Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Mendez, Moses

by Joseph Foster

Mendez, Moses, created M.A. 19 June, 1750, of Mitcham, Surrey, and of Old Buckenham, Norfolk (o.s. of James Mendez, of Mitcham), buried 8 Feb., 1758, his widow and 3 sons were authorised to take the surname of Head in lieu of Mendez by royal licence 11 May, 1770, and his grandson, Francis Bond Head, was created a baronet 14 July, 1838. See Foster's Baronetage.