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William de Moyon

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William I de Moyon (d. post 1090)[1] (alias de Moion, also de Mohun), 1st feudal baron of Dunster in Somerset,[2] was seigneur of Moyon in Normandy and became Sheriff of Somerset in 1086. He founded the English de Mohun family in the Westcountry. Recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a tenant-in-chief of William the Conqueror holding a number of manors in Somerset with caput at Dunster Castle.[3][4]

Career

Deriving from Moyon, near Saint-Lô, Normandy, William was called "one of the greatest Barons of the Cotentin" by Francis Palgrave, though he adds that William had only "five knights who held of him". Dugdale attributed "forty-seven stout Knights of name and note" to him. Participating in the Norman conquest of England, he was granted fifty-five manors in Somerset, one each in Wiltshire and Dorset. He built Dunster Castle on the site of a former West Saxon fortress.[5] The Norman chronicler Wace called him le Viel, (modern French: le Vieux), "the elder", to distinguish him from his son William II de Mohun (d. circa 1155).[6]

He acquired sixty-eight manors in the west of England, one each in Devon, Wiltshire, eleven in Dorset, one of them Ham, which was inherited by his descendants, it was called Ham-Mohun, or Hammoon, and fifty-five in Somerset.[7]

The estate connected to his caput at Dunster consisted of the ancient hundreds of Cutcombe and Minehead, land in Minehead, Cutcomb, and Dunster and some additions making a total 19,726 acres.

He bred horses both at Cutcomb and at Nunney, near Frome, sub-infeudated ( through one oh his tenants ), where unbroken brood-mares were kept.[7]

Sheriff of Somerset from 1083 to 1086,[8] his manor of Brompton-Ralph was called in contemporary records Brunetone Vicecomitis ("Brompton of the Viscount", i.e. Sheriff).

Dunster Priory

William de Moion is credited with founding Dunster Priory. Between 1090 and 1100 he granted the Church of St. George, at Dunster,( where part of the Norman building survives), land and tithes and a tenth of his mares, to the Abbey of St. Peter at Bath and to Bishop John de Villula (died 1122), to "build and exalt" the church.[7] Bath Abbey established at Dunster a cell of their own abbey under the rule of a prior. One of William's charters is recorded in a manuscript at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. In this charter William declared his wish to be buried in Bath Abbey, not at Dunster.[7]

Landholdings

The manors he held included: Minehead, West Quantoxhead and Combe Sydenham.[9]

Marriage & progeny

He married Adelisa, who bore him three sons, all surviving at the date of his grant to Bath Abbey:[7]

• William II de Mohun, 1st Earl of Somerset (d. circa 1155), eldest son and heir was made a life peer Earl of Somerset in 1141.[10]
• Geoffrey de Mohun;
• Robert de Mohun.

References

1. Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p.114
2. Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p.114
3. Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p.114
4. Dunning, Robert (2001). Somerset Monasteries. Stroud: Tempus. p. 21. ISBN 0-7524-1941-2.
5. Cleveland, Duchess of (Catherine Powlett), The Battle Abbey Roll with some Account of the Norman Lineages, 3 vols., London, 1889[1]
6. Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p.114
7. Hunt 1894.
8. Dunning, Robert (1983). A History of Somerset. Chichester: Phillimore & Co. pp. 109–117. ISBN 0-85033-461-6.
9. Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.262-6
10. Sanders, p.114

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Hunt, William (1894). "Mohun, William de (fl.1066)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 112.

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WILLIAM de Mohun (-after 1090). Leland quotes "Un Role de ceux queux veignont in Angleterre ovesque roy Wm le Conquereur" (without indicating its date) which names "monseir Willim de Moion"[1314]. Domesday Book records “William de Moyon” holding Sutton Veny in Wiltshire, Todber, Spetisbury and Winterborne Houghton in Dorset, numerous holdings in Somerset[1315]. He built the castle of Dunster. "William de Moione" donated the church of St George of Dunestore to the church of St Peter of Bath, by consent of "my wife Adelisa", by undated charter, dated to [1090/1100], witnessed by "…Geoffrey and Robert my sons and Wilmund my brother…"[1316].

m ADELISE, daughter of --- (-after 1090). "William de Moione" donated the church of St George of Dunestore to the church of St Peter of Bath, by consent of "my wife Adelisa", by undated charter, dated to [1090/1100], witnessed by "…Geoffrey and Robert my sons and Wilmund my brother…"[1317].

