John Moore (bishop of Ely)

The Right Reverend

John Moore
The Right Reverend; John Moore;
Bishop of Ely
	John Moore by Godfrey Kneller
Diocese	Diocese of Ely
In office	1707–1714
Predecessor	William Lloyd
Successor	Charles Trimnell
Other post(s)	Bishop of Norwich (1691–1707)
Personal details
Born	1646; Market Harborough, Leicestershire
Died	31 July 1714; Ely, Cambridgeshire
Buried	Ely Cathedral
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	(1) Rose Butler; (2) Dorothy Barnes
Alma mater	Clare Hall, Cambridge

John Moore (1646–1714) was

bibliophile whose vast collection of books forms the surviving "Royal Library" within Cambridge University Library

.

Origins

Bishop John Moore was descended from the ancient family of De La Moor (later Moore), of

Puritan views and an author of pamphlets against enclosures, who was a younger son of Sir John Moore of Moor Hayes, knighted at the Palace of Westminster by King Edward VI in 1549, by his wife Katherine Pomeroy, a daughter of Sir Thomas Pomeroy (1503-1566),^[3]

Henry VIII

.

Career

He was educated at

St Andrew, Holborn. By 1670 he was a member of the household of Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, whom he served as chaplain. He supported the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and was appointed a Royal Chaplain to the new King William III

.

Moore was appointed

Samuel Knight.^[6]

Moore was translated to the

See of Ely in 1707. When it was proposed that Bentley should be appointed Bishop of Chichester (1709), the support of Moore was enlisted on his behalf. As Visitor of Trinity College, Cambridge, he presided at the trial of Bentley and during the sessions at his London townhouse of Ely Palace he caught a cold. He died in Ely on 31 July 1714 and was buried in Ely Cathedral.^[6]

Bibliophile

At the time of his death in 1714, Moore's collection of books and papers contained over 30,000 items, and may have been the largest in England. To celebrate his coronation, King George I caused it to be purchased intact, at a cost of 6,000 guineas, and donated it to Cambridge University Library. Moore's library alone contained nearly double the previous material in that library. While some material has been removed over the years, the gift is still largely intact, and is called "The Royal Library" in honour of its patron. Notable books in his library include the Book of Deer and the Treatise of Love.^[7]

Marriages

Moore married twice:

Firstly to Rose Butler, daughter of Neville Thomas Alexander Butler by his wife Cicely Aglionby;
Secondly (as her third husband) to Dorothy Barnes, daughter of William Barnes of Sadberge, County Durham, and widow of Sir Richard Browne, 3rd Baronet (c. 1656–1689) (Browne baronets, of London, cr.1660), who was killed in Flanders in 1689 by Colonel Billingsley.^[8]^[9]^[10]

References

^ See image of Ely monument
^ ^a ^b Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Moore, John (d.1619)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.573, pedigree of "Moore of Moorhays"
^ Vivian, p.573 (Moore); pp.607,609, pedigree of Pomeroy
^ "Moore, John (MR662J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ ^a ^b Lee, Sidney, ed. (1894). "Moore, John (1646-1714)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ de Ricci, Seymour (1909). A Census of Caxtons. Oxford UP. p. 113.
^ See further reading
^ Mark Noble & James Granger (1806) A biographical history of England, from the Revolution to the end of George I's Reign (Vol 2)
^ William Courthope (1835), Synopsis of the extinct baronetage of England

Church of England titles
Preceded by William Lloyd	Bishop of Norwich 1691–1707	Succeeded by Charles Trimnell
Preceded by Simon Patrick	Bishop of Ely 1707–1714	Succeeded by William Fleetwood

v t e Bishops of Norwich
Bishops of Elmham	Bedwinus Northbertus Headulacus Æthelfrith Eanfrith Æthelwulf Alherdus Sybba Hunferthus Humbertus See interrupted Aethelweald Eadwulf Ælfric I Theodred I Theodred II Æthelstan Ælfgar Ælfwine Ælfric II Ælfric III Stigand Grimketel Stigand (again) Æthelmær Herfast see removed to Thetford
Bishops of Thetford	Herfast William de Beaufeu Herbert de Losinga see removed to Norwich
High Medieval	Herbert de Losinga Everard of Calne William de Turbeville John of Oxford John de Gray Pandulf Verraccio Thomas Blunville Simon of Elmham William de Raley Walter Suffield Simon Walton Roger Skerning William Middleton Ralph Walpole
Late Medieval	John Salmon Robert Baldock William Ayermin Thomas Hemenhale Antony Bek William Bateman Thomas Percy Henry le Despenser Alexander Tottington Richard Courtenay John Wakering William Alnwick Thomas Brunce Walter Hart James Goldwell Thomas Jane
Early modern	Richard Nykke William Rugg Thomas Thirlby John Hopton John Parkhurst Edmund Freke Edmund Scambler William Redman John Jegon John Overall Samuel Harsnett Francis White Richard Corbet Matthew Wren Richard Montagu Joseph Hall Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Edward Reynolds Anthony Sparrow William Lloyd John Moore Charles Trimnell Thomas Green John Leng William Baker Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Samuel Lisle Thomas Hayter Philip Yonge Lewis Bagot George Horne Charles Manners-Sutton
Late modern	Henry Bathurst Edward Stanley Samuel Hinds John Pelham John Sheepshanks Bertram Pollock Percy Herbert Launcelot Fleming Maurice Wood Peter Nott Graham James Alan Winton (acting) Graham Usher

v t e Bishops of Ely
High Medieval	Hervey le Breton Nigel Geoffrey Ridel William de Longchamp Eustace Robert of York John of Fountains Geoffrey de Burgh Hugh of Northwold William of Kilkenny Hugh de Balsham John Kirkby William of Louth John Salmon/John Langton Ralph Walpole
Late Medieval	Robert Orford John Ketton John Hotham Simon Montacute Thomas de Lisle Simon Langham John Barnet Thomas Arundel John Fordham Philip Morgan Lewis of Luxembourg Thomas Bourchier William Grey John Morton John Alcock
Early modern	Richard Redman James Stanley Nicholas West Thomas Goodrich Thomas Thirlby Richard Cox Martin Heton Lancelot Andrewes Nicholas Felton John Buckeridge Francis White Matthew Wren Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Matthew Wren Benjamin Lany Peter Gunning Francis Turner Simon Patrick John Moore William Fleetwood Thomas Green Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Matthias Mawson Edmund Keene James Yorke
Late modern	Thomas Dampier Bowyer Sparke Joseph Allen Thomas Turton Harold Browne James Woodford Lord Alwyne Compton Frederic Chase Leonard White-Thomson Bernard Heywood Edward Wynn Noel Hudson Edward Roberts Peter Walker Stephen Sykes Anthony Russell Stephen Conway

Authority control databases
International	FAST ISNI VIAF
National	Germany United States Netherlands Poland Vatican
People	Trove
Other	SNAC IdRef

John Moore (bishop of Ely)

Origins

Career

Bibliophile

Marriages

References

Further reading

Attribution