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Sir John Moore

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Sir John Moore
Birthdate:	circa 1520
Birthplace:	Moorehayes, Devon, England
Death:	before October 1576 England
Immediate Family:	Son of Humphrey Moore and Agnes or Anne Moore Husband of Catherine Pomeroy Father of Susanna Moors; Alexander Moore; Amias Moore; Charles Moore; Gawen Moore and 9 others

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Last Updated:	April 27, 2022

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MORE, Sir John (c.1520-c.76), of Morehayes, Devon.
b. c.1520, 1st s. of Humphrey More of Morehayes by Anne or Agnes, da. of Sir Lewis Pollard. m. Katherine, da. of Sir Thomas Pomeroy of Berry Pomeroy by Jane, da. of Sir Peter Edgecombe, 8s. 6da. suc. fa. 1537. Kntd. 1549.1
Offices Held
- J.p. Devon from c.1559, dep. lt. 1569.2
Though a well-known figure in the west country, More had no known personal connexion with either of the boroughs he represented in Parliament, presumably owing his seats to the and Earl of Bedford, with whom he had fought at St. Quentin in 1557. His strong protestant convictions—in 1564 he was chosen to advise the bishop of Exeter on the religion of Devon justices—were in line with Bedford’s own, and his brother James was in the Earl’s service. In the second session of the 1563 Parliament More was appointed to the succession committee, 31 Oct. 1566, and to hear the Queen’s message on the succession on 5 Nov. 1566. This was his only recorded parliamentary activity.3
Still a minor when his father died, More became involved in complex lawsuits over his inheritance. Under Mary he was cited at least once before Star Chamber (on no more serious charge than that of rabbit stealing) and sued out a general pardon at Elizabeth’s accession. For the rest of his life he acted as a trusted servant of the Crown in Devon. In 1574 he and his friend Sir Gawain Carew were thanked by the Privy Council for their help to the Earl of Bedford, who in turn praised their diligence in local affairs. At about the same time More was acting with Arthur Bassett on a Privy Council assignment to investigate an affray at Dartmouth.4
He died intestate, probably early in 1576: in October that year his widow was granted administration of his property. The heir, his son Humphrey, who married a sister of Amias Bampfield, was a wastrel who was dismissed from the bench of justices for misconduct.5
From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/mo... ______________________________
The visitation of the county of Devon in the year 1620
https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun06colbrich
https://archive.org/stream/visitationofcoun06colbrich#page/195/mode...
- MORE.
John Moore of Moore Hayes = ; ch: William Moore of Moore Hayes
- William Moore of Moore Hayes = ; ch: John Moore of Moore Hayes
  - John Moore of Moore Hayes = ; ch: Moris Moore of Moore Hayes
    - Moris Moore of Moore Hayes = ; ch: Humphrie (m. Anne Pollard) Moore of Moore Hayes
      - Humphrie Moore of Moore Hayes = Anne d. of Pollard of Nimpton ; ch: Sir John (m. Katherin Pomeroy) Moore of Moore Hayes
        
        Sir John Moore of Moore Hayes = Katherin d. of Sir Tho. Pomeroy ; ch: Humph. (m. Mary Bamfield) Moore of Moore Hayes
        
        Humph. Moore of Moore Hayes = Mary d. of Rich Bamfield, & sister to Sir Amias Bamfield ; ch: John (m. Cicily Sneg & Mary Coffin) Moore, (Pg.196 Gawin (m. Katherin Dowrish), Thomas, Giles, Elizab. (m. John Berrye of Chittlehampton) Moore)
        
        John Moore of Moorehayes, living 1620 = Cicily d. of Geo. Sneg, one of the Barons of the Exchequer, 1 w. ; ch: George (s. & h., aet. 18) Moore; = Mary d. of Rich. Coffin of Portlinch, 2 w. ; ch: Richard, John, Humph., Amies, Mary, Elizab., Dorithy, Ann Moore
        
        https://archive.org/stream/visitationofcoun06colbrich#page/196/mode...
        
        Gawin, 2, of Cornw. = Katherin d. of Sam. Dowrish ; ch: Francis, Peter, Henry, John (of Quethiocke) Moore
        
