Reginald Mohun (died 1642) explained

Reginald Mohun
Constituency Mp:	Lostwithiel
Parliament:	England
Term Start:	1625
Term End:	1626
Birth Date:	1605
Death Date:	c. 1642
Father:	Sir Reginald Mohun, 1st Baronet

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

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 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/mohun-reginald-1603-1642

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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. [John Lambrick Vivian|Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L.]
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. Web site: Michaelson-Morcombe. British History Online. 18 January 2023.
6. Biography, History of Parliament. Accessed 18 January 2023.
7. [History of Parliament]
8. Vivian, 1887, p.325, note 5: "His widow was named Dorothy"