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MORE, Simon (by 1511-62/63), of Great Yarmouth, Norf.
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b. by 1511, poss. s. or gd.-s. of Simon More, bailiff of Great Yarmouth 1510-11. m. Margaret, at least 2s.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Information from P. Rutledge; Gt. Yarmouth roll 1510-11; PCC 9 Chayre.
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Murager, Great Yarmouth 1532 – 33, chamberlain 1535 – 36, 1538 – 39, collector half doles 1537 – 39, auditor 1540 – 41, 1543 – 45, 1547 – 48, Dec. 1551 – ?53, 1554 – 55, bailiff 1541 – 42, 1548 – 49, 1561 – 62, j.p. 1542 – 43, 1545 – 47, 1549 – 50, 1552 – 53, 1554 – 55, 1556 – 57, 1559 – 60, 1560 – 61, 1562 – d., auditor, St. Erasmus’s guild 1545, keeper, lazar hospital 1555–61 or 2, surveyor, hospital for poor children 1561.
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Main residence: Great Yarmouth, Norf.
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MORE, Richard.
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MORE, Richard
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MORE, John (by 1506-81), of Cannon Row, Westminster, Mdx. and Crabbet, Worth, Suss.
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b. by 1506, 2nd s. of Edward More of Larden, Salop, by Elizabeth, da. of Edward Cludd (or Clwyd) of Orleton, Salop. educ. ?Oxf. BA adm. 18 July 1519; M. Temple, adm. 2 Nov 1520. m. by June 1547, Agnes (d. 28 Feb. 1557), da. and h. of John Moulton of Lancs. and Westminster, 1s. Edward 2da.Date of birth estimated from admission to M. Temple. Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 365; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 172; Emden, Biog. Reg. Univ. Oxf. 1501-40, p. 399; CPR, 1553, p. 310; C142/195/95.
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Lent reader, M. Temple 1544.
Harbinger, gent. pens. by 1545, clerk of the check by 1552 – d.; collector of customs, Chichester 9 July 1546–50 or 51.
Main residences: Cannon Row, Westminster, Mdx.; Crabbet, Worth, Suss.
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MORE, Francis (by 1525-?75).
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b. by 1525. ?m. ?; by 1548, at least 1s.Date of birth estimated from first reference. C142/174/8, 46.
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MORE, Christopher (by 1483-1549), of Loseley, Surr.
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b. by 1483, 2nd s. of John More of London by Elizabeth. educ. I. Temple, adm. 29 June 1513. m. (1) by 1504, Margaret, da. of Walter Mugge of Guildford, Surr., 5s. inc. William More II 7da.; (2) by 1535, Constance, da. of Richard Sackville of Withyham, Suss., wid. of William Heneage of Milton, Hants. Kntd. Aug. 1540.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Guildford mus. Loseley 345/101, 102; 1327/3, 6; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 2; Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 66; LP Hen. VIII, xvi.
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Clerk, the Exchequer by 1505, secondary in the lord treasurer’s remembrancer’s office by 1526, King’s remembrancer 1542 – d.; alnager, Surr. and Suss. 1505 – d.; under steward, manors of Witley and Worplesdon, Surr. 1513; commr. subsidy, Surr. 1515, 1523, 1524, 1536, 1547, musters 1544, benevolence 1544/45, contribution 1546, chantries, Surr., Suss. and Southwark 1546, Surr., Suss. and Chichester 1548; other commissions 1530 – 46; verderer, Windsor forest by 1519; surveyor of lands to Margaret, Countess of Salisbury 1521; j.p. Surr. 1522 – d., Suss. 1534 – d.; sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1532 – 33, 1539 – 40; master of game, Merrow and West Clandon parks 1540; steward, manor of West Horsley, Surr. by 1547.
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Main residence: Loseley, Surr.
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MORDAUNT, Sir John (1508-71), of West Horndon, Essex and Turvey, Beds.
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b. 1508, 1st s. of John, 1st Baron Mordaunt of Turvey by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Henry Vere of Great Addington, Northants.; bro. of Edmund. m. (1) settlement 26 Feb. 1526, Ella (d. 2 June 1543), da. and h. of John Fitzlewis ?4s. inc. Lewis 6da.; (2) lic. 3 Dec. 1545, Joan, da. of Richard Fermor of Easton Neston, Northants., wid. of Robert Wilford (d. Sept. or Oct. 1545) of London. KB ?30 May 1533; suc. fa. as 2nd Baron 18 Aug. 1562.Date of birth given in CP, ix. 195. R. Halstead (pseud. of Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough), Succinct Gen. Mordaunt, 325-6, 400, 599; PCC 13 Jankyn; Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 42; LP Hen. VIII, vi; Marr. Lic. Fac. Off. (Harl. Soc. xxiv), 5.
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Sheriff, Essex and Herts. 1540 – 41; bailiff, duchy of Cornw., Newport Pound, Essex c. 1543; j.p. Essex 1544–47 or later, q. by 1554–64; commr. relief, Essex 1550, musters, Essex, ?Herts. c. 1557, 1558, 1563, 1565, heresy 1557; steward, duchy of Lancaster, Olney, Bucks. 1552 – 58, Hertford and constable, Hertford castle 1554 – ?58; PC 1553–?58.
Main residences: West Horndon, Essex; Turvey, Beds.
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MORDAUNT, Sir John (1508-71)
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