Background
Mostyn was the eldest surviving son of Sir Thomas Mostyn of Mostyn. His father was Member of Parliament for Flintshire in 1577.
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Roger Mostyn
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Education
Brasenose College.
Career
He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford on 8 May 1584 aged 16, and was admitted at Lincoln"s Inn in 1588. He was knighted on 23 May 1606 and succeeded his father on 21 February 1618. He was appointed to sit as a Justice of the Peace for Flintshire from 1601 to his death and for Caernarvonshire from 1621 to his death.
He was High Sheriff of Flintshire for 1608-1609.
In 1602 purchased a 13-year lease of Mostyn Colliery for £70 and immediately began a programme of expansion. He was knighted on 23 May 1606.
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. Mostyn died at the age of 75 and was buried at Whiteford.
He was the grandfather of Sir Roger Mostyn, 1st Baronet.
Membership
In 1621, Mostyn was elected Member of Parliament for Flintshire.
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Died
August 18, 1642 (aged 75) -
Nationality
English