Family and Education
b. c. 1555, o.s. of John More of Crabbet by Anne or Agnes, da. of John Moulton of Lancs. and Westminster. educ. ?Hart Hall, Oxf. by 1568; M. Temple 1 May 1571. m. (1) Mary (d. 29 Oct. 1591), da. and coh. of Adrian Poynings of Wherwell, Hants, 5s. 1da.; (2) Lady Frances Brooke, da. of alias Cobham" class="crossvolume" >William Brooke alias Cobham, 10th Lord Cobham, wid. of John, 9th Lord Stourton, 1da. Several ch. illegit. suc. fa. 1581. Kntd. 1600.Suss. Rec. Soc. xxxiii. 1, 16; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 172-3; Manning and Bray, Hist. Surr. i. 626, 628; CPR, 1553 and App. Ed. VI, 310; VCH Hants, iv. 97.
Offices Held
Gent. pens. by 1577 – d.; j.p. Surr., Suss. from c. 1582 – c.87, Hants from c.1584.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Crabbet, Worth, Suss.; Canon Row, Westminster; Odiham, Hants.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
MORE, Edward (c.1555-1623)
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