'Mosley1'
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Families covered: Mosley of Ancoats (Ancotes), Mosley of Collyhurst, Mosley of Garrett Hall, Mosley (Moseley) of Hough End, Mosley of Manchester, Mosley of Rolleston
| Dugdale spells the family name as "Moseley". We generally follow BP1934 in spelling it as "Mosley". | |||||||||||||||
| Jenkin Moseley of Hough End | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | James Moseley | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Edward Moseley or Mosley of Houghend the first mentioned by BP1934 | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Elcock (dau of Alexander Elcock of Hilgate) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Oswald Mosley of Garrett Hall shown by Dugdale as 3rd son (had issue) but by BP1934 as eldest son | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Oswald Mosley of Garrett Hall possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.06.1589) Cicely Tipping (dau of Robert Tipping of Manchester) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Sir Nicholas Mosley, Lord Mayor of London (b c1527, d 1612) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Whitbroke (dau of Hugh Whitbroke or Whitbrooke of Bridgenorth) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Rowland Mosley of the Hough, Sheriff of Staffordshire (d 23.02.1616/7) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Houghton (dau of Humphrey Houghton of Manchester) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Margaret Mosley | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Whitmore of Apley | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Sutton (dau of Richard Sutton of Sutton, sister/coheir of Francis of Sutton) | |||||||||||||||
| The following is partly supported by TCB (vol 2, Mosley or Moseley of Rolleston). | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sir Edward Mosley of Hough & Rolleston, Sheriff of Staffordshire, 1st Bart (bpt 09.1616, bur 04.12.1657) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.11.1636) Mary Cutler (d by 11.1658, dau of Sir Gervase Cutler of Stainborough Hall by Elizabeth Bentley) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Edward Mosley, 2nd Bart of Hough, Rolleston & Hulme, Sheriff of Lancashire (b c1639, dsp 14.10.1655) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.1665) Katherine Grey (dau of William Grey, Lord of Werke) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Margaret or Mary Mosley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joseph Maynard of Gunnersbury and/or Clifton Reynes (son of Sir John) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Anne Mosley (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Anne Mosley | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir Edward Mosley of Rolleston, Staffordshire (dsp 1638) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Anthony Mosley of Manchester and/or Ancotes (d 25.03.1607) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Webster (dau of Richard Webster of Manchester) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Oswald Mosley of Ancotes or Ancoats (d 1630) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Lowe (dau of Ralph Lowe of Mile End) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Nicholas Mosley of Ancoats | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Lever (dau of John Lever of Alkrington) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Oswald Mosley (b c1640, d 1726) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Yates (dau of William Yates of Stanley House) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir Oswald Mosley, 1st Bart of Rolleston (d 09.06.1751) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Thornhaugh (dau of John Thornhaugh of Fenton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Bart of Rolleston (d unm 26.02.1757) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Sir John Mosley, 3rd Bart of Rolleston (d unm 22.09.1779) | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Elizabeth Mosley (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Humphrey Trafford of Trafford (dsp 01.07.1779) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Nicholas Mosley of Manchester, later of London (d 1697, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Cooke | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Nicholas Mosley (d 1734) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Parker (dau of William Parker of Derby, cousin of 1st Earl of Macclesfield) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir John Parker Mosley 'of Hulme', 1st Bart of Ancoats (b 1732, d 29.09.1798) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.04.1760) Elizabeth Bayley (d 15.10.1797, dau of James Bayley of Withington by Anne, dau of Samuel Peploe, Bishop of Chester) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Oswald Mosley of Bolesworth Castle (b17.03.1761, dvp 27.07.1789) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.02.1784) Elizabeth Tonman (dau of Rev. Thomas Tonman of Little Budworth) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Bart of Ancoats (b 27.03.1785, d 24.05.1871) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.01.1804) Sophia Anne Every (d 08.06.1859, dau of Sir Edward Every, Bart of Egginton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | John Mosley (b 07.04.1786, d 31.08.1804) | ||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Elizabeth Mosley (d 1828) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1806) William Henry Ashhurst of Waterstock | |||||||||||||||
