Sir Francis Moore (1558 – 20 November 1621) was a prominent Jacobean barrister and MP.
He was born the posthumous son of Edward Moore, a yeoman of East Ilsley in Berkshire and educated at Reading Grammar School and St John's College, Oxford.
He became an eminent barrister, working in the Middle Temple, but spent his family life at South Fawley Manor in Berkshire. He began the famous sheep market at East Ilsley and was MP for Boroughbridge, Yorkshire in 1589 and then four times for local town of Reading (1597, 1601, 1604, 1614).[1]
He was knighted in 1616, soon after being appointed Under Steward of Oxford University. Sir Francis had several legal reference works published and died at South Fawley on 20 November 1621.
He had married Anne, the daughter of William Twitty of Boreham, Essex; they had three sons and two daughters.
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| Preceded by Sir Henry Neville |
Custos Rotulorum of Berkshire 1615–1621 |
Succeeded by Richard Lovelace |