Roger Mostyn

Sir Roger Mostyn (1567 – 18 August 1642) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622.

Mostyn was the eldest surviving son of Sir Thomas Mostyn of Mostyn. His father was MP for Flintshire in 1577. He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford on 8 May 1584 aged 16, and was admitted at Lincoln's Inn in 1588.^[1] In 1602 purchased a 13 year lease of Mostyn Colliery for £70 and immediately began a programme of expansion.^[2] He was knighted on 23 May 1606.^[1] By 1616 he had three pits on the colliery site and by 1619 the colliery was worth in the region of £700 annually to the Mostyn family, which suggests a fairly substantial output.^[2]

In 1621, Mostyn was elected Member of Parliament for Flintshire.^[3]

Mostyn died at the age of 75 and was buried at Whiteford.^[1]

Mostyn was the grandfather of Sir Roger Mostyn, 1st Baronet.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d W R Williams The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales
^ ^a ^b The History of the British Coal Industry: Vol. 1 – Before 1700; John Hatcher, 1993, p. 132
^ Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp229-239

Parliament of England
Preceded by Robert Ravenscroft	Member of Parliament for Flintshire 1621–1622	Succeeded by Sir John Hanmer, 1st Baronet

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Name	Mostyn, Roger
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Date of birth	1567
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Date of death	18 August 1642
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