William de Mohun Meschyn

• Preferred Name: William de Mohun Meschyn^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: OCT 1193 in Dunster, Somerset, England at LATI: N1.1828 LONG: E3.4453 with note: USER: Heather1,012: "The United Kingdom didn't exist before 1801!"
  
• Birth: ABT APR 1156 in Dunster, Somerset, England at LATI: N1.1828 LONG: E3.4453 with note: USER: Heather1,012: "The United Kingdom didn't exist before 1801!"
  
• Burial: OCT 1193 in Priory Of Bruton, Somerset, England at LATI: N1.1197 LONG: E2.9 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• FSID: GNWD-TP6
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Baron of Dunster Castle
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “WILLIAM DE MOHUN, Knt., of Dunster, Somerset, son and heir, born about 1156 (adult in 1177). He married LUCY ___. They had two sons, William and Reynold, Knt. He made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. He was a benefactor of Bruton Priory. In 1186 he granted the abbey of Holy Trinity of Luzerne the tithes of his mills at Moion near St. Lo in Normandy and elsewhere for the appointment of a canon bound to offer prayers for the soul of his mother Godeheut. SIR WILLIAM DE MOHUN died in October 1193, perhaps abroad. His widow, Lucy, received dower in 1193. She was living in 1201, when she accounted for seven fees in Cambridgeshire in dower.
  Notes and sources in collaborate...
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  William de Mohun (died 1193) William de Mohun (died 1193) (son) "The Crusader" a Knight died during the 3rd Crusade en route to Jerusalem with Richard the LionHeart. Brought back to England. Buried at Dunster Castle. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/
  (William, 3rd Baron of Dunster Castle de Mohun IV) (William, 3rd Baron of Dunster Castle Knight) (from geneanet.org)
  
  === !Weis. 143-26A. William de Mohun was h ===
  !Weis. 143-26A. William de Mohun was heir of his father. He was a minor in 1176 and an adult by 1177. he made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. He held the barony of Dunster, Somerset, and was a benefactor of Bruton Priory.
  
  === Notes and sources from Royal Ancestry -William de Mohun IV ===
  2. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “WILLIAM DE MOHUN, Knt., of Dunster, Somerset, son and heir, born about 1156 (adult in 1177). He married LUCY ___. They had two sons, William and Reynold, Knt. He made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. He was a benefactor of Bruton Priory. In 1186 he granted the abbey of Holy Trinity of Luzerne the tithes of his mills at Moion near St. Lo in Normandy and elsewhere for the appointment of a canon bound to offer prayers for the soul of his mother Godeheut. SIR WILLIAM DE MOHUN died in October 1193, perhaps abroad. His widow, Lucy, received dower in 1193. She was living in 1201, when she accounted for seven fees in Cambridgeshire in dower.
  Jour. British Arch. Assoc. 12 (1856): 312-322. St. George & Lennard Vis. of Devon 1620 (H.S.P. 6) (1872): 185-187 (Mohun ped.: "Walter Mohun als. Meschines Baron of Dunster = Alice d. & h. of Wm Brewer"). Vivian Vis. of Cornwall (H.S.P. 9) (1874): 143-146 (Mohun ped.: "Wilms de Mohun vocatus Meschines = [left bionic.'"). Arch. Jour. 37 (1880): 57-93. Round Cal. Docs. Preserved in France 1 (1899): 174, 282-283 (charter dated 1186 of William de Moion names his mother, Godeheut; charter witnessed by Geoffrey, John, and Robert de Moion). Maxwell-Lyte: Hist. of Dunster 1 (1909): 11-15. C.P. 9 (1936): 19 (sub Mohun). Sanders English Baronies (1960): 114. VCH Cambridge 6 (1978): 136-141. TG 8 (1988): 3-38.”
  
