MORICE, William (c.1500-54), of Chipping Ongar, Essex and London.

Family and Education

b. c. 1500, 1st s. of James Morice of Roydon, Essex, by da. and h. of one Buckbeard. m. by 1539, Anne, sis. of Edward Isaac of Well, Kent, 2s. inc. James 1da. d.v.p.Date of birth estimated from younger brothers, DNB (Morice, Ralph). Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 256; HMC Hatfield. i. 454; CP40/1142, x. 710.

Offices Held

Gent. usher to Richard Pace prob. by 1525; yeoman of chamber by 1530; gent. usher by 1533 – d.; jt. receiver-gen., ct. gen. surveyors 1530 – 47, possessions recovered by ct. common pleas 1536–?d.; receiver-gen. of Walter Lord Hungerford’s forfeited lands 1540 – 49; j.p. Essex 1540 – d.; commr. relief 1550.Narr. Ref. (Cam. Soc. lxxvii), 45; LP Hen. VIII, ii. iv, ix, xv, xvii, xx; CPR, 1547–8, p. 83; 1553, p. 352; W. C. Richardson, Ct. Augmentations, 170.

Parlimentarian

MORICE, William (c.1500-54), of Chipping Ongar, Essex and London.

Main residences: Chipping Ongar, Essex; London.

Author

S.R.J.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

MORICE, William (c.1500-54)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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