Elizabeth Wolley

Elizabeth Wolley
Born	28 April 1552 London
Died	January 1600 (aged 47)
Spouse(s)	Richard Polsted Sir John Wolley Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley
Children	Sir Francis Wolley
Parent(s)	Sir William More, Margaret Daniell

Elizabeth Wolley (née More; 28 April 1552 – 21 January 1600) was one of Queen Elizabeth I's ladies of the Privy Chamber. She was the eldest daughter of Sir William More of Loseley, Surrey, and his second wife, Margaret Daniell, and the wife of the Queen's Latin secretary, Sir John Wolley, and the Queen's Lord Chancellor, Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley.

Elizabeth More was born on 28 April 1552, the eldest of the three children of Sir William More of Loseley, Surrey, and his second wife, Margaret Daniell, the daughter and heiress of Ralph Daniell of Swaffham, Norfolk, by Katherine Marrowe. She was born in London at the house of her great-uncle, George Medley (d.1554), esquire, mercer and Merchant of the Staple, and was baptised 1 May 1552. A London haberdasher, John Whetstone, was her godfather, and she had two godmothers, her great-aunt, Elizabeth Medley (née Marrowe, wife of George Medley), and her paternal grandmother, Alice Polsted. She had a younger brother, Sir George More, and a younger sister, Anne More (d.1624), who married Sir George Mainwaring (d. 5 May 1628) of Ightfield, Shropshire.

On 3 November 1567, when she was fifteen, Elizabeth More married Richard Polsted (1545–1576), the son of Henry Polsted (1510–1555) of Albury, Surrey, by Alice Lord, the daughter of Robert Lord or Lawerde. The wedding festivities, which took place at the Blackfriars from 3 to 17 November, were said to be the social event of the year. Among those listed as having given wedding gifts were the Earl of Lincoln and his wife Elizabeth, Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague, Robert Horne, Bishop of Winchester, and Sir William Cecil.

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