Michael Molyns (died 1615)
Sir Michael Molyns was a 16th-century English politician.Biography
Molyns was a younger son of William Molyns of Sandhill Manor at Fordingbridge in Hampshire and Mackney Court at Brightwell-cum-Sotwell in Berkshire and educated at the Inner Temple. He was knighted circa 1592.
He was a Justice of the Peace for Oxfordshire from circa 1573, for Berkshire from circa 1575 and for Hampshire from circa 1592. He was appointed High Sheriff of Oxfordshire for 1575–76 and High Sheriff of Berkshire for 1583–84. He was a Member of the Parliament of England for Wallingford in 1589.
He inherited Mackney Court in 1553 and married twice: firstly, to Frances, the daughter of Sir Anthony Huddleston of Millom, Cumberland, with whom he had one son and three daughters; and, secondly, Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of London Alderman, Edward Gilbert, and widow of Thomas Colby of Sherfield on Loddon in Hampshire. He was the grandfather of 1625 MP, Michael Molyns.
