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MARY MAYNARD, m. to Henry Grey, Earl of Stamford.

Anne, d. unm.

Sir Edward d. in 1657, and was s. by his son,

11. SIR EDWARD MOSLEY, who married Katherine, younger daughter of William Grey, first Lord Grey of Werke, but died without issue in 1665, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT, and the estates devolved upon SIR EDWARD MOSLEY, knt. of Hulme, in Lancashire. Rolleston passed in jointure to Sir Edward's widow, whose second husband, Charles, eldest son of Dudley, Lord North, was summoned to parliament as Baron North and Grey of Rolleston. Her ladyship m. thirdly, Colonel Russell.

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MOSLEY, OF ROLLESTON.

CREATED 18th June, 1720.-EXTINCT 22nd Sept. 1779.

Lineage.

ANTHONY MOSLEY, esq. of Ancoats, in the county of Lancaster, brother of Sir Nicholas Mosley, knt. lord mayor of London, in 1599, m. Alice, daughter of Richard Webster, of Manchester, gent. and left a son and heir,

OSWALD MOSLEY, esq. of Ancoats, who m. Anne, daughter and co-heir of Ralph Lowe, esq. of Mile End, in Cheshire, and had issue,

1. NICHOLAS, his heir.

11. Edward (Sir), of Hulme, in the county of Lancaster, who inherited the estates of Sir Edward Mosley, bart. in 1665, with the exception of Rolleston, which devolved in jointure upon the baronet's widow. Sir Edward Mosley, knt. of Hulme, married Muriel, daughter of Richard Saltingstal, esq. of Huntroyd, in the county of York, and left an only daughter, his heir,

ANNE MOSLEY, who m. Sir John Bland, knt. of Kippax Park. ((See BURKE's Commoners, vol. iii. page 326.)

111. Oswald.

IV. Samuel.

v. Francis, fellow of the collegiate church of Manchester, and rector of Wimslow, in Cheshire, m. Catherine Davenport, and had

1. Francis, in holy orders, rector of Rolles

ton.

1. Anne, m. to Richard Whitworth, esq. of Adbaston, and was mother of Lord Whitworth, a peer of Ireland, who d. in 1725, when the dignity expired; from her second son descended Charles, Lord Whitworth, a peer of England, who died in 1825, when the dignity likewise became extinct.

2. Catherine, m. to Joseph Hooper, of Man

chester, gent. and was mother of
Francis Hooper, D. D.

1. Anne, m. to Humphry Booth, esq. of Salford, and was mother of

Sir Robert Booth, knt. lord chief justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland.

11. Margaret, m. to John Anger, esq.

111. Mary, m. to John Crowther, citizen of London;

her daughter became the wife of Thomas Butterworth, gent. of Manchester, and left two

daughters: Susan Butterworth, married to Sir Henry Hoghton, bart. of Hoghton Tower, and Anne Butterworth, the wife of Daniel Bayley, of Manchester, gent.

Mr. Mosley was s. by his eldest son,

NICHOLAS MOSLEY, esq. of Ancoats, who m. Jane, daughter of John Lever, esq. of Alkrington, in Lan. cashire, and was s. by his son,

OSWALD MOSLEY, esq. of Ancoats, in Lancashire, and Rolleston, in the county of Stafford, who married Mary, daughter of Joseph Yates, esq. of Stanley House, near Blackburn, and dying at an advanced age, in 1726, left issue, of whom,

OSWALD, inherited the estates.

NICHOLAS, of St. Paul's, Shadwell, Middlesex, who d. in 1697, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Cooke, and left a son,

NICHOLAS MOSLEY, esq. of Manchester, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of William Parker, esq. of Derby, and dying in 1733, was s. by his son,

JOHN-PARKER MOSLEY, who inherited the estates of his cousin, the REV. SIR JOHN MOSLEY, bart. of Rolleston.

