Reginald Mohun (died 1642)

Reginald Mohun (1605 – c. 1642) of Trewynard (Trewinnard, St Erth) in Cornwall, was a Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel, Cornwall, in 1626.[1]

Reginald Mohun
Arms of Mohun: Or, a cross engrailed sable
Member of the England Parliament for Lostwithiel
In office 1625–1626 Serving with George Chudleigh 1625 Henry Vane 1625 Nicholas Kendall 1625 Robert Mansell 1626
Preceded by	John Chichester John Hobart
Succeeded by	Robert Carr Thomas Badger
Personal details
Born	1605
Died	c. 1642
Father	Sir Reginald Mohun, 1st Baronet

Origins

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

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

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

He died before 15 August 1642 when his will was proved.[5]

Sources

• History of Parliament biography

References

1. "MOHUN, Reginald (c.1603-1642), of Boconnoc, Cornw.; later of Trewynnard, St. Erth, Cornw. - History of Parliament Online".
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. "Michaelson-Morcombe - British History Online".
6. History of Parliament biography
7. 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)
8. Vivian, 1887, p.325, note 5: "His widow was named Dorothy"

Parliament of England
Preceded by Double return	Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel 1626 With: Sir Robert Mansell 1626	Succeeded by Sir Thomas Badger John Chudleigh