Sir
William
More
MP
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Christopher More MP
and Margaret (Mugge) More
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Margaret (Daniel) More
— married
before 1544 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 80
in Loseley House, Artington, Surrey, England
Profile last modified
| Created 18 May 2013
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Sir William More was a member of the aristocracy in England.
Biography
Sir William More (1520-1600, knighted 14th May 1576[1]) More was the son of Christopher More (bef 1483-1549). His father was originally from Derbyshire, and purchased the manor of Loseley outside Guildford. He was an Exchequer official, a household officer for several members of the nobility, and a MP for Surrey in 1539 and 1547. Sir William also served in Parliament representing either Surrey or Grantham.
Note
- Pedigree of More's of Loseley
- Loseley Manor
- Chinthurst Manor
- Burke's extinct and dormant baronetcies - More of Loseley
Sources
- ↑ https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/__data/assets/image/0006/264750/LM_1327_6-More-knighthood-reduced-72dpi.jpg
- THE LOSELEY MANUSCRIPTS: RECORDS OF THE MORE AND MORE MOLYNEUX FAMILY OF LOSELEY PARK National Archives
- MORE, William I (1520-1600), of Loseley, Surr., by M.A.P., Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981
- William More (died 1600), database online at Wikipedia.org, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
- G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 272.
- Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City, U.S.A.: Douglas Richardson, 2011), volume 1, page 609.
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Categories: Sheriffs of Surrey | Members of Parliament, England 1539 | Members of Parliament, Reigate | Members of Parliament, England 1547 | Members of Parliament, Guildford | Members of Parliament, England 1553 October | Members of Parliament, England 1554 November | Members of Parliament, England 1555 | Members of Parliament, England 1572 | Members of Parliament, England 1589 | Members of Parliament, England 1597 | Members of Parliament, Grantham | Members of Parliament, England 1559 | Members of Parliament, Surrey | Members of Parliament, England 1563 | Members of Parliament, England 1571 | Members of Parliament, England 1584 | Members of Parliament, England 1586 | Members of Parliament, England 1593
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_More http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/more-christopher-1483-1549 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D951969 http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r/?_col=online&_q=constance+more&x=0&y=0&_sd=yyyy&_ed=yyyy http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D947466 https://archive.org/stream/notesofpostmorte00greauoft#page/120/mode/2up/search/Christopher+More (pp.120, 121, 195)
edited by Frances (Piercy) Piercy-Reins
I added a second source with embedded link, to the biography of Sir William More at Wikipedia.org. I have found it useful to compare it to other sources, and also to explore the lengthy list of references at the end, many with links.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat176-lm_2&cid-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 NB On your tree here there are some duplicated people. Do you have any living MORE family?