Mr. Mosley d. in 1726, and was s. by his son,

I. OSWALD MOSLEY, esq. who possessed the estate and manor of Rolleston, in Staffordshire, with the perpetual advowson of the rectory of Rolleston, and the estate of Ancoats, with the manor of Manchester. He was sheriff of Staffordshire in 1715, and created a BARONET by GEORGE I. 18th June, 1720. Sir Oswald m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Thornhaugh, esq. of Fenton, Notts, and had issue,

OSWALD, his heir.

JOHN, successor to his brother.

Elizabeth, m. to Humphrey Trafford, esq. of Trafford, and d. s. p.

Sir Oswald d. 9th June, 1751, and was s. by his elder

son,

II. SIR OSWALD MOSLEY, who d. unm. 26th February, 1757, and was s. by his brother,

III. SIR JOHN MOSLEY, in holy orders, who d. unm. 22nd September, 1779, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED, and the estates devolved upon his cousin,

JOHN-PARKER MOSLEY, who then became of Rol-
leston, and was created a BARONET 24th March,
1781. He d. 29th September, 1798, and was s.
by his grandson, the present (1837)

SIR OSWALD MOSLEY, bart. of Ancoats and
Rolleston.

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Bromfield, Chirk, Maelor, Whittington, and Oswaldstree, and for centuries have held high station amongst the leading men of the principality.

RICHARD, the son of Howell ap Jevan Vychan, m. Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Salisbury, and had, with five daughters, two sons,

THOMAS, who assumed the name of MOSTON, from PIERCE, the seat of the family, by the advice and direction of Richard Lee, Bishop of Lichfield, then (temp. HENRY VIII.) lord president of Wales.

The younger son, Pierce, purchased TALACRE, and from him the extant baronets Mostyn, of Talacre, descend. The elder son,

WILLIAM MOSTON, esq. of Moston, was chief of the family in the time of ELIZABETH, and was directed, under her majesty's commission, dated in the 9th of her reign, with others of the principal gentlemen of North Wales, to hold an Eisteddfa, or session of the poets, musicians, and bards, at Caerwis (the last convened by royal authority), in which commission it is set forth that his ancestors had the right to bestow the silver harp on the person judged the most worthy by the commissioners. He married Margaret, daughter of Robert Powell, esq. of Park, and had three sons and two daughters, of whom the eldest son and heir,

SIR THOMAS MOSTYN, knt. of Mostyn, alone left issue. He m. Ursula, daughter and heir of William Goodman, esq.+ and had three sons and two daughters, viz.

1. William, died in the Temple, unm. 11. ROGER, his heir.

III. Thomas, m. Anne, daughter and heir of William Hughes, Bishop of St. Asaph, and from him descended the Mostyns, of Rhyd, in Flintshire.

1. Margaret, m. to Pierce Griffith, esq. of Penrhyn, in Carnarvonshire.

11. Catherine, m. to Sir Thomas Hanmer, knt. of Hanmer.

Sir Thomas was appointed in the beginning of King JAMES I. one of his majesty's council for the principality of Wales and the Marches. He was s. at his decease by his elder surviving son,

SIR ROGER MOSTYN, knt. who married Mary, eldest

IEVAN VYCHAN, the lineal predecessor of this William, inarried in the reign of RICHARD II. Angharad, daughter and heir of Howell ap Tudor ap Ithel Vychan, of Moston, and thus that estate became part of the possessions of the family.

+ By Margaret, his wife, daughter of Sir William Brereton, knt. of Brereton.

By his wife, Sidney, daughter of Sir William Gerrard, lord chancellor of Ireland, in 1576.

