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MORE, William II (1520-1600), of Loseley, Surr.

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b. 30 Jan. 1520, 5th but o. surv. s. of Sir Christopher More of Loselev by 1st w. Margaret, da. of Walter Mugge of Guildford. m. (1) settlement 12 June 1545, Mabel, da. of Mark Digneley of Wolverton, I.o.W., s.p.; (2) settlement 1551, Margaret, da. of Ralph Daniell of Swaffham, Norf., 1s. George 2da. suc. fa. 16 Aug. 1549. Kntd. 14 May 1576.Loseley Mss, ed. Kempe, p. xii gives date of birth. Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 95; Surr. Fines (Surr. Rec. Soc. xix), 87; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 2-3; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 166; C142/89/134; Guildford mus. Loseley 345/133;346/30/1-3, 1327/3, 6.
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Alnager, Surr. and Suss. 1549; commr. relief, Surr. 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553, musters 1557, 1558, 1569, 1580, eccles. causes 1572, subsidy 1573, 1587, 1594; other commissions 1557 – d.; provost marshal, Surr. 1552; sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1558 – 59, 1579 – 80; j.p.q. Surr. 1558/59; dep. lt. 1569, 1580, 1588; v.-adm. Suss. 1559 – 94; verderer, Windsor forest by 1561; constable, Farnham castle 1565; treasurer for lottery, Surr. 1567; collector of loan 1589; master of swans, Surr. 1593; dep. custos rot. by 1594; chamberlain of the Exchequer at d. PCC 9 Coode; CPR, 1553, p. 357; 1560–3, p. 485; 1563–6, pp. 42–43; 1569–72, pp. 440–2; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 333; 1601–3, p. 54; Surr. Arch. Colls. xxi. 105; xxiv. 15; xxxix. 55; Guildford mus. Loseley 1074; 1075; 1081/5; 1538/1, 2; 1629–30; 1632; Manning and Bray, i. 66; HMC 7th Rep. 607, 613–17, 619–20, 622, 625–6, 634, 644, 647, 651–2.

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MORE, William II (1520-1600), of Loseley, Surr.
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MORE, William I (by 1508-48/49), of Sherfield-upon-Loddon, Hants and London.

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b. by 1508, 2nd s. of Thomas More of Sherfield-upon-Loddon by Margaret, da. of John Cottesmore of Oxon. educ. M. Temple. m. by 1540, Catherine, wid. of John Colet, 1s. 6da.Presumed to be of age at election. Harl. 1139, f. 11; PCC 34 Populwell.
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Escheator, Hants and Wilts. 1538–9.

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MORE, William I (by 1508-48/49), of Sherfield-upon-Loddon, Hants and London.
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MORE, Thomas II (1531-1606), of Hambleden, Bucks.; Barnbrough, Yorks.; Leyton, Essex and North Mimms, Herts.

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b. 8 Aug. 1531, 1st s. of John More by Anne, da. and h. of Edward Cresacre of Barnbrough. m. ?1553, Mary, da. of John Scrope of Spennithorne, Yorks. and Hambleden, 5s. 8da. suc. fa. 1547.Date of birth given in D. Shanahan, ‘The fam of St. Thomas More in Essex’, Essex Recusant, i. 66. This biography draws on a series of articles by Shanahan and others in Essex Recusant, i. 62-74; ii. 76-85; iii. 71-80; vi. 96-98. N. and Q. (ser. 8), ii. 121-2; Vis. Yorks. (Harl. Soc. xvi), 212.
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Commr. for i.p.m. Yorks. 1571.CPR, 1569–72, p. 198.

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MORE, Thomas II (1531-1606), of Hambleden, Bucks.; Barnbrough, Yorks.; Leyton, Essex and North Mimms, Herts.
Main residence: Hambleden, Bucks.; Barnbrough, Yorks.; Leyton, Essex and North Mimms, Herts.
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MORE, Thomas I (1477/78-1535), of London and Chelsea, Mdx.

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b. 6 or 7 Feb. 1477 or 78, 1st s. of Sir John More of London by 1st w. Agnes, da. of Thomas Graunger of London. educ. St. Anthony’s sch. London; household of Cardinal Morton; Oxf. c.1492; New Inn c.1494; L. Inn, adm. 12 Feb. 1496. m. (1) by Jan. 1505, Jane (d.1511), da. of John Colt of Netherhall, nr. Roydon, Essex, 1s. 3da.; (2) 1511, Alice, wid. of John Middleton of London. Kntd. by Nov. 1521; suc. fa. 1530.Born on Friday, 7 Feb. in the regnal year 17 Edw. IV (mar. 1477-Mar. 1478), N. Harpsfield, Life of More (EETS clxxxvi), 298-303, but in 1478 the 7th was a Saturday, in 1477 Friday. Roper, 5-7, 105-10, 124; Emden, Biog. Reg. Univ. Oxf. to 1500, pp. 1305-8; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiv), 566; LP Hen. VIII, iii; PCC 24 Jankyn; J. B. Trapp and H. S. Herbrüggan, ‘The King’s Good Servant’ Sir thomas More (National Portrait Gallery 1977-78), passim; DNB.
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Auditor, L. Inn 1503, pens. 1507, butler 1507 – 08, marshal 1510 – 11, gov. 1511 – 12, 1514 – 15, Autumn reader 1511, Lent 1515.

Under sheriff, London Sept. 1510 – 23 July 1518; Councillor by Aug. 1517; j.p. Kent 1518, Mdx. 1522 – 32; jt. keeper, Exchange 1520; under treasurer, Exchequer 2 May 1521–5; commr. subsidy, Mdx. 1523, 1524; high steward, Oxf. univ. June 1524, Camb. 1525; steward, duchy of Lancaster, Herts. and Mdx. June 1525, chancellor 30 Sept. 1525 – Oct. 1529; ld. chancellor 25 Oct. 1529–16 May 1532.City of London RO, jnl. 11, f. 118v; rep. 3, f. 221; Corresp. More, ed. Rogers, 94; LP Hen. VIII, ii-v; Harpsfield, 24, 318; Somerville, Duchy, i. 393–4, 606. He is to be distinguished from a namesake of Sherfield-upon-Loddon, Hants (father of William More I*) who sat on the Hampshire bench, E.E. Reynolds, ‘Which Thomas More? A retraction’, Moreana, xiii. 73–82.’

Speaker of House of Commons 1523.

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MORE, Thomas I (1477/78-1535), of London and Chelsea, Mdx.
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