Baron Mohun of Okehampton was a title in the

Peerage of England The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in t ...

. It was created on 15 April 1628 for John Mohun, formerly a

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for

Grampound Grampound ( kw, Ponsmeur) is a village in Cornwall, England. It is at an ancient crossing point of the River Fal and today is on the A390 road west of St Austell and east of Truro.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 ''Truro & Falmouth'' ...

, Cornwall. The family was formerly seated at

Hall In architecture, a hall is a relatively large space enclosed by a roof and walls. In the Iron Age and early Middle Ages in northern Europe, a mead hall was where a lord and his retainers ate and also slept. Later in the Middle Ages, the gr ...

in the parish of

Lanteglos-by-Fowey Lanteglos (Old kw, Nant Eglos, meaning ''church valley'') is a coastal civil parish in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the east side of the tidal estuary of the River Fowey which separates it from the town and civil parish of ...

in Cornwall, and was a junior branch of the Mohun family, feudal barons of Dunster, of

Dunster Castle Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle, now a country house, in the village of Dunster, Somerset, England. The castle lies on the top of a steep hill called the Tor, and has been fortified since the late Anglo-Saxon period. After ...

in Somerset, of whom the first member, the warrior

William de Moyon William I de Moyon (d. post 1090) (''alias'' de Moion, also de Mohun), 1st Feudal barony of Dunster, feudal baron of Dunster in Somerset, was lord of the manor, seigneur of Moyon in Normandy and became High Sheriff of Somerset, Sheriff of Somerset ...

(died post 1090), had come over with

William the Conqueror William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first House of Normandy, Norman List of English monarchs#House of Norman ...

during the

Norman Conquest The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, Breton, Flemish, and French troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conque ...

of 1066. The family of Mohun of Hall was also seated at Bodinnick (''alias'' Bodinnoc, etc.) also in the parish of

and later at

Boconnoc Boconnoc ( kw, Boskennek) is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, approximately four miles east of the town of Lostwithiel. According to the UK census 2011, 2011 census the parish had a population of 9 ...

, both in Cornwall, and was one of the four co-heirs of

Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (c. 1527 – 18 September 1556) was an English nobleman during the rule of the Tudor dynasty. Born into a family with close royal connections, he was at various times considered a possible match for the ...

(1527–1556),

feudal baron of Plympton The feudal barony of Plympton (or Honour of Plympton) was a large feudal barony in the county of Devon, England, whose ''caput'' was Plympton Castle and manor, Plympton. It was one of eight feudal baronies in Devonshire which existed during the ...

feudal baron of Okehampton The feudal barony of Okehampton was a very large feudal barony, the largest mediaeval fiefdom in the county of Devon, England,Thorn & Thorn, part 2, chapter 16 whose ''caput'' was Okehampton Castle and manor. It was one of eight feudal baronies ...

, etc., of

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Okehampton Castle Okehampton Castle is a medieval motte and bailey castle in Devon, England. It was built between 1068 and 1086 by Baldwin FitzGilbert following a revolt in Devon against Norman rule, and formed the centre of the Honour of Okehampton, guarding ...

, etc., the last of the old Courtenay

Earls of Devon Earl of Devon was created several times in the English peerage, and was possessed first (after the Norman Conquest of 1066) by the de Redvers (''alias'' de Reviers, Revieres, etc.) family, and later by the Courtenay family. It is not to be con ...

. This was due to the marriage of William Mohun of Hall to Elizabeth/Isabel Courtenay, one of the four daughters of Sir Hugh Courtenay (d.1471) of Boconnoc (nephew of

Edward de Courtenay, 3rd/11th Earl of Devon Edward de Courtenay, 3rd/11th Earl of Devon (c.1357 – 5 December 1419), known by the epithet the "Blind Earl", was the son of Sir Edward de Courtenay and Emeline Dawnay, and in 1377 succeeded his grandfather, Hugh Courtenay, 10th Earl of D ...

(1357–1419), "The Blind Earl"), whose son

(d.1509) was created

Earl of Devon Earl of Devon was created several times in the English peerage, and was possessed first (after the Norman Conquest of 1066) by the de Redvers (''alias'' de Reviers, Revieres, etc.) family, and later by the Courtenay family. It is not to be con ...

following the extinction of the mediaeval Courtenay Earls during the

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. The great-grandson of the latter was

(1527–1556), who died without progeny, one of whose co-heirs was his distant cousin Sir Reginald Mohun (born 1509) of Hall, great-grandson of Elizabeth Courtenay and William Mohun. In recognition of this ancestry, in 1628 the senior representative of the Mohun family of Hall was created Baron Mohun of Okehampton, namely John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun of Okehampton (1595-1641) eldest son and heir of

Sir Reginald Mohun, 1st Baronet Sir Reginald Mohun, 1st Baronet (1564 – 26 December 1639) of Boconnoc in Cornwall, was a prominent member of the gentry of Cornwall and an MP. Origins He was the eldest son and heir of Sir William Mohun (d. 1587) of Boconnoc, Sheriff of Corn ...

(1564–1639) of Boconnoc. The family of Mohun of Hall and Boconnoc died out in the male line in 1712, following the death by duel of Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun of Okehampton (1677-1712), who died without progeny. However, the family had long out-lived the senior Dunster line which died out in the male line in 1375, following the death of

John de Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun John (V) de Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun, 9th Feudal barony of Dunster, feudal baron of Dunster, Order of the Garter, KG (1320–1376) was a founder member and the 11th Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter in 1348. Life John was the last in th ...

, KG, (c.1320-1375), of Dunster. John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun of Okehampton (1595-1641) was the son of

in the County of

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, in the

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, which

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had been created on 25 November 1611. George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage Volume 1'' 1900
/ref> Sir Reginald Mohun subsequently sat as

for East Looe and

Lostwithiel Lostwithiel (; kw, Lostwydhyel) is a civil parish and small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,739, increasing to 2,899 at the 2011 c ...

. In 1639, eleven years after his elevation to the peerage, Lord Mohun of Okehampton succeeded his father in the baronetcy. The 4th and last Baron was best known for his frequent participation in

duel A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people, with matched weapons, in accordance with agreed-upon Code duello, rules. During the 17th and 18th centuries (and earlier), duels were mostly single combats fought with swords (the r ...

s, which was the cause of his death, and for his reputation as a rake. The titles became extinct on his death on 15 November 1712. The family surname was pronounced "Moon".

Mohun baronets, of Boconnoc (1611)

(c. 1564–1639) * Sir John Mohun, 2nd Baronet (1596–1640) (had been created Baron Mohun of Okehampton in 1628)

Barons Mohun of Okehampton (1628)

* John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun of Okehampton (1595–1640) *

Warwick Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun of Okehampton Warwick Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun of Okehampton (25 May 1620 – 1665) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1640 until he inherited his peerage and sat in the House of Lords. Mohun was the son of John Mohun, 1st Baron Mohun o ...

(1620–1665) *Charles Mohun, 3rd Baron Mohun of Okehampton (c. 1645–1677) * Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun of Okehampton (1677–1712)

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