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MURRAY, John (d.1640), of Lochmaben, Dumfries; St. Martin’s Lane, Westminster and Guildford Park, Surr.

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10th but 6th surv. s. of Sir Charles Murray (d.1605) of Cockpool, Dumfries and Margaret, da. of Hugh, 4th Bar. Somerville [S]. educ. Court, Edinburgh. m. by 1613, Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Shaw of Broich, Stirling, 1s. 1da. 1da. illegit. cr. Visct. Annand [S] 28 June 1622, earl of Annandale [S] 13 Mar. 1625. suc. bro. 1636.Scots Peerage ed. J.B. Paul, i. 223-7; State Pprs. and Misc. Corresp. of Thomas, earl of Melros ed. J. Maidment, i. 127. d. 22 Sept. 1640. Oxford DNB.
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Commendator, Dundrennan Abbey [S] 1599–1606; Registrum Magnum Sigillum Scotorum, 1593–1608, p. 281; Reg. PC Scot. 1619–22, p. cxlv. kpr. Guildford Park, Surr. 1608, CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 414. Eltham Park, Kent 1616-at least 1625; C66/2096; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 55. provost, Lincluden [S] 1612; forester and constable, Falkland [S] 1614; Registrum Magnum Sigillum Scotorum, 1609–20, pp. 254, 366, 658. commr. disorders in middle shires 1618, 1622, 1635; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, pp. 43, 59; Reg. PC Scot. 1619–22, p. 673; 1625–7, p. cxlv; CSP Dom. 1635, p. 510. j.p. co. Dur. 1619 – at least36, Northumb. 1622 – d., Surr. 1623–d.; C231/4, ff. 89, 154; C193/13/1; SP16/405; C66/2858. commr. gaol delivery, co. Dur. 1619–39; C181/2, f. 346v; 181/5, f. 134. steward, Annandale [S] 1625; Registrum Magnum Sigillum Scotorum, 1620–3, p. 298. gov. of Connaught [I] by 1625, CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 55. co. Donegal [I] 1627; CPR Ire. Chas. I, 166. commr. Forced Loan, co. Dur., Northumb., Surr. 1627. C193/12/2, ff. 12, 57, 42v.

Page to Anne of Denmark [S] by 1602; CSP Scot. xiii. 931. groom of the bedchamber 1603–22; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 47; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 442. kpr. of the privy purse 1611–25; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 36; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 73. gent. of the bedchamber 1622–5; Chamberlain Letters, ii. 442. PC [S] 1626–d. Reg. PC Scot. 1625–7, p. 249.

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MURRAY, John (d.1640), of Lochmaben, Dumfries; St. Martin’s Lane, Westminster and Guildford Park, Surr.
Main residences: Lochmaben, Dumfries and St. Martin's Lane, Westminster and Guildford Park, Surr.
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MURRAY, William (c.1600-1655), of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster and Ham, Surr.

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b. c. 1600, Murray’s date of birth is not known, but he was reputedly about the same age as Charles I: D. Mathew, Scot. under Chas. I, 233. o. s. of William Murray, minister of Dysart, Fife and Margaret, da. of David Murray of Lochmiln. Scots Peerage ed. J.B. Paul, iii. 398-9. educ. page, Household of Prince Charles, from c.1603. G. Burnet, Hist. of his own Time, 447; Oxford DNB sub Thomas Murray. m. by 19 Dec. 1625, Katherine, da. of Col. Norman Bruce of Clackmannan, 4da. suc. fa. 1616; CSP Dom. 1625-6, p. 555; Scots Peerage, iii. 398, 402. cr. earl of Dysart and Lord Huntingtower, 3 Aug. 1643; CP. d. Dec. 1655. Pritchard, 12. sig. W[illiam] Murray.
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Groom of Bedchamber, Household of Prince Charles by 1624–5, HLRO, O.A. 21 Jas.I, c. 53; LC2/6. king’s Household 1625-at least 1643. CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 23; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 374.

Constable, Huntingtower, Perths. 1631–45; Tollemache mss 502, 505. j.p. Surr. 1635 – at least40, commr. array 1642. C231/5, p. 183; C66/2859; Northants. RO, FH 133.

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MURRAY, William (c.1600-1655), of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster and Ham, Surr.
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MOUTLOWE, Henry (c.1555-1634), of Gresham College, London and St. Mary-the-Great, Cambridge, Cambs.