  === s. and h., minor 1176, adult by 1177, pi ===
  s. and h., minor 1176, adult by 1177, pilgrimage to Jerusalem, d. Oct.1193, held barony of Dunster, Somerset, benefactor of Bruton Priory,m. Lucy, who is seen 1201 with seven knts. fees in Cambridge. (CP IX19; Maxwell Lyte, A History of Dunster, Part I 11 15; Sanders, 114).
  
  === !AKA: William de Mohun, held barony of D ===
  !AKA: William de Mohun, held barony of Dunster, Somerset, benefactor of Bruton Priory - Doc. Line 143-26A !DEATH: Date: October 1193 - Doc. Line 143-26A !MARRIAGE: William de Mohun, Baron and Lucy - Doc. Line 143-26A !NOTE: Minor 1176, adulet by 1177, Pilgrimage to Jersualem - Doc. Line 143-26A
  
  === == Sources == ===
  == Sources ==
  * '''Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. IV page 99'''
  * Frederick Lewis Weiss, [https://books.google.com/books?id=3F9nG8aFJ7MC&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=william+mohun+agnes+gand&source=bl&ots=9lz8pKNsxp&sig=P0nV9z-9h2Xi9i5SKZcxmxJiFOo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiTs72v6OjJAhXEFj4KHQRLDFoQ6AEIMTAE#v=onepage&q=william%20mohun%20agnes%20gand&f=false Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to AmericaBefore 1700] (2004), p. 137.
  * William Henry Hamilton Rogers, [https://books.google.com/books?id=TnQgAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA107&dq=ancient+sepulchral+effigies+sir+william+de+moion&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjH_bKr5ejJAhXEQiYKHfyPBuIQ6AEIHzAA#v=onepage&q=ancient%20sepulchral%20effigies%20sir%20william%20de%20moion&f=false The Ancient Sepulchral Effigies and Monumental and Memorial Sculpture of Devon] (1877), p. 107.
  * Lyte, Henry. ''[[Space:A History of Dunster and of the Families of Mohun & Luttrell|A History of Dunster and of theFamilies of Mohun & Luttrell]]'' (The St. Catherine Press Ltd., London, 1909) [https://archive.org/stream/historyofdunster01lyte#page/10/mode/2up Page 11-14]
  
  === Source: Please cite original sources. ===
  Source: Please cite original sources.
  Compiled by: J. K. Loren
  === Life Sketch ===
  
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “WILLIAM DE MOHUN, Knt., of Dunster, Somerset, son and heir, born about 1156 (adult in 1177). He married LUCY ___. They had two sons, William and Reynold, Knt. He made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. He was a benefactor of Bruton Priory. In 1186 he granted the abbey of Holy Trinity of Luzerne the tithes of his mills at Moion near St. Lo in Normandy and elsewhere for the appointment of a canon bound to offer prayers for the soul of his mother Godeheut. SIR WILLIAM DE MOHUN died in October 1193, perhaps abroad. His widow, Lucy, received dower in 1193. She was living in 1201, when she accounted for seven fees in Cambridgeshire in dower.
  Notes and sources in collaborate...
  ------------------
  
  William de Mohun (died 1193) William de Mohun (died 1193) (son) "The Crusader" a Knight died during the 3rd Crusade en route to Jerusalem with Richard the LionHeart. Brought back to England. Buried at Dunster Castle. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/
  (William, 3rd Baron of Dunster Castle de Mohun IV) (William, 3rd Baron of Dunster Castle Knight) (from geneanet.org)
  
