Around 1451 John More was born.
On 24th April 1474 John More [aged 23] and Agnes Graunger were married at St Giles without Cripplegate Church [Map].
On 7th February 1478 [his son] Thomas More was born to John More [aged 27] and [his wife] Agnes Graunger at Milk Street. He married 1505 Jane Colt and had issue.
In 1499 [his wife] Agnes Graunger died.
In 1505 [his son] Thomas More [aged 26] and [his daughter-in-law] Jane Colt were married.
In 1518 John More [aged 67] was appointed Justice of the Common Pleas.
In 1520 John More [aged 69] was appointed Justice of the King's Bench.
After 1520 John More [aged 69] and Alice More were married.
Around 1527 Hans Holbein The Younger [aged 30]. Portrait of John More [aged 76].
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In 1530 John More [aged 79] died.
In 1545 [his former wife] Alice More died.