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b. c. 1555, 2nd s. of John Moutlowe (d.1604), mercer, of Winchcombe, Glos. and Joan, da. of Arthur Sandford of Stowe, Glos. educ. Eton c.1567; King’s, Camb. 1571, aged 16, BA 1576, MA 1579, fell. 1574-95, LLD c.1594. m. 10 Nov. 1607, Margaret (bur. 17 Mar. 1631), da. of one Bosom, wid. of Richard Love (d.1605) of Great St. Mary’s, Cambridge, apothecary, 2da. (?1 d.v.p.); bur. 17 Oct. 1634 17 Oct. 1634.Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 221 (surname given as ‘Mucklow’); Eton Coll. Reg. comp. W. Sterry; J. Ward, Lives of the Professors of Gresham Coll. (1740), p. 237; Al. Cant.; Cambs. Par. Regs.: Marriages VIII ed. E. Young (Phillimore Par. Reg. ser. ccxxxiii), 6, 9; CUL, UA, VC Prob III/209; DNB, ‘Richard Love, D.D.’; Cambs. RO, P30/1/1 (burial of ‘Mrs. Moulton’). sig. Henrie Mowtlowe.
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Scrutator, Camb. Univ. 1585, snr. proctor 1589, 1594, public orator 1589–94. Al. Cant.; Ward, 237.

Member, Coll. of Advocates 1596, 1607 (full admiss.); B.P. Levack, Civil Lawyers in Eng. 257. advocate, Ct. of Arches 1596; LPL, Abp. Whitgift’s reg. ii. (IHR microfilm), f. 146v. prof. of Civil Law, Gresham College 1596–1607. Ward, 237.

Auditor (jt.), Great St. Mary’s, Cambridge 1611 – 13, 1615, 1618 – 20, 1624, 1626 – 30, assessor of church rate assessors (jt.) 1612, 1623, Easter bk. assessors (jt.) 1620, 1631. Churchwarden’s Accts. of St. Mary the Great, Camb. ed. J.E. Foster (Camb. Antiq. Soc. xxxv), 316, 320, 326, 329, 334, 345, 353–4, 361, 384, 391, 402, 409, 416, 423, 429, 433.

Official to the archdeacon of London, 1625-at least 1627. SP16/74/55; GL, ms 25630/7, f. 84. We are grateful for this last ref. to Ken Fincham.

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MOUTLOWE, Henry (c.1555-1634), of Gresham College, London and St. Mary-the-Great, Cambridge, Cambs.
Main residences: Gresham College, London; St. Mary-the-Great, Cambridge, Cambs.
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PETTUS, John (1550-1614), of Elm St., Norwich, Norf.

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b. 1550,F. Blomefield, Hist. Norf. iv. 231. s. of Thomas Pettus, tailor and alderman of Norwich, and Christine, da. of Simon Dethick of North Elmingham, Norf. m. Bridget, da. and coh. of Augustine Curteys of Honnington, Suff., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 221; Norf. RO, Rye ms 4, pp. 917-18. suc. fa. 1598; C142/255/166. Kntd. 29 June 1607. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 142. d. bef. April 1614. PROB 11/123, ff. 409-15.
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Freeman, Norwich 1598, Norf. RO, NCR case 16/C/5, f. 188v. common cllr. 1598, Ibid. f. 192. sheriff 1598–9, Ibid. f. 192v. alderman 1598–d., Norwich City Officers ed. T. Hawes (Norf. Rec. Soc. lii), 120; HMC Hatfield, xi. 532. mayor 1608–9; Norf. RO, NCR case 16/C/5, f. 367v. commr. subsidy, Norwich 1608, SP14/31/1. oyer and terminer 1609 – d., seabreaches, Norf. 1610, sewers, Norwich 1611; collector, aid, Norwich 1611. E403/2730, f. 104.

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PETTUS, John (1550-1614), of Elm St., Norwich, Norf.
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MOUNDEFORD, Edmund (c.1595-1643), of Dunton’s Manor, Feltwell, Norf.

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b. c. 1595, o.s. of Sir Edmund Moundeford of Feltwell, and Frances, da. of Thomas Gawdy, of Claxton, Norf.F. Blomefield, Hist. Norf. ii. 191 educ. Wymondham g.s., Norf.; Caius, Camb. 1612. Al. Cant. m. (1) 2 Sept. 1614, Penelope, da. of William Brews of Wenham, Suff., s.p.; (2) by 1632, da. of Sir John Heveningham* of Ketteringham, Suff., s.p. Knyvett Letters ed. B. Scofield (Norf. Rec. Soc. xx), 52-3; Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 202, 221; W. Rye, Norf. Fams. 580; PROB 11/192, ff. 360-3. suc. fa. 1617; C142/369/166. Kntd. 9 Sept. 1629. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 197. d. 5 May 1643. C142/710/33.
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Commr. Forced Loan, Norf. 1626; W. Rye, Norf. State Pprs. 48. capt. militia ft. 1626-at least 1628; Ibid. 32, 78, 130. commr. sewers, King’s Lynn, Norf. 1630, C181/4, f. 21v. Lincs. and Norf. 1630, Ibid. f. 31v. Hunts. and Lincs. 1631, 1635, Ibid. f. 93v; 181/5, f. 10. Lincs. Norf. and Northants. 1641, C181/5, f. 196v. Lincs. Norf. and Hunts. 1641, Ibid. f. 215. swans, Norf. 1632; C181/4, f. 123. j.p. Norf. 1632 – d.; commr. canal inquiry, Bury St. Edmunds, Suff. 1636, PC2/45, p. 435. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1640, C181/5, f. 341. assessment, Norf. 1641–d., SR, v. 153; A. and O. i. 93. disarming recusants 1641; LJ, iv. 385b. dep. lt. Norf. 1642, CJ, ii. 889a. commr. sequestration 1643. A. and O. i. 115.

