Reginald Mohun (1605 – c. 1642) of Trewynard (Trewinnard, St Erth) in Cornwall, was a
Member of Parliament for
Lostwithiel, Cornwall, in 1626.
Origins
He was born in 1605, the 2nd son 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
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in Cornwall, by his 3rd wife Dorothy Chudleigh, a daughter of John Chudleigh (1565-1589), MP, of
Ashton
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in Devon, and sister of
Sir George Chudleigh, 1st Baronet
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(c.1578-1658), MP for
Lostwithiel, Cornwall, in 1621 and 1625 and for
East Looe
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, 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.
This election result is not recognised in his
History of Parliament
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biography. He was definitively re-elected MP for Lostwithiel in 1626.
Marriage and children
He married twice:
*Firstly to Mary Southcote, a daughter of Sir George Southcote of Shillingford, Devon, MP, by whom he had one son and one daughter:
**Reginald Mohun, a
minor
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at the death of his father;
**Dorothy Mohun (born 1636)
*Secondly, to a certain Dorothy, of unrecorded family, who survived him.
[Vivian, 1887, p.325, note 5: "His widow was named Dorothy"]
Death
He died before 15 August 1642 when his will was proved.
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Sources
*History of Parliament
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biograph
References
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1605 births
1642 deaths
Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford
Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall
English MPs 1626
Younger sons of baronets