  === == Sources == ===
  == Sources ==
  * '''Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. IV page 99'''
  * Frederick Lewis Weiss, [https://books.google.com/books?id=3F9nG8aFJ7MC&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=william+mohun+agnes+gand&source=bl&ots=9lz8pKNsxp&sig=P0nV9z-9h2Xi9i5SKZcxmxJiFOo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiTs72v6OjJAhXEFj4KHQRLDFoQ6AEIMTAE#v=onepage&q=william%20mohun%20agnes%20gand&f=false Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to AmericaBefore 1700] (2004), p. 137.
  * William Henry Hamilton Rogers, [https://books.google.com/books?id=TnQgAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA107&dq=ancient+sepulchral+effigies+sir+william+de+moion&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjH_bKr5ejJAhXEQiYKHfyPBuIQ6AEIHzAA#v=onepage&q=ancient%20sepulchral%20effigies%20sir%20william%20de%20moion&f=false The Ancient Sepulchral Effigies and Monumental and Memorial Sculpture of Devon] (1877), p. 107.
  * Lyte, Henry. ''[[Space:A History of Dunster and of the Families of Mohun & Luttrell|A History of Dunster and of theFamilies of Mohun & Luttrell]]'' (The St. Catherine Press Ltd., London, 1909) [https://archive.org/stream/historyofdunster01lyte#page/10/mode/2up Page 11-14]
  
  === s. and h., minor 1176, adult by 1177, pi ===
  s. and h., minor 1176, adult by 1177, pilgrimage to Jerusalem, d. Oct.1193, held barony of Dunster, Somerset, benefactor of Bruton Priory,m. Lucy, who is seen 1201 with seven knts. fees in Cambridge. (CP IX19; Maxwell Lyte, A History of Dunster, Part I 11 15; Sanders, 114).
  
  === !AKA: William de Mohun, held barony of D ===
  !AKA: William de Mohun, held barony of Dunster, Somerset, benefactor of Bruton Priory - Doc. Line 143-26A !DEATH: Date: October 1193 - Doc. Line 143-26A !MARRIAGE: William de Mohun, Baron and Lucy - Doc. Line 143-26A !NOTE: Minor 1176, adulet by 1177, Pilgrimage to Jersualem - Doc. Line 143-26A
  
  === Source: Please cite original sources. ===
  Source: Please cite original sources.
  Compiled by: J. K. Loren
  
  === Notes and sources from Royal Ancestry -William de Mohun IV ===
  2. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “WILLIAM DE MOHUN, Knt., of Dunster, Somerset, son and heir, born about 1156 (adult in 1177). He married LUCY ___. They had two sons, William and Reynold, Knt. He made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. He was a benefactor of Bruton Priory. In 1186 he granted the abbey of Holy Trinity of Luzerne the tithes of his mills at Moion near St. Lo in Normandy and elsewhere for the appointment of a canon bound to offer prayers for the soul of his mother Godeheut. SIR WILLIAM DE MOHUN died in October 1193, perhaps abroad. His widow, Lucy, received dower in 1193. She was living in 1201, when she accounted for seven fees in Cambridgeshire in dower.
  Jour. British Arch. Assoc. 12 (1856): 312-322. St. George & Lennard Vis. of Devon 1620 (H.S.P. 6) (1872): 185-187 (Mohun ped.: "Walter Mohun als. Meschines Baron of Dunster = Alice d. & h. of Wm Brewer"). Vivian Vis. of Cornwall (H.S.P. 9) (1874): 143-146 (Mohun ped.: "Wilms de Mohun vocatus Meschines = [left bionic.'"). Arch. Jour. 37 (1880): 57-93. Round Cal. Docs. Preserved in France 1 (1899): 174, 282-283 (charter dated 1186 of William de Moion names his mother, Godeheut; charter witnessed by Geoffrey, John, and Robert de Moion). Maxwell-Lyte: Hist. of Dunster 1 (1909): 11-15. C.P. 9 (1936): 19 (sub Mohun). Sanders English Baronies (1960): 114. VCH Cambridge 6 (1978): 136-141. TG 8 (1988): 3-38.”
  
  === !Weis. 143-26A. William de Mohun was h ===
  !Weis. 143-26A. William de Mohun was heir of his father. He was a minor in 1176 and an adult by 1177. he made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. He held the barony of Dunster, Somerset, and was a benefactor of Bruton Priory.

