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b. 9 Sept. 1594, 1st s. of Richard More* of Linley Hall and Sarah, da. of Roger Harris, draper, of Shrewsbury; bro. of Thomas*.Frag. Gen. xiii. 134. educ. Shrewsbury 1609.Shrewsbury School Reg. ii. 216. m. (1) 4 Feb. 1611, with £600, his cos. Katherine (div.1620), da. and coh. of Jasper More of Larden Hall, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da. d.v.p. (disowned); (2) by 1627, with 1000 marks, Elizabeth Worsley of Deeping Gate, Maxey, Northants. (bur. 17 Nov. 1655), 3s. 4da. suc. fa. 6 Dec. 1643. d. 3 May 1662.Salop Archives 1037/10/3; Shipton Par. Reg. (Salop Par. Reg. Soc. Hereford xxii), 19, 20; Salop Par. Regs. More, 17-20, 27, 30; New York Gen. and Biog. Record, xxxvi. 213-4, 218-9; New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg. cxiv. 166; Herefs. RO, T74/200.
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Household: servant to Edward, 11th Baron Zouche, Apr. 1616–25.New Eng. Hist. and Gen. Reg. cxiv. 165; PROB11/146/488.

Civic: freeman, Hastings and Rye 1621; Shrewsbury 28 Dec. 1645; Ludlow 13 Oct. 1647.Hastings Mus. corp. bk. 1 f. 221; East Suss. RO, Rye 1/10 f. 210; Salop Archives, 3365/69; LB2/1/1 f. 238. Bailiff, Bishop’s Castle 1647–8, 1652–3.Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, corporation order bk. ff. 211, 220v.

Local: commr. west midlands cos. 10 Apr. 1643; commr. for Salop, 13 June 1644;A. and O. assessment, Herefs. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Salop 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Mont. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O. Herefs. militia, 23 May 1648;LJ x. 277a. associated cos. of N. Wales, 21 Aug. 1648; militia, Herefs. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Mont. 2 Dec. 1648; Salop 2 Dec.1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Worcs., N. Wales 12 Mar.1660. 13 Apr. 1649 – bef.Oct. 1653A. and O. J.p. Salop, by c.Sept. 1656–20 Feb. 1662.CJ vi. 187a; C231/6, p. 160; C193/13/4, f. 82; C193/13/6, f. 74; C220/9/4, f. 72. Commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 11, 303. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) by 1644; col. by 1645. Gov. Hopton Castle, Salop 18 Feb. – 13 Mar. 1644; Montgomery 18 May 1645 – 25 Mar. 1647; Ludlow 6 June 1646–7; Hereford 15 Apr. 1647-May 1648.HMC Bath, i. 36–7; HMC Portland, iii. 155; CSP Dom. 1645–7, pp. 441, 564; 1648–9, p. 14; SP28/229.

Religious: elder, sixth Salop classis, Apr. 1647.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 411–12.

: of Larden Hall, Shipton and Linley Hall, More, Salop.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, circle of P. Lely.Whereabouts unknown.

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Commons 1640-1660
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MORE, Samuel (1594-1662), of Larden Hall, Shipton, and Linley Hall, More, Salop.

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