SirEdwardMore Died1623 BroadhemburyChurch Devon

Sir Edward More (c. 1555–1623) of

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was an English

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. He was a Justice of the Peace for Surrey and Sussex from c. 1582 to c. 1587, and for

from c. 1584. He succeeded his father in 1581 and was knighted in 1600.

Origins

He was the son of

John More John More may refer to: Politicians *John More (MP for City of London), represented City of London 1383-1384 * John More (died 1620), MP for Winchester and Portsmouth * John More (died 1638) (1578–1638), MP for Lymington in 1624 and 1626 * John M ...

(d. 1581) of

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, and of Crabbet in the parish of Worth in Sussex, a

for

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, by his wife Agnes Moulton (d. 1557), daughter and heiress of John Moulton of Lancashire and Westminster.

Career

More commenced his study of law at the

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, bound with his father and Richard Inkpen, but his name disappears from Middle Temple records after a fine for absence from readings and a pardon for another on grounds of ill health. It shortly reappears among the Gentlemen Pensioners at court. Between the late 1570s and the death of Queen

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(1558–1603), at whose funeral he was an official attendant, he divided his time between the court and his country estates in Sussex and later Hampshire. He corresponded at length with Robert Cecil over the will of Lady Dacre (d. 1595) (widow of

Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre {{Infobox noble , name = Gregory Fiennes , title = Baron Dacre , image = Gregory Fiennes Baron Dacre.jpg , caption = ''Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre, detail of a portrait by Hans Eworth, 1559 ...

), who left a large part of her estates in Sussex and London to the Cecil family. More was one of the executors of the will.

Marriages and children

More fathered several illegitimate children, but married twice: *Firstly to Mary Poynings (d. 29 October 1591), a daughter and co-heiress of Sir

Adrian Poynings Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian word ''adur'', meaning "sea" or "water". The Adria was until the 8th century BC the ma ...

of Wherwell in Hampshire, by whom he had five sons (all of whom predeceased him) and one surviving daughter and heiress: **Elizabeth More, who married Sir Thomas Drewe (d.1651) of The Grange in the parish of Broadhembury in Devon,

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in 1612. *Secondly he married Frances Brooke, a daughter of

William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham Sir William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham, KG (1 November 1527 – 6 March 1597), lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and a member of parliament for Hythe. Although he was viewed by some as a religious radica ...

and widow of

John Stourton, 9th Baron Stourton John Stourton, 9th Baron Stourton (1553–1588) was the elder son of Charles Stourton, 8th Baron Stourton by his wife Anne Stanley, a daughter of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby. His father was executed for murder when he was a small child, bu ...

, by whom he had one daughter: **Frances More (d. 5 January 1662), who married

William Stourton, 11th Baron Stourton William Stourton, 11th Baron Stourton (c. 1594 – 25 April 1672) was the son of Edward Stourton and Frances Tresham. He married Frances Moore (d. 5 January 1662), daughter of Sir Edward More. William and Frances had five children; *William *M ...

, nephew of her mother's first husband.

References

More, Edward (c.1555–1623), of Crabbet, Worth, Sussex, Canon Row, Westminster, and Odiham, Hampshire, History of Parliament
Retrieved 16 March 2016. ;Specific {{DEFAULTSORT:More, Edward 1550s births 1623 deaths English MPs 1584–1585 English justices of the peace English knights English MPs 1601

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