William More (died 1600)
William More | |
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Born | 30 January 1520 |
Died | 20 July 1600 | (aged 80)
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Children | 3, including Sir George and Elizabeth |
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Sir William More (30 January 1520 – 20 July 1600), of
Family
William More was the son of Sir Christopher More of Loseley, King's Remembrancer of the Exchequer (c.1483–16 August 1549) and his first wife Margaret, daughter of Walter Mugge or Mudge (died 1495) of Guildford, Surrey, by his wife Joan. (The Mudge arms are blazoned "argent, a chevron between three cockatrices".)[3] William was the grandson of a London citizen and Fishmonger, John More, and his wife Elizabeth. After the death of Margaret Mugge, More's father married, by 1535, Constance Sackville (died 1554), daughter of Richard Sackville and relict of William Heneage, but there was no issue by this second marriage.[4][5][1]
More had four brothers (Richard, two brothers named Christopher, and John), all of whom died without issue, and seven sisters, Elizabeth; Cecily; Margaret, who married Thomas Fiennes, brother of the Lord Dacre; Eleanor, who married her stepbrother William Heneage (died 1555) of Milton in Arlington, East Sussex; Bridget, who married a husband surnamed Compton, of Guernsey; Anne, who married John Scarlett; and Elizabeth, who married John Wintershall or Wintershull.[4]
Career
Young life
No evidence survives of More's education.
He avoided entanglement in the political affairs of
Elizabethan period
With the accession of
From 1562 to 1568 More built Loseley House (
There are indications that
Southampton's confinement at Loseley
More was appointed a commissioner for ecclesiastical causes in 1572,
However, in September 1571 the Bishop of Ross, under questioning about the Ridolfi plot, incriminated Southampton by revealing the entire contents of their secret conversation at Lambeth. Southampton was arrested at the end of October and confined to the Tower for eighteen months. When released on 1 May 1573, he was again placed in More's custody at Loseley until 14 July.[12] Montague expressed his undying gratitude for More's hospitality, whose relations with Southampton remained more than cordial. On 6 October 1573 Southampton wrote elatedly to More to announce the birth of his son and heir, Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton.[13][14]
More and the Blackfriars
On 12 March 1550,
Farrant having died, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester intervened on behalf of William Hunnis, Master of the Children of the Chapel, and on 20 December 1581 the widow Anne Farrant sublet the Blackfriars premises to Hunnis and John Newman.[21] Hunnis and Newman later transferred their interest to a Welsh scrivener, Henry Evans.[22] Evans sold his sublease to Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, who retained it for some months before granting it in June 1583 to his servant John Lyly.[23] [24] Sir William More then brought suit in June 1583 against Evans,[24] and in Michaelmas term 1583 Anne Farrant, having appealed to Sir Francis Walsingham,[25] brought suit against Hunnis and Newman. In November 1583 Hunnis petitioned the Queen,[22] and in January 1584 both Hunnis and Newman sued Anne Farrant.[26] Finally, after a year's delay, More had judgement in his favour against Evans: he was granted possession of the Blackfriars property in Easter term 1584, and the first Blackfriars Theatre was closed.[24][27]
In January 1596 More sold part of his property in the Blackfriars for £600 to James Burbage, who turned it into the second Blackfriars Theatre.[1] However residents of the Blackfriars successfully petitioned the Privy Council to forbid playing there, and in 1599 Burbage leased the property to the same Henry Evans whom More had previously sued.
Later years
More was knighted by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, in the Queen's presence, at Pyrford, Surrey (the seat of Sir John Wolley), on 14 May 1576.[28][29] He received (as it appears) two further visits of the Queen at Loseley Park, in 1583[30] and again in 1591.[31] In Parliament, More sat again as Knight of the Shire for Surrey in 1584 and 1586, as Member for Guildford in 1589, for the Shire again in 1593, and lastly for Guildford in 1597.[6] He was appointed a Chamberlain of the Exchequer in 1591 and, making George Austen his deputy, held that office until his death.[32]
More died 20 July 1600. He was buried in the Loseley Chapel in
Many letters and other documents concerning Sir William More have survived in the
Marriages and issue
More married first, before 12 June 1545, Mabel Dingley, the daughter of Mark or Marchion Dingley[38] of Wolverton Manor, Shorwell, in the Isle of Wight. There was no issue of the marriage, and after her death More married, by 1551, Margaret Daniell, the daughter and heiress of Ralph Daniell of Swaffham, Norfolk, by Katherine Marrowe,[34][39] by whom he had a son and two daughters:[1]
- Horsham, Sussex.[41] Sir George More had a son, Sir Robert More, and five daughters: Mary, who married Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, later Carew; Margaret, who married Sir Thomas Grimes; Frances, who married Sir John Oglander; Elizabeth, who married Sir John Mill; and Anne, who married the poet John Donne.[42]
- Elizabeth More, who married first Richard Polstead (died 1576), secondly Sir John Wolley, and thirdly, Lord Chancellor Egerton.
- Anne More (died 1624), who married Sir George Mainwaring (died 5 May 1628) of Ightfield, Shropshire.[34]
References
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- ^ a b J. Neale, ed. M.A.P., 'More, William I (1520-1600), of Loseley, Surr.', in P.W. Hasler (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603 (from Boydell and Brewer, 1981), History of Parliament Online.
- ^ S.R. Flint (ed), Mudge Memoirs (Netherton and Worth, Truro 1883), pp. xiii-xiv (Internet Archive).
- ^ a b J. Burke and J.B. Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England (Scott, Webster and Geary, London 1838), p. 368 (Google).
