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Maybe a bit off track here but...
Find my Past has a apprentice record for a Francis Moss (apprentice) dated 1721 in Tamworth.
Gives Fathers name as Francis.
He is apprenticing to Samuel Radford , a Tallowchandler of Tamworth
There is also a record in 1741 for a Francis Moss as a master taking on his own apprentice Charles Buckland. He is a soapmaker from Wolverhampton.
Another in 1752 - chandler of Wolverhampton
1755 - Soapboiler Wolverhampton
Jones, Davies, Evans, Williams, Daniel, Thomas - Glamorgan
Keen, Goodwin, Pyatt, Leese, Bailey, Loffill, Stubley, Brassington, Blurton, - Staffs