PENNANT, in his History of Whiteford and Holywell, gives a plate of the monument of the wife of this William Mostyn, with the following account and inscription:

"The first (of the monuments) has the figure of a man and woman kneeling on opposite sides of a desk. Three sons are behind the man, and two daughters behind the woman, in the same attitudes. They are most neatly engraven on a tablet of white marble, and the whole included in a very neat frame. The inscription gives their brief tale:

Neere to this lieth the body of Elizabeth Mostyn, one of the coheiresses of Richard Aldersey, of the city of Chester, gent. wife of William Mostyn, Arch. Bang. and rector of Chryselton. By whom he had issue three sonnes and two daughters. She departed the 10th of April, Ann. Dni. 1647.'

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were heads of families, viz. Mostyns, ntgomeryshire, and Mostyns, of Se

daughter of Sir John Wynne, of Gwyder, bart. ‡ and had issue,

1. THOMAS (Sir), of Kilken, died before his father, leaving by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Sir John Whitlock, knt. chief justice, two sons,

ROGER (Sir), heir to his grandfather. Thomas, from whom the Mostyns of Kilken. II. John, M. P. for Anglesey 21 JAMES 1. and afterwards for the borough of Flint. He d. unm, at his seat, Maesmynnan, leaving his property to his elder brother.

III. William, in holy orders, archdeacon of Bangor, m. twice, and left issue.

IV. Richard, captain in the army, died of wounds received at his landing in the Isle of Rbe, in the force sent to relieve Rochelle, unm.

v. Robert, m. Margaret, daughter and heir of Henry Conway, esq. of Nant, in Flintshire. VI. Edward, both died young. VII. Pierce, S VIII. Roger, married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Hugh Pugh, esq. of Dole y Corsllwyn, in Montgomeryshire.

1. Sydney, m. to Sir Richard Grosvenor, bart. of Eaton, in Cheshire.

11. Catherine, m. to Colonel the Hon. Richard Bulkeley, son and heir of Thomas, Viscount Bulkeley.

Sir Roger was succeeded at his decease by his grand

son,

1. SIR ROGER MOSTYN, knt. of Mostyn, who took up arms for King CHARLES I. and having his majesty's commission, raised and maintained fifteen hundred men at his own expense for the service: with this corps he took the castle of Hawarden, and entered at its head the city of Chester, then besieged by the parliamentarians. He likewise repaired the castle of Flint at his own charge, and was appointed governor thereof. In this fortress he sustained a long siege, enduring the greatest hardships, and sur rendered at last only under the especial order of the king. He thus expended above sixty thousand pounds, and had his mansion house at Mostyn so dilapidated and spoiled, that he was obliged to live for several years at a farm house, in the vicinity, after he had obtained his discharge from Conway Castle, in which

groit, in Denbighshire."-So far for Pennant, but he says nothing of the third son,

RICHARD MOSTYN, who was a wholesale linen-draper, in London, and acquired a bandsome fortune. He m. Mary, daughter of John Soame, and granddaughter of Sir William Soame, knt. and had four daughters, viz.

ANNE, b. in 1685, m. about 1708, to Thomas Horton, esq. of Chaderton, and was mother of Sir William Horton, bart.

SYDNEY, m. to Richard Marriett, esq. of Alscott, in Warwickshire, and had issue,

Richard Marriet, who d. unm. in 1743-4.
SIDNEY MARRIET, heir to her brother, who
m. John Lowe, esq. and had two daughters,
who d. young women. Mr. Lowe souf
Aldscot to James West, of the Treasury,
and purchased Locko, near Derby. He
was sheriff of the county in 1752. Mrs.
Lowe died at Derby, in 1789, having
survived her husband many years. All
the property of the Marriers went to his
brother, Richard Lowe, a woollen-draper
in Covent Garden, who was sheriff of Der-
byshire in 1782.

JANE, d. nnm. at Chaderton, in 1768.
SUSANNA, b. in 1694, d. unm. at Derby, in 1700,
aged ninety-six.

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Roger, lived to manhood, and died unm.
Richard, of Penbeddw, M. A. of Christ Church,
Oxford, married Charlotta-Theophila, daughter
and co-heir of John Digby, esq. of Gothurst,
Bucks (son and heir of Sir Kenelm Digby), and
had two daughters,

BRIDGET, m. to Lytton Lytton, esq. of Kneb-
worth, Herts, and died without issue in
1710.