- ^ a b c E.W. Brayley, A Topographical History of Surrey, 3 vols (Tilt and Bogue, London 1841), I, pp. 416-18, and p. 358 (Google).
- ^ a b c d e f S.R. Johnson, 'More, William II (1520-1600), of Loseley, Surr.', in S.T. Bindoff (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558 (from Boydell and Brewer, 1982), History of Parliament Online.
- ^ a b Brayley, Topographical History of Surrey, I, pp. 419-21 and Pl. (Google).
- ^ J. Nichols, The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth, 3 vols (John Nichols and Son, London/Burt Franklin, New York 1823), II, pp. 6-7, and p. 62 (Google).
- ^ A. Davidson and B. Coates, 'Austen, George (c.1548-1621), of Guildford and Shalford, Surr.', in A. Thrush and J.P. Ferris (eds), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629 (from Cambridge University Press, 2010), History of Parliament Online.
- ^ J.G. Elzinga, J.G. (2004). 'Browne, Anthony, first Viscount Montagu (1528–1592)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).
- ^ (Note concerning Southampton's confinement), in Nichols, Progresses of Queen Elizabeth, II, pp. 6-7, note 5 (Google).
- ^ W. Bray, 'An Account of the Confinement of Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton', Archaeologia: Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity XIX, Society of Antiquaries of London (London 1821), pp. 263-69 (Internet Archive).
- ^ G.E. Cokayne, ed. G.H. White, The Complete Peerage, Vol. XII, Part I (St. Catherine Press, London 1953), p. 126.
- ^ G.P.V. Akrigg, Shakespeare and the Earl of Southampton (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1968), pp. 10-11.
- ^ C.W. Wallace, The Evolution of the English Drama up to Shakespeare, with a History of the First Blackfriars Theatre (George Reimer, Berlin 1912), p. 139.
- ^ Wallace, Evolution of the English Drama, pp. 143-44.
- ^ "L.b.425. More, Sir William. 1520-1600. Memoranda related to the Blackfriars properties. ca. 1560", in Loseley Manuscripts, Folger Shakespeare Library: View originals at luna.folger.edu.
- ^ Wallace, Evolution of the English Drama, pp. 174-76.
- ^ Wallace, Evolution of the English Drama, p. 144.
- ^ Wallace, Evolution of the English Drama, pp. 151-52.
- ^ Wallace, Evolution of the English Drama, p. 154.
- ^ a b Wallace, Evolution of the English Drama, pp. 156.
- ^ Wallace, Evolution of the English Drama, p. 169.
- ^ a b c Wallace, Evolution of the English Drama, p. 170-72.
- ^ Wallace, Evolution of the English Drama, pp. 158.
- ^ Wallace, Evolution of the English Drama, pp. 158-68.
- ^ I. Smith, Shakespeare's Blackfriars Playhouse (New York University Press, New York 1964), pp. 148-52, 467-68 (Internet Archive).
- ^ W.A. Shaw, The Knights of England, 2 vols (Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906), II, p. 77 (Internet Archive).
- ^ Nichols, Progresses of Queen Elizabeth, II, pp. 6-7, note 5 (Google).
- ^ Nichols, Progresses of Queen Elizabeth, II, p. 412 (Google).
- ^ Nichols, Progresses of Queen Elizabeth, III, pp. 80-84 (Google).
- ^ "Summary of Records: More, Sir William, (1520-1600), Knight, MP, Chamberlain of the Exchequer" The National Archives (UK), Discovery Catalogue Online, at T.N.A..
- ^ J. Evans, 'An Account of the Presents Received and Expenses Incurred at the Wedding of Richard Polsted, of Albury, Esquire, and Elizabeth, Eldest Daughter of William More of Loseley, Esquire', Archaeologia: Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity, XXXVI (Society of Antiquaries of London/J.B. Nichols and Sons, 1845), pp. 33–52 (Google).
- ^ a b c E. McCutcheon, 'Playing the Waiting Game: The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Wolley', Quidditas; Journal of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association, Vol. 20 (1999), pp. 31–54, at pp. 34-37.
- ^ A.J. Kempe (ed.), The Loseley Manuscripts, (John Murray, London 1836), pp. 316-21 (Internet Archive).
- ^ "Manuscripts of More Molyneux Family of Loseley Park", The National Archives (UK), at T.N.A. (Discovery Catalogue).
- ^ J.C. Jeaffreson (ed.), 'The Manuscripts of William More Molyneux, Esquire, of Loseley Park', Seventh Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Part I (HMSO, London 1879), Appendix, pp. 596-681 (Internet Archive).
- ^ The name is variously spelled, including Digneley, Dingley, Dyngley, Dineley, Dyneley and Dynley.
- ^ J. Fetherston (ed.), The Visitation of Warwickshire in the Year 1619, Harleian Society Vol. XII (London 1877), p. 69 (Internet Archive).
- ^ '(34) Mount Poynings', in 'Lulworth, West', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Vol. 2: South east (HMSO, London 1970), pp. 151-54 (British History Online accessed 4 January 2023).
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- ^ The Loseley Manuscripts at Surrey History Centre, Woking. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
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History of Parliament
- More, William (1520–1600), History of Parliament, pt 1
- More, William (1520–1600), History of Parliament, pt 2
- More, Christopher (1483–1549), History of Parliament
- Wolley, John (d.1596), History of Parliament
- Mainwaring, George (1551–1628), History of Parliament
- Michell, John (1555–1555), History of Parliament
- Poynings, Adrian (1515–1571), History of Parliament