Anne (Sutton) Mosley (abt. 1580 - 1661)

Born about 1580 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Rowland Mosley — married 15 Dec 1613 in Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George, Manchester, Lancashire, England

Descendants

Died 1661 at about age 81 in Hough End, Withington, Lancashire, England

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Biography

• Anne was born in either Disley or Macclesfield, almost certainly in 1579 or 1580 (depending on the exact date of her birth according to the Julian calendar); she was a daughter of Francis SUTTON and Eleanor MOLYNEUX.
• She was baptized at St. Michael's, Macclesfield, Cheshire on on April 2, 1580 (see https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F71G-5WL and "Mosley Memoranda", p. 10).
• On December 15, 1613 Anne became the second wife of Rowland MOSLEY at the Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George, Manchester, Lancashire, England; under the heading "Weddinges in December 1613" this marriage record reads "15. Rowlande Mosley esquire and Mrs Anne Sutton" (see also "Booker", p. 146; "Mosley Memoranda", p. 10).
• After Rowland MOSLEY's death in 1616, Anne outlived him by some 45 years; she was a powerful figure in church and religious matters and became one of the great benefactors of the poor in the development and growth of Manchester during the 17th Century.
• She died at Hough End, Withington, Lancashire, England late in 1661 (according to the Julian calendar).
• She was buried at St. James' Chapel, Didsbury, Lancashire, on March 5, 1661 (according to the Julian calendar); under the heading "March" in 1661-62 the burial record reads "Mris Anne Mosley of ye Houghend widdow was buryed ye fift of March ... 5" (see also "Booker", p. 74; "Mosley Memoranda", p. 10).
• Thousands of people, including many of the poor, came out to Didsbury for her funeral; according to Henry Newcome's "Diary" (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Newcome), at her funeral in Didsbury "there was it was thought 4,000 poore. And one child killed in the crowd."

Sources

• See also http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/62647944/person/38090020428.
• Axon E (ed.). Mosley family memoranda of Oswald and Nicholas Mosley of Ancoats from the Manchesters Sessions Ms. in the Free Regerence Library, Manchester. In "Chetham Miscellanies", Vol 1 (New Series). The Chetham Society, Manchester. 1901. This document can be downloaded from the Internet at http://books.google.com/books?id=48lCAAAAYAAJ. It will be referred to throughout this genealogy as "Mosley Memoranda".
• Mosley Sir O. "Family Memoirs". Printed for private circulation. 1849. This document can be downloaded from the Internet at http://books.google.com/books/about/Family_memoirs.html?id=0CsAAAAAQAAJ. It will be referred to throughout this genealogy as "Family Memoirs".
• Booker J. "A History of the Ancient Chapels of Didsbury and Chorlton, in Manchester Parish, Including Sketches of the Townships of Didsbury, Withington, Burnage, Heaton Norris, Reddish, Levenshulme, and Chorlton-cum-Hardy: Together with Notices of the Ore Ancient Local Families, and Particulars Relating to the Descent of Their Estates." The Chetham Society, Manchester. 1857. This document can be downloaded from the Internet at http://books.google.com/books?id=n0cJAAAAIAAJ. It will be referred to throughout this genealogy simply as "Booker".