Through his trade, Molyneux was known to the explorers Thomas Cavendish, John Davis, Francis Drake and Walter Raleigh, the writer Richard Hakluyt, and the mathematicians Robert Hues and Edward Wright. ###>Par son commerce, Molyneux était connu des explorateurs Thomas Cavendish, John Davis, Francis Drake et Walter Raleigh, de l'écrivain Richard Hakluyt, et des mathématiciens Robert Hues et Edward Wright.