Edward More (MP)

Sir Edward More (c. 1555–1623) of Odiham in Hampshire was an English Member of Parliament.

He was the son of John More (d. 1581) of Canon Row in Westminster, and of Crabbet in the parish of Worth in Sussex, a Member of Parliament for Winchelsea, by his wife Agnes Moulton (d. 1557), daughter and heiress of John Moulton of Lancashire and Westminster.

More commenced his study of law at the Middle Temple, bound with his father and Richard Inkpen, but his name disappears from Middle Temple records after a fine for absence from readings and a pardon for another on grounds of ill health.

Between the late 1570s and the death of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603), at whose funeral he was an official attendant, he divided his time between the court and his country estates in Sussex and later Hampshire.

He corresponded at length with Robert Cecil over the will of Lady Dacre (d. 1595) (widow of Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre), who left a large part of her estates in Sussex and London to the Cecil family.

Mural monument in Broadhembury Church, Devon, to Sir Edward More (c. 1555–1623), as identified by his arms above. One of his two daughters and co-heiresses was Elizabeth More, who married Sir Thomas Drewe (d. 1651) of The Grange in the parish of Broadhembury in Devon, Sheriff of Devon in 1612 [ 1 ]
Arms of More of Odiham: Sable, a swan argent a bordure engrailed or , with crest above
Arms of More ( Sable, a swan argent a bordure engrailed or ) shown in 1st and 4th quarters, 2nd quarter: effaced; 3rd quarter: ...overall a bend... , top of monument in Broadhembury Church, Devon