Reginald Mohun (died 1642)
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| Member of the England Parliament for Lostwithiel | |
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| Born | 1605 |
| Died | c. 1642 |
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Reginald Mohun (1605 – c. 1642) of Trewynard (Trewinnard, St Erth) in Cornwall, was a Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel, Cornwall, in 1626.[1]
Origins[edit]
He was born in 1605,[2] the 2nd son of Sir Reginald Mohun, 1st Baronet (1564–1639)[3] of Boconnoc in Cornwall, by his 3rd wife Dorothy Chudleigh, a daughter of John Chudleigh (1565-1589),[4] MP, of Ashton in Devon, and sister of Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet (c.1578-1658), MP for Lostwithiel, Cornwall, in 1621 and 1625 and for East Looe, Cornwall, in 1614.
Career[edit]
He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 13 December 1622, aged 17, and was awarded BA on 10 June 1624. He was a student of law at the Middle Temple in 1625. In 1625, he was elected a Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel, Cornwall, in a double return which was probably not resolved in the time of the parliament.[5]
This election result is not recognised in his History of Parliament biography. He was definitively re-elected MP for Lostwithiel in 1626.[6]
Marriage and children[edit]
He married twice:
- Firstly to Mary Southcote, a daughter of Sir George Southcote of Shillingford, Devon, MP,[7] by whom he had one son and one daughter:
- Reginald Mohun, a minor at the death of his father;
- Dorothy Mohun (born 1636)
- Secondly, to a certain Dorothy, of unrecorded family, who survived him.[8]
Death[edit]
He died before 15 August 1642 when his will was proved.[5]
Sources[edit]
- History of Parliament biography [1]
References[edit]
- ^ "MOHUN, Reginald (c.1603-1642), of Boconnoc, Cornw.; later of Trewynnard, St. Erth, Cornw. - History of Parliament Online".
- ^ Vivian, 1887, p.325, declared aged 15 in 1620 per Heraldic Visitation of 1620, giving a birth-date of 1605. His History of Parliament biography states his dob as c.1603, based on source: Alumni Oxonienses
- ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of Cornwall: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1530, 1573 & 1620; with additions by J.L. Vivian, Exeter, 1887, p.325, pedigree of Mohun
- ^ Vivian, 1887, p.325; Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, pedigree of Chudleigh, p.190
- ^ a b "Michaelson-Morcombe". Retrieved 18 January 2023 – via British History Online.
- ^ Biography, History of Parliament. Accessed 18 January 2023.
- ^ History of Parliament biography; marriage settlement dated 13 September 1634; Vivian, 1887, states that he found no evidence that the marriage took place (p.325, note 5)
- ^ Vivian, 1887, p.325, note 5: "His widow was named Dorothy"