0 @IHL1662@ INDI
1 SUBM @SIHL1@
1 NAME Reynold /de Mohun/
1 TITL Knt.
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE ABT 1206
1 DEAT
2 DATE 20 JAN 1258
2 PLAC Torre Mohun, Devon, England
1 BURI
2 PLAC Priory Church of Newenham, Devon
1 NOTE Minor in 1213 and 1222, adult 1227. Lord of Dunster, Somerset; Justice of Common Pleas; Chief Justice of Forests South of the Trent. He was a minor at the time of his father's death. His wardship was granted in 1213 to Henry FitzCount, and on
2 CONC Henry's death in 122 to William Briwere, his own grandfather. He had livery by 1227, when he was made a knight. He accompanied the king on his French expedition in 1230, and to Wales in 1231. He was in debt to the Jews in 1234, and made a
2 CONC Justice of the Common Pleas. In 1242 he was to have two good ships provided for him to follow the king across the sea to Gascony, and in April of that year was appointed Chief Justice of the Forests South of the Trent. He served in the
2 CONC expedition into Wales in 1245, and in 1246 refounded the abbey of Newenham at Axminster. He was a benefactor of the houses of Bruton, Barlinch, and Cleeve, In 1252 he was appointed keeper of the royal forests South of Trent, with 100 marks p.a.
2 CONC for maintenance, and keeper during pleasure of Sauvey Castle, co. Leicester. In 1253 he had grants of free warren at Dunster, Whichford and Ottery, and license to hunt hare, fox, cat, and badger in Somerset and one other county. He died 20 Jan
2 CONC 1257/8 at Tor Mohun in Devon and was buried at Newenham in front of the high altar on the left-hand side.
1 SOUR Weis. 246b-28, 143-28.
1 SOUR Vivian. The Visitations of Cornwall. p. 323.
1 SOUR Victoria History of the County of Wiltshire. vol. xii p. 128.
1 SOUR Mohun. Complete Peerage. v ix pp 17-25.
1 SOUR Vivian. The Visitations of the County of Cornwall. p 323. CS437.C6A2
1 SOUR Batten. The Barony of Beauchamp of Somerset. Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society's Proceedings. vol xxxvi pp 20-59.
1 SOUR Roberts. The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants. p 444.
1 FAMS @FHL865@
1 FAMC @FHL866@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 1994

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