MORECROFT, EDWARD, son of Rev. Ferdinand Morecroft, Rector of Stanhope, co. Durham, and Prebendary of Durham, and Margaret, dau. of Francis James DCL; b.; adm.; KS 1633; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1636, matr. 15 Jul 1636, aged 17, Westminster Student; BA 1640; ordained; Rector of Redmarshall, co. Durham, from 23 Nov 1668; m. 3 Sep 1639 Jeronyma, dau. of James Hilton, Dyons, co. Durham; buried Redmarshall, co. Durham 18 Oct 1694.

MORECOCKE, THOMAS, son of Valentine Morecocke, Wilts.; bapt. Hungerford, Berks. 29 Dec 1611 (IGI) (as Murcocke); adm.; KS (aged 16) 1629; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1634, adm. scholar 1635, matr. Easter 1636; BA 1637/8; MA 1641; living 14 Jun 1647, when proved will of sister Naomi.

MORE, THOMAS; b. ; adm. ; KS 1540 (Chapter Muniments 6478).

MORDAUNT, HON. HARRY, brother of Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth (qv); b. 29 Mar 1663; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1676; tried at the Old Bailey 15 Oct 1679, with David Jones and John Osbaldeston (qvv), for murder of a bailiff, but acquitted (Elizabethan xviii, 83); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1680, matr. 17 Dec 1680, Westminster Student 18 Dec 1680 – void 1687; BA 1684; Lieut. of a corps of Christ Church and other men who trained privately in Peckwater Quadrangle during the panic caused by Monmouth’s rebellion (Wood, Ath. Oxon., i, cii-ciii); adm. Middle Temple 12 Feb 1673/4; Col. of a Regt. of Foot 25 Apr 1694; Commander in Chief, Guernsey 1 Apr 1697; Treasurer of the Ordnance 8 Jun 1699 – Jun 1702, 28 May 1705 – Jun 1712, and from 2 Dec 1714; Brig. -Gen., 29 Aug 1704; Maj. -Gen., 1 Jan 1706; Lieut. -Gen., 1 Jan 1709; MP Brackley Jan 1691/2-8, Jan 1700/1-2, 1705-8, Richmond from 1708; m. 1st, Margaret, natural dau. of Sir Thomas Spencer, Bart.; m. 2nd, Penelope, dau. of William Tipping, Ewelme, Oxfordshire; d. 4 Jan 1719/20 (M. I. Dauntsey, Wilts. ).

MOORE-MICHELL-ESMEADE, GRAHAM FRANCIS, brother of John Carrick Moore (qv); b. 17 Sep 1806; adm. 18 Sep 1815 (G); KS 1820; left 1820; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 22 Apr 1824, matr. 1825; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 30 Jan 1835; assumed additional surname of Michell-Esmeade 14 Feb 1845; JP Wiltshire, High Sheriff 1851; lived mostly at Rome; d. 8 Oct 1883.

MOORE, THOMAS, son of John Moore, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, North America, Attorney-General for Pennsylvania, and Rebecca, dau. of Daniel Axtell, South Carolina; b. 9 Sep 1689; adm.; QS (Capt. ) 1705; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1709, adm. pensioner 24 Jun 1709, aged 18, scholar 22 Apr 1710; BA 1712/3; MA 1716; DD 1733 (incorp. Oxford 1753); Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 3 Oct 1715, Major Fellow 3 Jul 1716; ordained deacon 19 Jul, priest 25 Jul 1719 (both Rochester); Vicar of Chislehurst, Kent, from 25 Jul 1719; Perpetual Curate of St. Botolph’s, Aldersgate, London, from 7 May 1722; Chaplain and Secretary to Francis Atterbury (qv); arrested 24 Aug 1722; examined before Privy Council 28 Feb 1723; imprisoned for a short time in Tower of London; President, Sion Coll., 1743-4; edited two volumes of Atterbury’s Sermons; m.; d. 19 Jul 1769.

MOORE, STEPHEN, second son of Richard Moore MP (I), Barne, co. Tipperary, and Henrietta, dau. of Right Hon. Sir Thomas Taylor, Bart., PC (I) MP (I); b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1763; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1767, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1767, aged 18, scholar 29 Apr 1768, matr. 1767; adm. Inner Temple 12 Dec 1767, called to bar 15 Jun 1774; High Sheriff, co. Tipperary 1786; d. unm. [Perhaps MP (I) Clonmel 1783-90, Lanesborough 1790-7, Kells 1798-1800; Comptroller-General, Ireland]. [note will Stephen Moore, Barne, Tipperary, proved PCC 18 Jul 1829]

MOORE, RICHMOND, son of Peter Moore MP, Great George Street, Westminster, previously EICS Bengal, and Sarah, sister of Richmond Webb (qv); b.; adm. 13 Sep 1786; KS (aged 15) 1791; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1794, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1794, scholar 17 Apr 1795; migrated to Christ’s Coll., adm. fellow commoner 11 May 1796; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Feb 1794; d. unm. 14 Oct 1796.

MOORE, RICHARD, brother of Stephen Moore (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1764; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1768, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1768, aged 18, scholar 21 Apr 1769; BA 1772; MA 1775; ordained; Rector of Ballygarth, co. Meath, 15 Oct 1774; Rector of Ardbraccan, co. Meath, from 22 Aug 1780; Dean of Emly from 29 Jun 1776; of Barne, co. Tipperary; d. 22 Mar 1818.

MOORE, JOHN; b. ; adm. ; KS 1673.