MOYSEY, ABEL, son of Abel Moysey MD, Bath, and Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset, medical practitioner, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. John Fortrie, Vicar of Washington, Sussex; b. 23 Aug 1743; adm.; KS (Capt., aged 12) 1756; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1760, matr. 9 Jun 1760, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1760 – void 25 Jun 1774; BA 1764; MA 1767; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Feb 1758, called to bar 31 Mar 1767, Bencher 18 Jun 1802, Treasurer 1811; a Commissioner of Bankrupts 1771-4; Second Justice of Brecon 1777-1819; Deputy to King’s Remembrancer, Exchequer 16 Jun 1795-1824; one of the four Registrars of Deeds, Middlesex 1796-1813; MP Bath 1774-90; m. 26 Dec 1774 Charlotte, fourth dau. of Sir Richard Warwick Bampfylde, Bart. MP; d. 3 Jul 1831.

MOURTONE, ---; b.; adm.; KS; left 1549 (Chapter Muniments 33673).

MOUNTAIGNE, HUGH; b.; adm.; KS in 1618; St. Catharine’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. Easter 1621; BA 1622/3; ordained deacon 21 Dec, priest 23 Dec 1623 (both Peterborough); lic. to m. 31 Mar 1624 Mary Tomson, Peterborough.

MOUBRAY, SIR ROBERT, eldest son of Robert Moubray, Cockairnie, Fifeshire, and Arabella, dau. of Thomas Hussey, Wrexham, Denbighshire; b. 16 Dec 1774; adm. 7 Apr 1788; KS 1791; Ensign, 80th Foot 24 Aug 1795; Lieut., 2 Feb 1796; Capt., 3 Aug 1799; Maj., 96th Foot 2 Oct 1806; Sicilian Regt., 12 Jan 1809; Brevet Lieut. -Col., half-pay 4 Jun 1813; ADC to Governor of Ceylon 1799; served in Egypt 1801, Ceylon 1803; knighted 20 Apr 1825; KH 1833; DL JP Fifeshire; m. Sep 1807 Laura, fourth dau. of William Hobson, Markfield, Middlesex, building contractor; d. 10 Oct 1848.

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).

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).

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.

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, 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, 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.