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MOSS, THOMAS, son of John Moss, Manchester, and Elizabeth Cross (IGI); bapt. Collegiate Church, Manchester 9 Nov 1712 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Apr 1725; KS 1728; left 1730; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Nov 1731, aged 19, Nowell Scholar 14 jan 1731/2; BA 1735; MA 1738; “of Manchester College”; m. 1750 (IGI) Sarah, dau. of John Parker, Breightmet Hall, Lancs.; d. 17 Jul 1760.

MOSS, WILLIAM, son of William Moss, London; b.; adm.; QS 1707; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1711, adm. pens. 31 May 1711, aged 18, scholar 5 May 1712; 7th in “ordo” 1714/5; MA 1718; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1717, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1718; ordained deacon Jul 1716, priest Sep 1716 (both Norwich); Curate, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

MOSSOM, MILES, second son of Robert Mossom LLD, Master in Chancery, Ireland, and Elizabeth Reresby; b.; adm.; KS 1690; left 1692; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 10 May 1693, aged 19; BA 1697; LLB 1700.

MOSTYN, DANIEL, brother of Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart. (adm. 1716, qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1725; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1729, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1729, scholar 17 Apr 1730; 1st in “ordo” 1732/3; BA 1732/3; d. 1733.

MOSTYN, JOHN, third son of Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart., MP, and Bridget, only dau. of Darcy Savage, Leighton, Cheshire; b.; adm.; KS 1693; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1698, matr. 4 Jul 1698, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1698 – void 1711; BA 1702; MA 22 Mar 1704/5; d. unm. 24 Dec 1720.

MOSTYN, JOHN, brother of Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart. (adm. 1716, qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1722; KS 1723; Capt. of the School 1727; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1728, matr. Jun 1728, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1728 – deprived 10 Dec 1734 (absence); Ensign, 16th Foot 29 Feb 1732; Capt., 6 Nov 1736; Capt. -Lieut., 2nd Foot Guards 2 Sep 1742; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 2 Apr 1743; wounded at battle of Fontenoy 1745; Brevet Col. and ADC to George II 3 Dec 1747 (listed as ADC, Chamberlayne 1748); Col., 7th Foot (Royal Fusiliers) 26 Jan 1751 – Jul 1754, 13th Dragoons 8 Jul 1754 – Oct 1758; Maj. -Gen., 8 Jul 1757; Col., 5th Dragoons 18 Oct 1758 – Aug 1760; Lieut. -Gen., 8 Apr 1759; Col., 7th Dragoons 18 Aug 1760 – May 1763, 1st Dragoon Guards, from 13 May 1763; Gen., 25 May 1772; MP Malton 30 Dec 1741-68; Groom of the Bedchamber from 20 Jan 1746; Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Minorca, from 2 Mar 1768; defendant in 1773 in an action successfully brought by Anthony Fabrigas, who he had banished from the island (Howell, State Trials, xx, 81-238); d. 13 Feb 1779. DNB.

MOSTYN, ROGER, brother of Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart. (adm. 1716, qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Mar 1727/8; Min. Can. 1734; KS 1735; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Apr 1739, scholar 30 Jun 1739; BA 1742/3; MA 1744/5; migrated to St. John’s Coll., adm. fellow commoner 12 Feb 1744/5; ordained deacon 22 Dec 1745, priest 23 Feb 1745/6 (both Norwich); Rector of Eastling, Kent 8 Mar 1745/6-52; Rector of Christleton, Cheshire, from 28 Mar 1752; Prebendary of Chester from 23 Jun 1760; Canon of Windsor from 23 Sep 1774; m. 29 Sep 1753 Mrs. Anne Thelwall; d. 11 Apr 1775.

MOSTYN, THOMAS, youngest son of Sir Thomas Mostyn, Bart. (adm. 1716, qv); b. 6 Nov 1737; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1747 (Hawkins'); KS (Capt. ) 1751; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1755, matr. 28 May 1755, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1756 – void 12 Mar 1772 (expiry year of grace as R. Llanycil from 21 Mar 1771); BA 1759; MA 1762; ordained deacon 6 Jun 1762, priest 29 Jun 1763 (both Oxford); Rector of Llanycil, Merioneth 1771-82; Rector of Christleton, Cheshire, from 5 May 1775; Vicar of Northenden, Cheshire, from 13 Apr 1782; Prebendary of St. Asaph 25 Feb 1773 – 6; Prebendary of Chester from 14 May 1776; d. 5 Dec 1808.

MOTTERAM, JOHN; b.; adm.; QS; at school c. 1600; in a bill filed in the Star Chamber, it is alleged that he had been impressed by the master of the Children of the Chapel Royal as a boy-actor for the theatre at Blackfriars (PRO, Star Chamber 5. c46/39).

MOTTERSHEAD, THOMAS, second son of Thomas Mottershead, St. Peter’s, Paul’s Wharf, London, Deputy Registrar, Court of High Commission, and Rose, dau. of Rowland Booker, St. Sepulchre’s, London; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1619, matr. 9 Dec 1619, aged 17, Westminster Student to 1641; BA 1623; MA 1626; BD 1633; ordained; committed to the Fleet for striking one of the masters at Oxford Univ. Convocation of 21 May 1628 (Wood, Hist. and Antiqs. of Oxford, ed. Gutch, ii, pt. i, 363).