William & his wife had four children:

a) GEOFFREY de Mohun (-after 1090). "William de Moione" donated the church of St George of Dunestore to the church of St Peter of Bath, by consent of "my wife Adelisa", by undated charter, dated to [1090/1100], witnessed by "…Geoffrey and Robert my sons and Wilmund my brother…"[1318].

b) ROBERT de Mohun (-after 1090). "William de Moione" donated the church of St George of Dunestore to the church of St Peter of Bath, by consent of "my wife Adelisa", by undated charter, dated to [1090/1100], witnessed by "…Geoffrey and Robert my sons and Wilmund my brother…"[1319].

c) WILLIAM de Mohun (-1155 or before). A charter of King Henry I confirmed the foundation and possessions of Bridlington priory, including the donation of "ecclesiam de Wicheforda" made by "Willielmus de Moion et uxor eius Agnes"[1320]. The 1130 Pipe Roll records "Willo de Moiont" in Warwickshire[1321]. Henry of Huntingdon names "William de Mohun" among the "traitors" who supported Empress Matilda in 1138, adding that he held "the castle at Dunster" against the king[1322]. The Gesta Stephani Regis names "Willelmus de Mohun quem comitem ibi statuit Dorsetiæ" among the supporters of Empress Matilda in the English civil war[1323]. He was created Earl [of Somerset/Dorset] by Empress Matilda in [Apr/Jun] 1141: "…com W[illelmo] de Moion…" subscribed the charter dated to midsummer 1141 under which Empress Matilda granted property to Geoffrey de Mandeville[1324]. "Willielmus de Moyne comes Somersetensis" founded Bruton priory in Somerset by undated (but dated to 1142 by Maxwell-Lyte[1325]%29 charter witnessed by "Willielmo filio meo, Henrico, Juwanno, Petro, et Ricardo clericis…"[1326]. "Willelmus de Mohun" confirmed a grant to "Willelmo filio Durandi" by charter dated to [1150], witnessed by "Eudone fratre meo…"[1327]. m AGNES, daughter of ---. A charter of King Henry I confirmed the foundation and possessions of Bridlington priory, including the donation of "ecclesiam de Wicheforda" made by "Willielmus de Moion et uxor eius Agnes"[1328]. The parentage of Agnes is not known. Maxwell-Lyte suggests "with some confidence" that she was Agnes de Gand, daughter of Walter de Gant & his wife Mathilde de Penthièvre[1329]. He bases this on the possession by Gilbert de Gand of Whichford, Warwickshire (then in Northamptonshire) in 1086, Gilbert’s son Walter’s foundation of the priory at Bridlington, and the donation by William de Mohun and Agnes his wife of the church of Whichford to Bridlington. William & his wife had six children:

