Christopher Morris (Master of the Ordnance)

Sir Christopher Morris , also known as Morice or Mores, was an English soldier and military administrator during the reign Henry VIII. He served as Master of the Ordnance from 1537 until his death in 1544.

Sir Christopher Morris was probably born about 1490. OnDecember 1513 he was made gunner in the Tower of London, with a salary of 12d. a day, and the appointment was confirmed onAugust 1514. In the following March Morris was serving at Tournai, but soon returned to his post at the Tower, where he apparently remained until the summer of 1522. He was on board one of the vessels which, under Thomas Howard, Earl of Surreys command, escorted Charles V to Biscay after his visit to England in 1522 in July a detachment with artillery was landed on the coast of France near Morlaix, which was captured, for the master gunner, Christopher Morris, having certain falcons, with the shot of one of them struck the lock of the wicket in the gate, so that it flew open, and the town was taken. In August 1523 Morris was acting as lieutenantgunner before Calais, and on the 23rd of that month he sailed with the viceadmiral, Sir William Fitzwilliam , and landed near Treport after severe fighting they re

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