Providence Is. Co. 1630-at least 1636. CSP Col. 1574–1660, pp. 123, 166, 175.

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MOUNDEFORD, Edmund (c.1595-1643), of Dunton’s Manor, Feltwell, Norf.
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MOULSON, Thomas (c.1568-1638), of St. Christopher-le-Stocks, London.

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b. c. 1568,C24/505/15. 2nd s. of Thomas Moulson of Hargrave Stubbs, Cheshire and Alice, da. of John Aldersey of Spurstow, Cheshire. educ. ?Tarvin sch. Cheshire. m. 15 Dec. 1600, Anne (d.1661), da. of Anthony Radcliffe, Merchant Taylor of London, 1s. d.v.p. 1da. d.v.p.Vis. Cheshire 1580 (Harl. Soc. xviii). 13; J. Stow, Survey of London, ed. J. Strype, bk. 5, p. 143; Hist. of Hargrave and Huxley ed. J. Whittle, 18-19; GL, ms 4423/1, f. 69v; 4412/1, unfol. (last ref. ex inf. Mr. J. Whittle). Kntd. 1 June 1634.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 202. d. 6 Dec. 1638. sig. Thomas Mowlson.
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Freeman, Grocers’ Co., London 1593, liveryman 1601,GL, ms 11592A, unfol. asst. 1613,GL, ms 11588/2, p. 772. 3rd warden 1615;W.W. Grantham, Wardens of the Grocers’ Co. 24. member, Eastland Co. by 1603, HMC Hatfield, xii. 704. French Co. 1611;Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 64. asst. Irish Soc. by 1615 – at least23, by 1631-at least 1632;CLRO, letter bk. FF, f. 80v; HH, f. 213v; KK, ff. 128v, 210; LL, ff. 90v, 180. treas. Merchant Adventurers by 1616-at least 1617,HMC Var. viii. 13–14. gov. by 1624–d.‘Nicholas 1624’, f. 127; APC, 1629–30, p. 301; SP84/143, ff. 170, 192, 201; L. Roberts, The Merchants Mappe of Commerce (1638/9), p. 235.

Vestryman, St. Christopher-le-Stocks by 1606-at least 1636;GL, ms 4425/1, ff. 6v, 24v. common councilman, London by 1617,CLRO, Reps. 33, f. 216. auditor 1620 – 22, alderman, Queenhithe Ward 1623 – 27, Broad Street Ward 1627 – d., sheriff 1623 – 24, mayor 1634;A.B. Beaven, Aldermen of London, ii. 57. gov. St. Bart.’s hosp. 1617-at least 1636,St. Bart.’s Hosp., London HA1/4, ff. 88v, 117, 151, 183v, 219; GL, ms 12806/3, ff. 284v, 338v; PROB 11/178, f. 503. auditor (jt.) 1620–1;St. Bart’s Hosp., London HA1/4, f. 118. commr. charitable uses, London 1626, 1635–7,C93/10/21; 192/1, unfol. Forced Loan 1627, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 142. sewers 1629-at least 1632, C181/3, f. 256; 181/4, f. 128v. archery 1632, Rymer, viii. pt. 3, p. 253 (name mis-spelt ‘Moulston’). repair of St. Paul’s cathedral by 1633–8,GL, ms 25475/1, ff. 11v, 75, 109. oyer and terminer 1634, gaol delivery, Newgate 1634.C181/4, f. 188.

Commr. French goods 1626,Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 119. enforce soap monopoly 1634.C181/4, f. 186v.

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MOULSON, Thomas (c.1568-1638), of St. Christopher-le-Stocks, London.
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PETER, Henry (c.1562-1620), of Fowey, Cornw.

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b. c. 1562, Peter was aged 52 in 1614: E134/12 Jas.I/Mich. 40. 1st or 2nd s. of William Dickwood alias Peter (d. c.1579), merchant of Fowey, and his w. Margaret. PROB 11/61, f.42; R.P. Stearns, Strenuous Puritan, 433. One bro.’s date of birth is not known. m. 9 Jan. 1609, Deborah (bur. 3 Mar. 1620), da. of John Treffry of Fowey, s.p. Cornw. RO, P66/1/1, pp. 118,151. admon. 20 Jan. 1621. PROB 11/137, f. 25v. sig. Henry Peter. Cornw. RO, T51/3.
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Trustee town lands, Fowey 1598. J. Keast, Fowey, 50.

