John
Moore
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Edward Moore
and Katherine (Hockenhull) Moore
Brother of
Eleanor (Moore) Ireland
Husband of
Mary (Rigby) Moore
— married
14 Nov 1633 in Bispham, Lancashire, England
Father of
Edward Moore
Died
at about age 50
in Clonard, County Meath, Ireland
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Biography
Col. John Moore was a staunch Protestant and supporter of Cromwell during the Civil War. He was a signatory to the death warrent of King Charles Ist.
He was born about 1600 the son of Edward Moore and his wife Katherine Hockenhull [1]
In 1630 he was a Bailiff of Liverpool and in 1632 inherited on the death of his father Edward. In 1633 he became Mayor of Liverpool
1633 m. at Bispham Mary Rigby daughter of Alexander Rigby of Burgh and Leyton, by his wife Catherine Brabazon daughter of Sir Edward Brabazon [2] & [1]
He was a Col. of guards and in1643 was Appointed Governor of Liverpool [3] He defended the city for five days against the attack by Prince Rupert at the outset of the York March in June 1644, before finally escaping by sea. [4]
In 1646 he raised a new regiment and went to Ireland [5] as Governor of Dundalk in 1646 and of Dublin in 1647
1649 Regicide; signatory to the death warrent of King Charles Ist. [6] & [7]
He died in 1650 of plague at the siege of Tecroghan, Nr. Croghan, Co. Meath with a will dated 20 july 1649. His debts were estimated then in the region of £10,000 [8] & [1]
Issue: [1]
- Edward Moore (1634 - 1678) - heir - author of The Moore Rental m. Dorothy Fenwick
- Alexander Moore (b 1637 - pre 1668).
- Thomas Moore (b 1648 living 1672).
- Katherine Moore mentioned in 1638 (FE. of her grandfather).
- Jane Moore (b.1640) -- Only one of the daughters survived. She married John Leigh before April. 1658
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Historical Society Lancashire & Cheshire. PDF. Stewart-Brown pg 112 John Moore XV1 pg 114
- ↑ Fishwick, H. (1887). The history of the parish of Bispham: in the county of Lancaster. #156 pg 96
- ↑ and the parliamentary representation of Lancashire, (county and borough)
- ↑ BCW Project
- ↑ O'Sullivan, Harold. “Military Operations in County Louth in the Run-up to Cromwell's Storming of Drogheda. Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society, vol. 22, no. 2, 1990, pp. 187–208
- ↑ John Moore - Regicide
- ↑ List of Regicides
- ↑ Sir John Moore's Benevolence
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