Born in Hough End, Withington, Lancashire, England
Ancestors 
Brother of
Elizabeth (Moseley) Mosley, Susan Moseley, Doryte (Moseley) White, Rowland Mosley, Anthonie Moseley, Francis (Moseley) Mosley, Nicholas Moseley and Alexander Moseley
Died
at about age 69
in Rolleston, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, England
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Biography
Edward was born in 1569 and baptised at St James' Chapel, Didsbury 17 October[1]: Edwarde the sonne of Nicholas Mosseley 17th October
In 1586 he matriculated from Christ's College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England and on November 18, 1590, Edward was admitted to Gray's Inn London as an attorney.[2]
In 1590 Edward's father purchased his membership of the Livery of Clothworkers, becoming a citizen of London and therefore able to trade within the city.[3]
Supposedly it was in honour of his son Edward's early successes as a lawyer that, in 1595, his father formally changed the spelling of the family name from "Moseley" to "Mosley" when incorporating the new family motto ("Mos legem regit") [Custom, or precedent, rules the law]. This motto is that of the Bilston family of Bilston Staffordshire. It appeared on the monument for Robert Mosely/Mowlisley of Bilston in 1595. His family was closely aligned with the local Bilston family.[4]
Edward was appointed a justice of the peace and Attorney-General for the Duchy of Lancaster; and elected as an MP for Preston in 1614, 1620-2, and 1624-5[5]
A full biography appears at this location https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/mosley-edward-1569-1638
On December 31, 1614, Edward was knighted by King James I at Whitehall[6]: Edward Moseley of Grays Inn, attorney of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Local historians maintain that Edward purchased Rolleston Hall Burton on Trent, Staffordshire in 1622 but did not live at the Hall[7]. No doubt Edward spent most of his time at Gray's Inn London but did retire to the Rolleston area by 1633 when he made his Will[8]: my plate household stuffe and furniture att my house att Roulston in the said County of Stafford
On July 2, 1638, he was buried beneath a splendid monument of his own creation in St Mary's, Rolleston, Burton on Trent: Edward MOSELEY Knight & Attorney of the Duchie of Lancaster was buried ye 2d of Julie.[9][10]
Nephew, Edward Mosley, son of his deceased brother Rowland became the recipient of Edward's accumulated wealth.
Sources
- ↑ Lancashire : Didsbury : St James : Register of unspecified type : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58186931e93790ec8b5fa213 : viewed 13 Nov 2023) baptism Edwarde Mosseley 17 Oct 1569
- ↑ Venn, J. A., comp.. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954.
- ↑ https://www.londonroll.org/event/?company=clw&event_id=CLLL11265
- ↑ https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Collections_for_a_History_of_Staffordshi/7BwOAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mowlisley+of+bilston+staffordshire&pg=RA2-PA115&printsec=frontcover
- ↑ Axon, Ernest. "Mosley Family Memoranda of Oswald and Nicholas Moseley of Ancoats", Remains Historical & Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester (Chetham Society, 1902) New Series. Vol. 47 "Chetham Miscellanies"
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/knightsofengland02shawuoft/knightsofengland02shawuoft/page/n163/mode/2up?q=moseley
- ↑ http://www.rolleston.org.uk/hall/
- ↑ Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 178
- ↑ "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL7J-JJVV : 8 July 2020), Edward Moseley, 2 Jul 1638; citing Burial, Rolleston, Staffordshire, England, Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archive Service, Stafford; FHL microfilm 7,567,130.
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/journalbritishar07brituoft/page/n399/mode/2up
- Booker, J. ed., "A History of the Ancient Chapels of Didsbury and Chorlton, in Manchester Parish", Remains Historical & Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester (Chetham Society, 1857) Vol. 42, Page 133
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