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PETER, Henry (c.1562-1620), of Fowey, Cornw.
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MOSTYN, Sir Roger (c.1566/8-1642), of Mostyn Hall, Flints. and Gloddaith, Caern.

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b. c. 1566 /8,C142/368/117; CHES 3/94/16; A.D. Carr, ‘The Mostyn Fam. and Estate, 1200-1642’ (Univ. Wales Ph.D. thesis, 1975), pp. 192-3. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Thomas Mostyn† of Mostyn and Gloddaith and 1st w. Ursula, da. and h. of William Goodman, alderman of Chester.J.E. Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 182-3. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1584; Thavies’ Inn; L. Inn 1588. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. m. 2 Aug. 1596, Mary (d. 25 Feb. 1654), da. of Sir John Wynn†, 1st bt. of Gwydir, Llanrwst, Caern. 6s. incl. John* (2 d.v.p.) 2da. Carr, 200; Add. 32487/E/3; Griffith, 182-3. Kntd. 23 May 1606. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 140. suc. fa. 21 Feb. 1618. C142/368/117; P. Roberts, Y Cwtta Cyfarwydd ed. D.R. Thomas, 68; NLW, 9056E/822. d. 18 Aug. 1642.Roberts, 204. sig. Roger Mostyn.
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J.p. Flints. 1601–d. Caern. 1621–d.; JPs of Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 26–30, 100–110. sheriff, Flints. 1608–9;List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 237. commr. sewers, R. Dee 1607, Denb. 1609, subsidy, Flints. 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624 – 25, 1628, Caern. 1621 – 22, 1624, subsidy arrears, Flints. and Caern. 1626;C181/2, ff. 47, 102; SP14/31/1; C212/22/21–3; E179/221/227; 179/264/44; E179/224/598, ff. 2, 5. member, Council in the Marches 1617–d.; Eg. 2882, ff. 82v, 162–3. dep. lt. Flints. 1618–d.; NLW, 6285E, f. 3; HEHL, EL7443. commr. oyer and terminer, Wales 1624 – d., survey Rhuddlan and Flint castles, Flints. 1624, knighthood fines, Caern. and Flints. 1630 – 32, piracy, Flints. 1631, Exch. arrears, Wales 1632, charitable uses, Flints. 1633, 1642, exacted fees, Cheshire and Flints. 1635, array, Flints. 1642.C181/3, f. 129v; 181/4, ff. 95v, 192v; 181/5, f. 185; DCO, Letters and Warrants 1623–6, f. 107; Cal. Wynn Pprs. no. 1545; E178/5886, f. 7; NLW, Bettisfield 1672; C192/1, unfol.; Northants. RO, FH133.

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MOSTYN, Sir Roger (c.1566/8-1642), of Mostyn Hall, Flints. and Gloddaith, Caern.
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MOSTYN, John (c.1603-1675), of Westminster Abbey and Buckden, Hunts.; later of the Inner Temple, London, Llys Maesmynan, Bodfari, Denb. and Tregarnedd, Anglesey

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b. c. 1603,Assuming he was aged 16 at entry to university. 2nd s. of Sir Roger Mostyn* of Mostyn Hall, Flints. and Gloddaith, Caern. and Mary, da. of Sir John Wynn†, 1st bt. of Gwydir, Llanrwst, Caern. educ. privately at Gwydir and Mostyn (William Holmes), Queen’s, Camb. 1619, L. Inn 1622; I. Temple 1637. NLW, 9053E/482; Al. Cant.; LI Admiss.; IT Admiss. unm. d. 26 Dec. 1675. Cal. Wynn Pprs., no. 2736. sig. Jo[hn] Mostyn.
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Sec. to John Williams, bp. of Lincoln, 1621–37. NLW, 9057E/960; State Trials ed. T.B. Howell, iii. 798; S.R. Gardiner, Hist. Eng. viii. 251–4.

Clerk of writs, Ct. of Wards 1637–44,CSP Dom. 1636–7, pp. 76–7; 1660–1, p. 245; CJ, iii. 391b. Chancery 1661–d. CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 498; 1673–5, pp. 329–30.

Commr. subsidy, Flints. 1641, loyal and indigent officers 1662. SR, v. 68, 385.

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MOSTYN, John (c.1603-1675), of Westminster Abbey and Buckden, Hunts.; later of the Inner Temple, London, Llys Maesmynan, Bodfari, Denb. and Tregarnedd, Anglesey
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