Richard More (Archdeacon of Exeter)

^[1] Richard Moore or More DCnL (after 1459 – 20 February 1516) was an English cleric who served as Archdeacon of Exeter from 1505 to 1515 and then as Treasurer of Exeter Cathedral.

Arms of Moore of Moorehays: Ermine, on a chevron azure three cinquefoils or

Life

A younger son of John Moore (d. 1509/10) who lived at Moorhayes 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.^[1] At an untraced university he earned a doctorate in canon law. He was appointed Archdeacon of Exeter on 13 January 1505,^[2] and as Treasurer of Exeter Cathedral on 24 May 1515.^[3] He died on 20 February 1516 and a monument to him was erected in the cathedral.^[1]