CHARLOTTE, married to Richard Williams, esq. youngest son of Sir William Williams, bart.

Sir Roger m. thirdly, Lumley, daughter of Coetmor, of Coetmor, in Carnarvonshire, but had no other issue. He died in 1726, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

II. SIR THOMAS MOSTYN, M. P. for Carnarvon, who m. Bridget, only daughter and heir of Darcy Savage, esq. of Leighton, in the county of Chester, and acquired by her the manors of Beeston, Peckforton, Leighton, Great Neston, and Thornton, all in Cheshire. He had issue seven sons and four daughters, who all died young, except

ROGER, his heir.

Thomas, m. Margaret, eldest daughter and heir of William Mostyn, esq. of Rhyd, in the county of Flint, but died without issue 21st December, 1737. He served in parliament for the borough of Flint.

John, M. A. of Christ Church, Oxford, d. unm. 24th December, 1720.

Sir Thomas was s. by his eldest son,

111. SIR ROGER MOSTYN, M. P. for the county of Chester, and afterwards for Flintshire, from 1701 to 1734. He was appointed by Queen ANNE paymaster

Sir Roger and Pyers Pennant, of Bychton, seem to have been companions, from the P. S. to the following curious epistle:

"DEAR PYERS,

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Mostyn, 1764. "I hope you will excuse me for asking for the four pounds you owe me for the pair of oxen; for I want the money to make up twenty pounds, to send my son to Oxford next week.

"I am, dear Pyers, yours, &c. "ROGER MOSTYN. "P. S. How does your head do this morning?-mine aches confoundedly."

At this time money was so scarce, that four pounds bought a pair of oxen, and the baronet was thought very liberal in sending his heir apparent to the university with twenty pounds in his purse.

Whitlock, whose sister was Sir Roger's mother, speaks of him in the following terms, notwithstanding their principles were so widely different: "Then the parlia

of the Marines, and by King GEORGE I, one of the tellers of the Exchequer. Sir Roger m. Lady Essex Finch, daughter of Daniel, second Earl of Nottingham, and had issue,

THOMAS, his successor.

Savage. Roger.

Essex, m. to Robert, second Duke of Roxburghe.
Anne.
Mary-Bridget.
Charlotte.
Elizabeth.

Sir Roger d. 5th May, 1739, and was s. by his eldest

son,

IV. SIR THOMAS MOSTYN, M. P. for the county of Flint. This gentleman m. Sarah, daughter and coheir of Robert Western, esq. of London, by whom (who d. 28th May, 1740), he had surviving issue, ROGER, his successor. Thomas.

Ann, m. 1777, to Thomas Pennant, esq. of Downing and Bychton, in the county of Flint, the celebrated naturalist and traveller.

Frances.

He died 24th March, 1758, and was succeeded by his son,

V. SIR ROGER MOSTYN, who m. 12th May, 1776, Margaret, daughter and heir of the Rev. Hugh Wynne, LL. D. prebendary of Salisbury, and by her (who d. 14th October, 1792), he had issue,

THOMAS, his heir.

Essex, d. unm.

Charlotte, m. to Sir Thomas-Swymmer MostynChampneys, bart. but has no issue. ELIZABETH, married to Sir Edward Pryce Lloyd, bart. now Lord Mostyn, and has a son and heir,

THOMAS-EDWARD LLOYD, who assumed the name and arms of MosTYN.

Anna-Maria, m. to Sir Robert Williames Vaughan, bart. and has issue,

Robert Williames Vaughan, esq.

Catherine.

Mary-Bridget.

