Background
Morley was the son of John Morley, Member of Parliament.
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William Morley
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Education
Christ Church.
Career
He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 18 June 1602, aged 16 and was a student of Inner Temple in 1604. He was knighted at Titchfield on 4 September 1625.
He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Guildford in 1626.
He was appointed High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex for January-November, 1636. In November 1640, Morley was elected Member of Parliament for Chichester in the Long Parliament.
On the outbreak of the Civil War, he put a garrison into Chichester, and was thereupon disabled from sitting in Parliament on 23 November 1642. Morley lived at Halnaker.
On his death, reportedly from cutting his throat, he was buried at Boxgrove.
Membership
Useless Parliament; 2nd Parliament of King Charles I]
In 1625 he was elected Member of Parliament for Guildford.
