Sir Francis Moore (1558 – 20 November 1621) was a prominent Jacobean barrister and

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Life

He was born the posthumous son of Edward Moore, a yeoman of

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and educated at

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and

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. He became an eminent

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, working in the

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, but spent his family life at

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Manor in

. Moore was appointed counsel and under-steward to Oxford University, of which he was created M.A. on 30 Oct. 1612. In Parliament, he was a frequent speaker, and is supposed to have drawn the well-known statute of Charitable Uses which was passed in 1601. The conveyance known as

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was his invention which remains one of two main ways to extend a lease, each with financial and physical

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advantages and disadvantages. He became a

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in 1614. He began the famous sheep market at East Ilsley and was Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge, Yorkshire in 1589 and then four times for local town of

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(1597, 1601, 1604, 1614). He was knighted in 1616, soon after being appointed Under Steward of

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. Sir Francis had several legal reference works published and died at South Fawley on 20 November 1621. He was

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from 1615 to his death. Moore died on 20 November 1621, and was buried at Great Fawley,

Family

He had married Anne, the daughter of William Twitty of Boreham, Essex; they had three sons and two daughters. His eldest surviving son, Henry, was made a baronet on 21 May 1627.

References

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External links

Royal Berkshire History: Sir Francis Moore
1558 births 1621 deaths People from West Berkshire District People associated with Sandleford, Berkshire People educated at Reading School Alumni of St John's College, Oxford British legal writers Knights Bachelor Members of the Middle Temple Serjeants-at-law (England) Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Reading English MPs 1589 English MPs 1597–1598 English MPs 1601 English MPs 1604–1611 English MPs 1614 English knights {{17thC-England-MP-stub