Sir Roger Mostyn (1567 – 18 August 1642) was an English politician who sat in the

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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

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, on 8 May 1584, aged 16, and was admitted at

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in 1588.W R Williams ''The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales''
/ref> He was knighted on 23 May 1606 and succeeded his father on 21 February 1618. He was appointed to sit as a

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for Flintshire from 1601 to his death and for Caernarvonshire from 1621 to his death. He was

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for 1608–09. In 1602 purchased a 13-year lease of

Mostyn Colliery Mostyn Colliery was a coal mine in Flintshire, North Wales, that was owned in the later part of its operating life by the influential Mostyn family. The colliery was located at Mostyn on the banks of the River Dee. Early history The Welsh write ...

for £70 and immediately began a programme of expansion.The History of the British Coal Industry: Vol. 1 – Before 1700; John Hatcher, 1993, p. 132 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. In 1621, Mostyn was elected

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for

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. Mostyn died at the age of 75 and was buried at Whiteford. He had married Mary, the daughter of

Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet Sir John Wynn, 1st Baronet (1553 – 1 March 1627), was a Welsh baronet, Member of Parliament and antiquary. Life He was the son of Morys Wynn ap John, whom he succeeded in 1580, inheriting Gwydir Castle in Carnarvonshire. John was educated a ...

of Gwydir, Llanrwst, Caernarvonshire and had 6 sons and 2 daughters. He was the grandfather of Sir Roger Mostyn, 1st Baronet.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mostyn, Roger 1567 births 1642 deaths People from Flintshire Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Members of Lincoln's Inn Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Wales English MPs 1621–1622 High Sheriffs of Flintshire