| ((iv)) | Frances Mosley (d 13.12.1855) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.08.1807) Sir James Whalley Smyth Gardiner, 3rd Bart (d 22.10.1851) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | John Peploe Mosley (d 03.02.1833, rector of Rolleston) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (07.10.1790) Sarah Maria Paget (dau of William Paget of Shepton Mallet) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Peploe Paget Mosley (b 22.12.1793, d 07.04.1868, rector of Rolleston) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.07.1836) Elizabeth Bradshaw (d 18.09.1888, dau of Francis Bradshaw of Barton Blount) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | John Edward Mosley (b 31.05.1795, d 02.06.1862) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.05.1824) (Caroline) Sophia Anne Paget (d 1853, dau of William Paget of Newberry House) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | William Bayley Mosley (b 19.08.1806, d 12.08.1848) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.01.1836) Maria Sarah Lowe (d 21.10.1878, dau of Samuel Lowe of Burton-on-Trent) | |||||||||||||||
| ((iv)) | Mary Mosley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. Edward Law of Horsted (nephew of 1st Lord Ellenborough) | |||||||||||||||
| ((v)) | Anna Maria Mosley | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1824) Oswald Feilden (b 07.11.1797, d 1872) | |||||||||||||||
| ((vi)) | Frances Mosley | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.04.1832) Francis Wedgwood of Etruria and Barlaston | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (08.1827) Frances (relict of Rev. Edward Pole) | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Ashton Nicholas Mosley of Park Hill (b 31.03.1768, d 02.04.1830) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.03.1790) Mary Morley (d 09.03.1826, dau of Edward Morley) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Ashton Nicholas Every Mosley of Burnaston House, Sheriff (b 21.11.1792, d 04.10.1875) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.02.1820) Mary Theresa Stables (d 21.06.1869, dau of William Stables of Hemsworth) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Emma Penelope Mosley | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.12.1824) Rev. Francis Ward Spilsbury of Willington (d 1864) | |||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Anne Mosley (d 1810) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Feilden | |||||||||||||||
| ((E)) | Elizabeth Mosley (d 07.03.1853) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.08.1790) Streynsham Master (d 18.01.1864, rector of Croston) | |||||||||||||||
| ((F)) | Frances Mary Mosley (d 05.07.1844) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.05.1792) George Smith of Selsdon (b 30.04.1765, d 26.12.1836) | |||||||||||||||
| ((G)) | Penelope Mosley (d 30.08.1812) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.12.1798) Sir Henry Every, 9th Bart (d 28.12.1855) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Francis Mosley (rector of Wilmslow) possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Anne Mosley | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c12.1674) Richard Whitworth of Bathacre Park (d 28.01.1718/9) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv)+ | other issue - Edwad, Anne, Elizabeth, Jane, Catherine | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sir Edward Mosley, later of Hulme (b c1619, dspms 1695) | ||||||||||||||
| Shown by VCH (Lancashire, vol 4, Townships: Hulme) as of this generation. 'Ducatus Leodiensis' (Ralph Thoresby, 1715, p236) shows his family as follows. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Meriell Saltonstall (dau of Richard Saltonstall) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Edward Mosley (b c1656, a 1664, dvp?) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Anne Mosley (d 26.07.1734, "sole heir") | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.03.1685) Sir John Bland of Kipax Park, Bart (a 1712) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Mary Mosley possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Crowther of London | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Ann Crowther | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Butterworth (b 1653, d 1717) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Anne Mosley (d 1696) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.05.1625) Robert Bootle (sb Booth) of Salford (bpt 25.03.1605, d 17.12.1634) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Margaret Mosley | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Angier ("a divine") | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Mary Mosley | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Crowther of London | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Jane Mosley probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Leycester of Toft | |||||||||||||||
| (G)+ | other issue - Oswald of Manchester, Samuel in Ireland, Francis | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from VCH (Lancashire, vol 4, Townships: Manchester (part 2)). | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Anthony Mosley of Collyhurst, Lancashire (d 1662) | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Nicholas Mosley 'of Collyhurst' (dvp 1659) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Anne Mosley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Lever of Alkrington (d 1710) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 (Mosley) with a little input/support from Visitation (Dugdale, Lancashire, 1664-5, Moseley of the Hoogh), Visitation (Dugdale, Lancashire, 1664-5, Moseley of Ancotes)
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