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).

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.

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.

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

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.

MOYSEY, ABEL, son of Abel Moysey (KS 1756, qv); b. 6 Feb 1778; adm.; KS 1792; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1796, matr. 25 May 1796, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1796 – void 25 Jun 1807; BA 1800; MA 1803; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Feb 1800, called to bar 11 May 1803; of Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset; author of three novels, the last of which appeared under the pseudonym Albert Marmacopt; m. 24 Jul 1829 Anne, sister of Henry Fownes Luttrell (qv); d. 5 Feb 1839.

MOYSEY, CHARLES ABEL, son of Abel Moysey (QS 1756, qv); b. 26 Nov 1779; adm.; KS 1794; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1798, matr. 6 Jun 1798, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1798 – void 9 Jun 1809 (expiry year of grace as V. Hinton from 16 Jun 1808); BA 1802; MA 1805; BD and DD 1818; ordained deacon 1802, priest 1803; Curate, Drayton, Oxfordshire 1805; Vicar of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford 1808; Perpetual Curate of Southwick, Hampshire; Vicar of Hinton Parva, Wilts. 1808-39; Rector of Martyr Worthy, Hampshire 1810-39 [check : no longer in 1829]; Rector of Walcot, Somerset 1817-39; Archdeacon of Bath 17 Jun 1820 – 6 Mar 1839; Prebendary of Wells 1 Feb 1826 – 6 Oct 1832; resigned Archdeaconry and benefices on inheriting Charterhouse Hinton estate in 1839; of Batheaston Court, Somerset; JP Somerset; m. 1st, 9 Aug 1810 Charlotte, eldest sister of Henry Fownes Luttrell (qv); m. 2nd, 24 Jun 1820 Elizabeth Susannah, second dau. of Sir James Stewart, Bart., MP, Fort Stewart, co. Donegal; d. 17 Dec 1859.