Henry More was the son of Edward More, and great-grandson of
Thomas More, lord chancellor of England. He was born in 1586 in
Essex, according to the majority of the provincial catalogues, though a few of them give Cambridgeshire as the county of his birth. More made his humanity studies in the college of the English Jesuits at
St. Omer, and entered the novitiate of
St. John's, Louvain, 19 November 1607. His higher studies were probably made in Spain. In 1614, More filled the office of minister in the English college of
St. Alban at Valladolid; he held the same office in the college at St. Omer in 1621; and he was professed of the
four vows on 12 May 1622. From 1622 until 1632, he was a missioner in the London district. More was one of the Jesuits arrested at the
Clerkenwell residence by the officers of the privy council in March 1628. In 1632, he was in confinement in the
New Prison, London, and was released in December 1633. He then became chaplain to
John Petre at
Ingatestone and
Thorndon Hall, Essex. In 1635, More was declared
provincial superior of his order. Again imprisoned, he was set free in July 1640. In 1642, More was vice-provincial of the order, residing in London, and acting for
Matthew Wilson, the provincial, who was absent in Belgium. In 1645, he was
rector of the
college of St. Ignatius, which comprised the London district. He became rector of the college at St. Omer, and in 1655 he was again residing in Essex. In 1657, he was for the second time rector of the college at St. Omer, and he died at
Watten, near that city, on 8 December 1661. ==Works==