Sir Roger, who was member for Flintshire in eight parliaments, d. 26th July, 1796, and was s. by his

son,

VI. SIR THOMAS MOSTYN, M. P. for the county of Flint, sheriff for Carnarvonshire in 1794, died unmarried 7th April, 1831, aged forty-four, when the

ment forces (in 1643) took in Mostyn House, belonging to Colonel Mostyn, the governor of Flint; and in Mostyn four pieces of ordnance and some arms. This Colonel Moystyn is my sister's son, a gentleman of good parts and mettle, of a very ancient family, large possessions, and great interest in the country, so that in twelve hours he raised fifteen hundred men for the king, and was well beloved there, living very nobly."

Only son of The Hon. THOMAS SAVAGE (second son of Thomas, Viscount Savage), by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter and co-heir of William Whitmore, esq. of Leighton, by Margaret, daughter of Sir Hugh, and sister and heir of Sir George Beeston, of Beeston, in the same county.

By Anne, his wife, eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir Richard Shirley, bart. of Preston, in Sussex.

By Catharine, his wife, sister of William Vaughan, esq. of Corsygedol, in Merionethshire, and heiress of Robert Wynne, esq. of Bodygallen, in Carnarvonshire.

BARONETCY EXPIRED, and the principal part of the estates devolved, under Sir Thomas's will, upon his nephew,

THE HON. EDWARD LLOYD, who assumed, in compliance with the will of his uncle, by sign manual, in May, 1831, the additional surname and arms of MOSTYN. He is also presumptive heir to the entailed estates of the family, now pos sessed by Lady Mostyn-Champneys, eldest sur viving daughter of the late Sir Roger Mostyn. Arms-Per bend sinister erm. and ermines, a lion rampant or.

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Lineage.

The family of NAPER OF NAPIER claims descent from the ancient Scottish EARLS OF LENNOX, raised to that dignity by MALCOLM III. about the year 1057, and the claim is sustained by a certificate of Sir Archibald Naper, knt. of Merchistoun, deputy-treasurer of Scotland, and of the privy council to King CHARLES I. enrolled in the college of arms by Sir William Segar, kut. garter.

ALEXANDER NAPIER (called for distinction Sandy), son of Sir Alexander Napier, and brother of Sir Archibald, came into England temp. HENRY VIII. and settled at Exeter. He m. Anne, daughter of Edward Birchley, of Hertfordshire, and had issue,

I. JOHN, who m. Joan, daughter of - Webb, and
had an only daughter and heir,

ANNE NAPIER, who m. Matthew Stoker, of
Besingstoke.

II. ROBERT (Sir).

III. Richard, rector of Linford, Bucks. The second son,

I. SIR ROBERT NAPIER, purchased the estate at Luton Hoo, in Bedfordshire. He was knighted by King JAMES I. in his majesty's progress, anno 1611, and further advanced, by the same monarch, to a BARONETCY 25th November, 1612. Sir Robert m. first, Miss Stapers; and secondly, Margaret, daughter of Richard Barnes, citizen and mercer of London; but by those ladies had no issue. He wedded, thirdly, Mary, daughter of John Robinson, merchant, and by her had

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He married, secondly, Mary, daughter of Thomas Vinor, esq. lord mayor of London in 1645, and by her had

Thomas, of Brockhill, Middlesex.
Mary, d. unm.

Alexander, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Lewis Cokayn, esq. of Cokayn-Hatley, in the county of Bedford, and had a son,

Lewis, of Woodstock, in Oxfordshire, who m.
the daughter of the Rev. John Griffith, D.D.
reader at the Temple.

Mary, m. to Sir Thomas Middleton, knt. of Chirk
Castle, in the county of Denbigh.
Christian, m. to Sir Thomas Eversfield, knt. of
Den, in Sussex.

The certificate is set forth in BURKE's History of the Commoners, vol. ii. p. 639.

↑ A fine seat, with a park, in the parish of Luton, anciently belonging to the family of Hoo.

Sarah, m. to Sir Walter Leach, knt. of Chadleigh, in Devonshire.