• m. ABT 1182 in Dunster, Somerset, England

1. Reynold de Mohun I, b. ABT 1183     d. ABT 1213 in Dunster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

1. Title: Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 13
   Author: Mohun, pp. 558-559
   Publication: Name: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1981/31205_Vol13-00578/39895?backurl;
   
2. Title: Book - Ancestral Roots
   
3. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3L-O.htm#JohnMohundied1253;
   Note: REYNOLD de Mohun of Dunster, Somerset (-1213). "Reginald de Moyun" donated the church of Liun in Normandy and land at Bruwham to Bruton by undated charter, witnessed by "Lucia matre mea…"[282]. The Red Book of the Exchequer records "Reginaldus de Moun" holding one knight’s fee in Warwickshire in [1210/12][283]. The Testa de Nevill includes a writ of King John dated 1212 which records that "Reginaldus de Moiun" held "Dunestorre…in capite domino rege per servicium xl militum et dimidii de conquestu Anglie…in hundredo de Karenton" in Somerset[284]. m as her first husband, ALICE Briwere, daughter of WILLIAM Briwere & his wife Beatrice --- (-after 24 Jul 1236). Bracton records a claim, dated 1233, by "Hugo Wack" against "Margeriam de Feritate et Willelmum de Percy" relating to an agreement "cum Alicia de Moun et predicto Hugone" concerning share of land which was held by "Willelmi Briwere"[285]. She married secondly William Paynell of Bampton, Devon. Her parentage and second marriage are confirmed by a writ dated 2 Jan "33 Hen III", after the death of her son "William Paynel alias Painel" which names the manor of "…Huffeculm…with 10 l land which Fulk Painel gave to William Briwer the elder…but afterwards William Brewer the younger…bestowed the said land upon William Painel, father of this one, in free marriage with Alice his sister" in Devon[286]. "William Paynel" assigned "Alice de Mohun his wife and Hugh de Samford" to make part payments of debts "in each of the three years after starting out on his pilgrimage to the Holy Land" with the manor of Bampton as security, dated 27 Sep, although listed in the roll among other fines dated [Feb/Mar] 1228[287]. Henry III King of England ordered the sheriff of Devon to release "dotem suam...Willelmum filium et heredi predicti Willelmi" to "Alicia de Moyun que fuit uxor Willelmi Paynel", and confirmed the custody granted to “Hereberto filio Mathei”, dated 1228[288]. The king granted custody of "the land and heir of William Paynel to Herbert son of Matthew", saving to "Alice who was William’s wife…her…dower", dated 18 Nov 1228[289]. The Testa de Nevill includes a list of fees of William Briwere, dated 1234, records "porcio Alicie de Moyun"[290]. King Henry III commanded "Alicia de Moyun” not to dispose of “the ward of the land which William Cumin held of her as the heritage of Margery his wife” because of the disputed succession, dated 24 Jul 1236[291]. King Henry III, seeing that "Alicia de Moyun has deceived him by the suggestion that there was another lawful heir to the manor of Sturton than Margery daughter of William Cumin”, ordered the sheriff of Warwick “to give Alicia seizin as custodian to cause John de Cantilupe and the said Margery his wife to have such seizin”, dated 24 Jul 1236[292]. Reynold & his wife had three children: i) REYNOLD de Mohun (-Tor Mohun, Devon 20 Jan 1258, bur Newenham). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not been identified. - see below. ii) WILLIAM de Mohun (-Norton, Cornwall, 1265, bur Newenham). “Reginaldus de Mohun” donated “terra de Stortmanforde” to Clive abbey, for the soul of “piæ memoriæ Havisiæ de Mohun”, with the consent of “Willielmi de Mohun fratris mei”, by undated charter[293]. “Reginaldus de Moun” founded Newenham abbey, Devonshire, for the souls of “Willelmi Briwer senioris et Willelmi Briwer junioris et uxorum suarum...Hawisiæ de Moun et Isabellæ Basset uxorum mearum et Willielmi de Moun fratris mei”, by undated charter[294]. A manuscript records the death “III Kal Feb” 1257 of “dominus Reginaldus de Mohun fundator” and in 1265 of “Willelmus de Moun fundator huius monasterii et frater germanus supradicti Reginaldi, qui apud Nortun in Cornubia in manerio huius domus moriebatur”[295]. A manuscript records the burial at Newenham of “Willielmus de Moun, frater Reginaldi et alter fundator dictæ abbathiæ”[296]. iii) ALICE de Mohun . m ROBERT de Beauchamp of Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset, son of SIMON de Vautort & his wife --- de Beauchamp of Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset (-1251).
   
