 469. gaol delivery, Newgate, London 1616, C181/2, f. 253. purveyance, Surr. 1622, Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 21; HMC 7th Rep. 674. charitable uses 1624, Manning and Bray, Surr. iii. 157. martial law 1626, C66/2384/3; APC, 1626, p. 101. limiting badgers 1630, APC 1630–1, p. 132. knighthood fines 1630. E178/7154, f. 283.

Servant to Robert Dudley†, earl of Leicester by 1573–88. Kempe, pp. xiii, 489–90.

Chamberlain of the exch. 1601–13; CSP Dom. 1601–3, p. 54; Exchequer Officeholders comp. J.C. Sainty (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xviii), 11. commr. piracy 1608; Harl. 703, f. 139v. recvr. gen. and treas. to Prince Henry 1610–12; HMC 7th Rep. 670a; AO1/2021/1A, 2. chan. of the Garter 1611–26; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 56; C66/1932; HMC 7th Rep. 673b, 675a, 678a. commr. augmentation of Crown revenue 1612; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 374. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1613–d.; Rymer, vii. pt. 3, p. 135, vii. pt. 4, 172; R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 355. lt. of the Tower 1615–17; Lansd. 273, f. 41; APC, 1616–17, p. 176; HMC 7th Rep. 671a-b, 673b. commr. trade 1621, 1622, 1625, Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 11; viii. pt. 1, p. 59; APC, 1621–3, pp. 80, 208. exacted fees 1622. APC, 1621–3, p. 325.

Member, Council for Virg. 1606; A. Brown, Genesis of US, 66; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iii. 85, 329, iv. 363. N.W. Passage Co. 1612. CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 239.

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MORE, Sir George (1553-1632), of Loseley, nr. Guildford, Surr. and Blackfriars, London
Main residences: Loseley, nr. Guildford, Surr.; Blackfriars, London.
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