 | Cresacre More - 1828 - 470 pages
...he was descended alsp from the heiress of some other family entitled to the distinction of coatwhich doth argue that he came to his inheritance by descent...must they needs be gentlemen, and as I have heard, either came out of the Mores of Ireland, or they came out of us. And as for Sir Thomas More, he was,... | |
 | 1871 - 704 pages
...(his family) "either came out of the Mores of Ireland, or they carne out of us " ; for, as he says, " Although by reason of King Henry's seizure of all...John's ancestors, yet must they needs be gentlemen." That they did not come out of the Mores of Ireland is clear, as the families he alludes to did not... | |
 | 1898 - 664 pages
...execution taking place when his family was comparatively young, and, as his great-grandson writes, " by reason of King Henry's seizure of all our evidences...John's ancestors, yet must they needs be gentlemen." This uncertainty, and the fact of the quartered arms not being identified satisfactorily, incline me... | |
 | 1871 - 704 pages
...that (his family) "either came out of the Mores of Ireland, or they came out of us"; for, as he says, "Although by reason of King Henry's seizure of all...John's ancestors, yet must they needs be gentlemen." That they did not come out of the Mores of Ireland is clear, as the families he alludes to did not... | |
 | Thomas Edward Bridgett - 1891 - 544 pages
...taken in other countries for gentry, it was otherwise. For Judge More, " (the father of Sir Thomas), bare arms from his birth, having his coat quartered,...Mores of Ireland, or they of Ireland came out of us ".t Mr. Edward Koss, who hns gone into the question of More's origin with much detail, differs entirely... | |
 | 1898 - 688 pages
...execution taking place when his family was comparatively young, and, as his great-grandson writes, " by reason of King Henry's seizure of all our evidences we cannot certainly tell who wore Sir John's ancestors, yet must they needs be gentlemen." Sir Thomas de la More, Knight, who was... | |
 | Thomas Edward Bridgett - 1904 - 544 pages
...taken in other countries for gentry, it was otherwise. For Judge More, " (the father of Sir Thomas), bare arms from his birth, having his coat quartered,...Mores of Ireland, or they of Ireland came out of us ''.t Mr. Edward Foss, who has gone into the question of More's origin with much detail, differs entirely... | |
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... although by reason of King Henry's seizure of all our evidences, we cannot certainly tell who were Sir John's ancestors, yet must they needs be gentlemen... 