i) RALPH de Mohun (-before [1142]). William de Mohun donated land at Avelham to the church of Dunster, for the benefit of the soul of Ralph his son, by undated charter[1330]. He was not mentioned in his father’s foundation charter for Bruton, and so presumably died before 1142 if the document is correctly dated to that year.
ii) WILLIAM de Mohun (-1176). "Willielmus de Moyne comes Somersetensis" founded Bruton priory in Somerset by undated (but dated to 1142 by Maxwell-Lyte[1331]%29 charter witnessed by "Willielmo filio meo, Henrico, Juwanno, Petro, et Ricardo clericis…"[1332]. - see below.
iii) HENRY de Mohun (-after 1166). "Willielmus de Moyne comes Somersetensis" founded Bruton priory in Somerset by undated (but dated to 1142 by Maxwell-Lyte[1333]%29 charter witnessed by "Willielmo filio meo, Henrico, Juwanno, Petro, et Ricardo clericis…"[1334]. The Red Book of the Exchequer refers to "Henricus de Moiun i m" in Warwickshire, Leicestershire in [1161/62][1335]. Military fee certifications in the Red Book of the Exchequer, in 1166, record that "Henricus de Mohun" held one knight’s fee from "Gervasii Paganelli" in Staffordshire[1336].
iv) IWAN de Mohun . "Willielmus de Moyne comes Somersetensis" founded Bruton priory in Somerset by undated (but dated to 1142 by Maxwell-Lyte[1337]%29 charter witnessed by "Willielmo filio meo, Henrico, Juwanno, Petro, et Ricardo clericis…"[1338]. "William de Moyun juvenis" confirmed his father’s donations to Bruton, for the souls of "William his father, Agnes his mother", by undated charter, witnessed by "…Juvano filio comitis"[1339].
v) PETER de Mohun . "Willielmus de Moyne comes Somersetensis" founded Bruton priory in Somerset by undated (but dated to 1142 by Maxwell-Lyte[1340]%29 charter witnessed by "Willielmo filio meo, Henrico, Juwanno, Petro, et Ricardo clericis…"[1341].
vi) RICHARD de Mohun (-after 1176). "Willielmus de Moyne comes Somersetensis" founded Bruton priory in Somerset by undated (but dated to 1142 by Maxwell-Lyte[1342]%29 charter witnessed by "Willielmo filio meo, Henrico, Juwanno, Petro, et Ricardo clericis…"[1343]. “William de Moyon” confirmed the donation of the church of Lyon to Troarn abbey by "William de Moyon his father" by undated charter, witnessed by "…Ricardo de Moyon…"[1344]. A charter dated to [1170] records that “Richard de Moyon” had resigned property of the church of Lyon to the bishop of Bayeux[1345]. "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…"[1346].

d) EUDES de Mohun (-after [1150]). "Willelmus de Mohun" confirmed a grant to "Willelmo filio Durandi" by charter dated to [1150], witnessed by "Eudone fratre meo…"[1347].

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Sheriff of Somerset William I De Mohun (b. 1060, d. 1190)

William I De Mohun 279 was born 1060 in Moyon, St Lo, Normandy, France 279, and died 1090 in Dunster, Somersetshire, England 279. He married Adeliz De Mohun.

Sheriff of Somerset in 1086. He is mentioned in the Domesday Survey and held 60 manors (52 in Somerset, 11 in Dorset, 1 in Devon and 2 in Wiltshire) amongst which were Alcombe, Staunton, Stockland, Sedtamtone, Cutcombe, Nettlecombe, Minehead, Broadwood, Exford, West Quantockshead, Kilton, Newton, Wolverton, Bromfield, Lydeard St. Lawrence, West Bagborough, Stoke, pero, Brewham, Brampton Ralph (Somerset), Spetisbury, Pulham, Ham (Dorset) and Carhampton.

William I had three sons, the eldest William II succeeded.

Children of William I De Mohun and Adeliz De Mohun are:

+William II De Mohun, b. 1100, Dunster, Somerset, England279, d. 1155, Dunster Castle, Somersetshire, England279.

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Awarded by the Duke of Normandy in 1047 to one of his companions:
Baron of Moyon.

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William de Moyon (Moion) was seigneur of Moyon and Sheriff of Somerset in 1086. William is mentioned in the Domesday Book where he is shown to control a large number of manors in Somerset centred on Dunster Castle. Manors he controlled included Minehead, West Quantoxhead and Combe Sydenham.

He followed Duke William, when he invaded England in 1066, by a curious error he is stated to have had in his following 47-57 of the greatest lords in the army.

He received as many as sixty-eight manors in the west of England, one being in Devon, one in Wiltshire, eleven in Dorset, one of them Ham, which fell to a yourner branch of his descendants, and was caled Ham-Mohun, or as now Hammoon, and fifty-five in Somerset.
He was into breeding horses, he had tenants who kept large numbers of unbroken brood-mares. Je was sheriff of Somerset, from 1083-1086.

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William was also called Willelm I de Moion.

He was was said to have been one of the companions in arms of William the Conqueror, and stated to have had no less than 47 stout knights of name and note in his retinue at the Battle of Hastings in September 1066. He obtained the Castle Dunster, with 55 manors, at Somerset, England.

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Also, known as William de Moyon or William de Moion was seigneur of Moyon and Sheriff of Somerset in 1086. William is mentioned in the Domesday Book where he is shown to control a large number of manors in Somerset centered on Dunster Castle. He controlled 60 manors 52 in Somerset, 11 in dorset, and 1 in Devon and 2 in Wiltshire amongst which were a lot of small towns.