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Oswald Mosley; Barrister/Lawyer was born in 1583 a son of Anthonie Mosley and Alice Webster, at The M[ln]llngate - Ancoats Manchester, England.
Oswald was baptized on April 26, 1583, at the Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George, Manchester, Lancashire, England. The heading "Christening in Apri[l]le 1583" of the baptismal record reads, "26 Oswald sonne of Anthony Mosleye" [1], pp. 13, 16;[2]
On October 14, 1597, at the age of 14, Oswald matriculated from Braesnose College, Oxford University, Oxford, England. The record in the annals of the university states that he was the son of an Oswald Mosley [Anthony]. He was a student of Gray's Inn 1598 recorded "of Manchester".
On September 22, 1602, Oswald married Anne Lowe at St. Mary's, Stockport, Cheshire, England (see Familysearch and [1], p. 16).
Oswald and his family lived at Ancoats from 1608 until his death in 1630. He was variously; Constable of Manchester (1609-10), Mayor of Stockport (1611), High Constable of the Hundred of Stockport (1612), and steward of the court leet of the Manor of Manchester from 1613 or 1616 [3]
Oswald passed away on November 9, 1630, at Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire, England; and his will dated October 22, 1627, was proved 14 Mar 1630/1.[4][5][6]
An inscription appears on a plaque in the Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George, Manchester, England. It reads as follows (after translation from the Latin): "Here lies the body of Oswald Mosley, of Ancoats, Esquire, who died on the 9th day of November, in the year of our Lord, 1630, in the 47th year of his age, having, at the time of his death, by Ann, his wife, who survived him, five sons, viz.:-- Nicholas, Edward, Oswald, Samuel, and Francis; and three daughters, Ann, Margaret, and Mary."
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