In c.1545 he made his first marriage, to Mabel, daughter of Mark Dygneley (or Dingley) of Wolverton Manor in Shorwell, Isle of Wight, a union which was without issue.

His father died in 1549: in 1551 he made his second marriage, to Margaret, daughter of Ralph Daniell of Swaffham, Norfolk, and in 1553 his only son and heir, George More, was born.

[6] He avoided entanglement in the political affairs of King Edward's reign, and in particular kept clear of the Duke of Northumberland's attempt to place Lady Jane Grey on the throne in 1553.

[6] Neither this, nor his close friendship with another Protestant, Sir Thomas Cawarden, prevented the continuation of More's political life under the reversal of religious policy during the reign of Queen Mary I.

[6] In the 1555 parliament More opposed the government (but did not absent himself): he 'was hauled before the council for "lewd words" in 1556, and was reprimanded for his remissness in investigating conventicles in 1557'.

Despite this, More was a lifelong friend of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague,[1] who had Catholic sympathies and who openly opposed the Elizabethan religious settlement.

[11] On 15 July 1570 the Privy Council placed Southampton in More's custody after it was learned that he had secretly met with John Lesley, Bishop of Ross, in Lambeth Marsh.

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.

[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.

[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.

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.

He was buried in the Loseley Chapel in St. Nicolas' Church, Guildford, where a monument depicts More, his second wife, Margaret Daniel, and their three children.

A lengthy inscription is surmounted by two small statues, one of a youth blowing bubbles, and one of Time, with scythe and hour-glass.

[36][37] Among these are a series of letters from his servant Charles Bradshawe who was buying paintings from a painter, "Master Wanslee" in London, with frames and labels.