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Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.572, Pedigree of "Moore of Moorhays" https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002002213917&view=1up&seq=586&skin=2021 Richard Moore or More DCnL (after 145920 February 1516) was an English cleric who served as Archdeacon of Exeter from 1505 to 1515 and then as Treasurer of
Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.572, Pedigree of "Moore of Moorhays" https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=yale.39002002213917&view=1up&seq=586&skin=2021 Richard Moore or More DCnL (after 145920 February 1516) was an English cleric who served as Archdeacon of Exeter from 1505 to 1515 and then as Treasurer of Exeter Cathedral
Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The present building was complete by about 140 ...
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A younger son of John Moore (d. 1509/10) who lived atMoorhayes
Moor Hays (''alias'' Moore Hays, Moorhays, Moorhayes, etc.) is a historic estate in the parish of Cullompton in Devon, England. It is stated incorrectly to be in the nearby parish of Burlescombe in Tristram Risdon's ''Survey of Devon''. The es ...
in the parish of Cullompton in Devon, and his wife Elizabeth Clivedon (d. 1515), daughter and co-heiress of John Clivedon who lived at Willand in Devon, his elder brother Maurice (or Morris) Moore (1459-1500) inherited the family estate while he entered the church. At an untraced university he earned a doctorate in canon law. He was appointed Archdeacon of Exeter on 13 January 1505, and as Treasurer of Exeter Cathedral
Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The present building was complete by about 140 ...
on 24 May 1515.'Treasurers', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 9, Exeter Diocese, ed. Joyce M Horn (London, 1964), pp. 10-12. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol9/pp10-12 ccessed 26 August 2021 He died on 20 February 1516 and a monument to him was erected in the cathedral.
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