4. Title: Book - Dictionary of National Biographs
   
5. Title: WILLIAM de Mohun (-Oct 1193)
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3L-O.htm#WilliamMohundied1176A;
   Note: WILLIAM de Mohun (-Oct 1193). “William de Moyon” donated tithes to Troarn abbey by charter dated to [1160], witnessed by "God[eholda] uxore mea et Willelmo filio meo…"[1370]. "William de Moyun the younger" confirmed donations to Bruton made by "his grandfather Earl William, his father William" by undated charter, witnessed by "Lucia uxore mea…"[1371]. "William de Moyun the younger" confirmed donations to Bruton by undated charter, witnessed by "Lucia uxore mea, Willelmo filio meo et herede, Ricardo de Moyun, Roberto filio Ricardi, Henrico Corbet, Willelmo fratre eius…"[1372]. "William de Moyun" confirmed the right of free election of their priors to Bruton by undated charter, witnessed by "Lucia uxore mea, Willelmus filius meus et heres, Galfridus de Moyun frater meus, Robertus filius Ricardi senescallus meus…"[1373]. “William de Moyon” donated the churches of Moyon and Taissy to the canons of Briweton to hold "after the decease of his brother Thomas" by charter dated to [1177/94][1374]. "William de Moion" granted tithes of his mills of Moion, Tesseium and Belcodreium to the Holy Trinity of Luzerne, for the soul of "his mother Godeheut", by charter dated 1186, witnessed by "…Willelmo de Sancto Johanne, Gaufrido et Johanne et Roberto de Moion…"[1375]. m LUCY, daughter of --- (-after 1203). "William de Moyun the younger" confirmed donations to Bruton made by "his grandfather Earl William, his father William" by undated charter, witnessed by "Lucia uxore mea…"[1376]. "William de Moyun the younger" confirmed donations to Bruton by undated charter, witnessed by "Lucia uxore mea, Willelmo filio meo et herede, Ricardo de Moyun, Roberto filio Ricardi, Henrico Corbet, Willelmo fratre eius…"[1377]. "William de Moyun" confirmed the right of free election of their priors to Bruton by undated charter, witnessed by "Lucia uxore mea, Willelmus filius meus et heres, Galfridus de Moyun frater meus, Robertus filius Ricardi senescallus meus…"[1378]. "Reginald de Moyun" donated the church of Liun in Normandy and land at Bruwham to Bruton by undated charter, witnessed by "Lucia matre mea…"[1379]. "Will de Traceio…Lucia de Moon" both paid rent on part of "terre de Moon", dated 1198[1380]. "Lucea de Moyun" paid a fine for "feud vii mil" in Cambridgeshire, dated 1201[1381]. "Lucia de Moon […terre de Moon]…Will de Traceio…versus Oliv de Traceio" all paid rent in "Ballia Constancien" in Normandy, dated 1203[1382]. William & his wife had two children: a) WILLIAM de Mohun (-[before 1193]). "William de Moyun the younger" confirmed donations to Bruton by undated charter, witnessed by "Lucia uxore mea, Willelmo filio meo et herede, Ricardo de Moyun, Roberto filio Ricardi, Henrico Corbet, Willelmo fratre eius…"[1383]. "William de Moyun" confirmed the right of free election of their priors to Bruton by undated charter, witnessed by "Lucia uxore mea, Willelmus filius meus et heres, Galfridus de Moyun frater meus, Robertus filius Ricardi senescallus meus…"[1384]. b) REYNOLD de Mohun of Dunster, Somerset (-1213).