Margaret, m. to Thomas Mytton, esq. of Halston, in Shropshire, the celebrated parliamentary general temp. CHARLES I.

Sir Robert d. in April, 1637, and was s. by his eldest son,

II. SIR ROBERT NAPIER, who had received the honour of knighthood from King JAMES I. at Whitehall, 30th April, 1623. He m. first, Frances, daughter of Sir William Thornhurst, knt. of Agincourt, in Kent, and by that lady had an only son,

ROBERT, his heir, who m. Margaret, daughter of
Sir Edward Littleton, bart. of Pillaton Hall, in
Staffordshire, and dying in the lifetime of his
father, left a son,

ROBERT, who s. his grandfather.

He m. secondly, Lady Penelope Egerton, daughter of John, first Earl of Bridgewater, and had two other sons and a daughter, viz.

JOHN, of whom presently, as heir to his nephew.
Alexander, of Hatton Garden, London, m. Mary,
daughter and heir of Richard Mason, esq. of
Worldham, Hants, and had issue,

Robert, d. unm. Penelope, d. unm. Jane.

Elizabeth.

Frances, m. first, to Sir Edward Barkham, bart. of Southacre, in Norfolk; and secondly, to Lord Richardson, Baron of Cramond, in Scotland. Sir Robert settled his estate on JOHN and ALEXANDER, the sons of his second marriage, and surrendered his patent of honour, to the intent that the said dignity should be granted to himself, with remainder to the said John and Alexander; but dying in 1660, before the new grant passed the seals, the honour in being devolved upon his grandson,

111. SIR ROBERT NAPIER, who died unmarried in 1675, when the BARONETCY of 1612 EXPIRED, but he was s. in the representation of the family by his uncle of the half-blood,

IV. SIR JOHN NAPIER, who had been created a BARONET 4th March, 1660-1, with the precedency of 25th November, 1612.* Sir John represented the county of Bedford in the reign of CHARLES II. but having afterwards the misfortune to fall twice from his horse, became so crazed that a commission of lunacy was awarded against him. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Theophilus Biddulph, bart. of West Combe, in Kent, and by her he had issue,

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JOHN NAPIER, a younger son of Sir Alexander Napier, knt. of Merchistoun, came into England temp. HENRY VII. and settled at Swyre, in the county of Dorset. He m. Anne, daughter of John Russel, of Berwick, and had

1. EDWARD, of Swyre, in Dorset, and of Holywell,
in Oxfordshire, who m. a daughter of Sir
John Peyto, of Wavesham, in the latter county,
and left issue.

II. Nicholas, of Tintinhull, in Somersetshire.
III. JAMES.

The third son,

JAMES NAPIER, esq. of Baglake or Puncknoll, in the county of Dorset, m. a lady named Hilliard, and had three sons, viz.

JOHN, of Baglake.

WILLIAM, of Puncknoll.

ROBERT (Sir).

The youngest son,

SIR ROBERT NAPIER, an eminent lawyer, was constituted, in 1593, lord chief baron of the Exchequer in Ireland, when he received the honour of knighthood from Queen ELIZABETH; in the thirty-fourth year of which sovereign's reign he purchased the estate of Middle Marsh, in the county of Dorset, and served as high sheriff in 1606. Sir Robert m. first, Catherine, daughter of John Wareham, esq. and by that lady had a daughter, Anne, the wife of Sir John Ryves, of Damory Court. He m. secondly, Magdalen, daughter of Sir Anthony Denton, of Oxfordshire, by whom (who d. in 1635) he had a son, his heir at his decease 20th September, 1615,

SIR NATHANIEL NAPIER, who was knighted by King JAMES I. at Newmarket in 1617, and subsequently served as sheriff and member of parliament for the county of Dorset. Sir Nathaniel was included in an instrument recorded in the Heralds' College, as of the blood of the Napers or Napiers of Merchistoun. He Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Gerard, esq. of Hyde, in the Isle of Purbeck, and had issue,

m.

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