        John of Quethiocke, 2 = John d. of Calmady of Saltashe ; ch: Katherine Moore __________________________________
The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Herald's Visitations ... By College of Arms (Great Britain)
http://books.google.com/books?id=GmqlIibS95IC&pg=PA721&lpg=PA721&dq...
Pg.572
- MOORE OF MOORHAYS.
.... etc.
John Moore of Moor Hayes = Elizabeth, da. and h. of Henry Botour of Exeter, Esq. ; ch: William (m. Jane Stawell) Moore
- William Moore of Moor Hayes. = Jane, da. and h. of . . . Stawell of Cothelston. ; ch: Nicholas, John (m. Elizabeth Clivedon) Moore.
  - John Moore of Moore Hayes. Will 9 Nov. 1509, pro. 19 Mar. 1509-10. P.C.C. (Benet 27.) = Elizabeth, da. and coh. of John Clivedon of Willond, extrix. of her husband's will, d. 1515, M.I. ; ch: Richard, Margaret (m. John Walrond), John (3 son), William (m. Dorothy Trowbridge), Phillip (5 son), Morris (m. Cicely Bonville) Moore.
    - Richard More, D.D., Archdeacon of Exeeter 13 Jan. 1505, Treasurer of Exeter Cathedral 24 May 1515, co. exr. of his father's will, d. 20 Feb. 1516, M.I. Exeter Cathedral.
    - Margaret, mar. John Walrond of Bradfield.
    - John More, 3 son, co exr. of his father's will.
    - William More, 4 son, co. exr. of his father's will, d. 6 Dec. 1581, M.I. = Dorothy, da. of . . . Trowbridge.
    - Phillip More, 5 son, named in his father's will. = ch: Margery (m. Humphrey Berry) More.
    - Morris Moore of Moore Hayes, b. 1459, d. 1500, M.I. = Cicely, da. of John Bonville, base son of the Lord Bonville, and Alice, da. and coh. of William Dennis of Comb Raleigh, otherwise called Come Coffyn, and widow of Thomas Wivell of Crediton, remar. James Note of London, vide ped. ante, page 103. ; ch: (Pg.573 Christopher (m. Joan Hawkins), Humphrie (m. Anne Pollard), Elizabeth (m. Richard Marshall), Eleyn (m. Bartholomew Fortescue) Moore.)
      - Pg.573
      - Eleyn, named in the will of her grandfather. = Bartholomew Fortescue, vide ped. ante, page 353.
      - Elizabeth, mar. Richard, son and heir to John Marshall.
      - Christopher Moore. = Joan, da. of . . . Hawkins. ; ch: James, Beatrix Moore.
      - Humphrie Moore of Moore Hayes, d. 20 Aug. 1537, M.I. = Anne, Da. of Sir Lewis Pollard of Nimpton, Kt., Justice of the Common Pleas 1515. ; ch: Jeane, Jane, Ellen (m. Gregory Sidenham), George, Roger, James, Henry, Sr. John (m. Katherine Pomeroy) Moore.
        
        Sr. John Moore of Moore Hayes, Kt., dubbed at Westminster 10 Nov. 3 Ed. VI. = Katherine, Da. of Sr. Thomas Pomeroy of Berry Pomeroy, and Jane, eldest da. of Sir Piers Edgecombe, will 26 Apl. 1606, pro. Archd. Ct., Exeter. ; ch: Mary, Grace, Susan, Plezie, Dorothy, Jane, Gawen, Amias, Henry, Alexander, George, Charles, John, Humphrey (m. Mary Bamfield) Moore.
        
        John Moore. = ; ch: John (m. Ellinor Kirk) Moore.
        
        John Moore of University Coll., Oxford, Rector of Knaptoft, d. 1657. Admon. granted to his widow 25 Nov. 1657. = Ellinor, da. of . . . Kirk of Northampton. Adm. to her husband. ; A quo Moore of Norfolk and London.
        
        Humphrey Moore of Moorehayes in Com. Devon. = Mary, 5 Da. of Richard Bamfeild & sister to Amias Bamfeild of Poltimore, remar. the Rev. Richard Bowden, Parson of Okehampton, vide Bampfield ped. ante, page 39. ; ch: Elizabeth (m. John Berrge), Grace, Giles (m. Barbara Willinge), Thomas, Gawin (m. Katherine Dowrish), Sir John (m. Cicilye Sneg & Mary Coffin) Moore.
... etc. _______________________________________
The Bibliographer: A journal of book-lore ..., Volumes 5-6
http://books.google.com/books?id=lLZwAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA57&lpg=RA1-P...
Pg. 57
The life of "good Bishop Moore" was never, we believe, been otherwise than cursorily dealt with, and not unfrequently the only allusion to the great book-collector is the repetition of a charge of dishonesty, having its whole basis in a piece of the merest gossip, which is unworthy of serious refutation. It is well that the pages of the BIBLIOGRAPHER should show in its truer and more instructive light the character of a man of profound learning, remarkable talents, and benevolent disposition.
Dr. Moore was born at the latter end of the reign of Charles I., in the little hamlet of Sutton, Leicestershire. His father, Thomas Moore, described on his alter-tomb in St. Mary-in-Arden as "Gent.," is an instance of the manner in which cadets of old county families were in the habit at this period of taking up a trade. The father of the future Bishop, though descended from the old family of De la Moor, or Moore de Moorhayes in the parish of Collumpton in the county of Devon, was an ironmonger, his father being the Rev. John Moore of University College, Oxford, and Rector of Knaptoft in Leicestershire, himself the grandson of the first Sir John Moore of Moorhays, who was dubbed a Knight at Westminster Nov. 10th, 3rd of Edward VI. (1549); and Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Pomeroy of Berry Pomeroy, and Jane, eldest daughter of Sir Piers Edgecombe.
The arms of this family, which the Bishop always bore, are -- Ermine on a chevron azure three cinque-foils or. The old Oad screen in St. Mary's Church, Cullompton, which divides the Moore Chantry from the chancel, exhibits these arms impaled with those of Gambon, Botour of Exeter, Clivedon, Stawell, Walfron, Trowbridge, and other old families. _________________

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1520	1520	Birth of Sir John Moore Moorehayes, Devon, England
1569	June 13, 1569	Birth of Susanna Moors Cranbrook, Kent, England, United Kingdom
1576	October 1576 Age 56	Death of Sir John Moore England
????		Birth of Charles Moore
????		Birth of Gawen Moore
????		Birth of George Moore
????		Birth of Grace Moore
????		Birth of Henry Moore
????		Birth of Humphrey Moore, of Moore Hayes Moorhayes, cullompton, Devon.
????		Birth of Jane Moore

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