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b. 1559, o. and posth. s. of Edward Moore, yeoman, of East Ilsley, Berks. and Elizabeth, da. and coh. of one Hall of Tilehurst, Berks. educ. ?Reading g.s.; St. John’s, Oxf. c.1574, MA Oxf. 1612; New Inn bef. 1580; M. Temple 1580, called 1587.Ath. Ox. ii. 304; Al. Ox.; Reg. Univ. Oxf. ed. A. Clark, ii. pt. 1, p. 237; MTR, 235, 297. m. by 1591, Anne (d. 12 May 1653), da. of William Tweedy of Boreham, Essex, 5s. (1 d.v.p.), 4da. (1 d.v.p.). Feet of Fines for Essex vi.: 1581-1603 ed. F.G. Emmison, 88; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 246; MTR, 482-3; PROB 11/138, f. 279; H.W. Woolrych, Eminent Sjts.-at-Law, i. 230. suc. fa. at birth. Kntd. 17 Mar. 1617. d. 21 Sept. 1621. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 161; C142/392/111. sig. Fra[ncis] Moore.
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Solicitor to Henry Percy, 9th earl of Northumberland 1585-at least 1608; Household Pprs. of Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland ed. G.R. Batho (Cam. Soc. ser. 3. xciii), 48, 74, 90. steward, reader’s Feast, M. Temple 1596, assoc. bencher 1603 – 07, bencher 1607 – 14, autumn reader 1607, asst. to Lent reader 1608; MTR, 371, 441, 478, 487. fee’d counsel, Charterhouse hosp., London 1614–d.; LMA, ACC/1876/G/02/01, p. 33. sjt.-at-law 1614; Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 526. sjt.-at-law to Anne of Denmark by 1616. State Trials ed. T.B. Howell, ii. 952.

J.p. Berks. c. 1592 – d., custos rot. 1615–d.; Hatfield House, ms 278; C231/4, f. 6. commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1602–d.; C181/1, f. 29; 181/3, f. 31. sewers, London 1606, Lansd. 168, f. 152. charitable uses, Berks. 1607-at least 1619, C93/3/13, 17; 93/4/11, 19; 93/5/4; 93/7/1, 12. subsidy, Berks. and New Windsor 1608–9, SP14/31/1; E115/343/18. aid, Berks. 1609; E179/283. under steward, Univ. of Oxford by 1612; Oxford DNB, xxxviii. 927. gov., Charterhouse hosp. London 1617–d.; G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London, 352; LMA, Acc/1876/G/02/01, p. 150. steward, Newbury, Berks. c.1619–d. Harl. 781, ff. 44, 46v.

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MOORE, Francis (1559-1621), of South Fawley, Berks. and the Middle Temple, London
Main residences: South Fawley, Berks.; the Middle Temple, London.
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A.D.T.
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Commons 1604-1629
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MOORE, Francis (1559-1621)

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