John de Mohun, 2nd baron, summoned to parliament from 25 February, 1242,
to 4October, 1373 (the latter part of the time as Baron Mohun, of
Dunster). Thisnobleman, one of the founders of the Order of the Garter,
was one of the martial heroes of the reign of Edward III and was of the
retinue of the Black Prince, and subsequently of that of John of Gaunt.
His lordship m. Joane, dau.of his guardian, Bartholomew de Burghersh,
and dying about 49th Edward III [1376], left at his decease three daus,
his co-heirs, viz., Philippa, Elizabeth, and Maud. The two elder daus. d.
without issue, and the barony passed to Richard, Lord Strange (son of
Lord Mohun's youngest dau.), his son and heir, John, Lord Strange, left
an only dau. and heir, Johanna, who m. George Stanley,Earl of Derby,
when the barony became merged in the Earldom of Derby. [Sir Bernard
Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883,
p. 369, Mohun, Barons Mohun]
This nobleman was the ninth in descent fromWilliam De Mohun, and the
last possessor, of his name and lineage, of Dunster Castle in Somerset,
which had fallen, amongst other spoils, to the share ofhis said
ancestor, "an expert commander," according to Dugdale, in the Norman army
at the Conquest.
John's grandfather, also John, the 1st Lord Mohun, served in several
expeditions in Gascony and Scotland during the reigns of Kings Edward I
and II and died in or about 1330, leaving the subject of this notice (son
to his son John De Mohun, by Christian, daughter of John De Segrave)as
his next heir, then in his tenth year. The custody of his lands during
his minority, and also the benefit of his marriage, were granted to Henry
Burghershe, Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Treasurer, at whose special instance
he obtained, in 1341, though yet within age, livery of his inheritance,
for which hedid homage on occasion of his departure to join the army in
Scotland in thatyear, or of his marriage with his guardian's niece,
Joan, the daughter of Bartholomew, Lord Burghershe.
He attended the English expedition into Brittany,in 1342, in the retinue
of Lord Burghershe, and, only a few years later, hadthe good fortune to
be chosen, together with his brother-in-law, Sir Bartholomew Burghershe
"the Son" as one of the founders of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
We find him again employed, in 1346, in the retinue of the Prince of
Wales when King Edward III landed at La Hogue; and he continued in the
public service until the Siege of Calais. In 1348, he was again sent into
France. By 1355, John was at Bordeaux, in the suite of the Black Prince.
His name occurs frequently during that year in the household book, of
which a fragmentis preserved ill the office of the Duchy of Cornwall;
and he is mentioned byFroissart amongst the witnesses to the King's
letter, in 1370, for redressingwrongs committed by the army in
Aquitaine.
John was issued with summons toParliament from 1342 (soon after he had
come of age) until 4th October 1373.The date of his death was not
discovered by Ashmole or Dugdale; but it is clear that it happened
between the 14th April 1375, when robes of the Order ofthe Garter were
directed to be issued to him, and the 4th April 1376, when Sir Thomas
Holland, afterwards second earl of Kent, was in possession of his choir
stall in the St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
By his wife, Joan Burghershe(who died in 1404, and by her will ordered
her burial in the tomb she had made in the crypt of Canterbury
Cathedral), he had three daughters, his co-heiresses: Elizabeth, wife of
William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury; Philippa,wife of Prince
Edward, Duke of York and Albemarle, grandson of Edward Ill; and Maud, who
married John, Lord Strange of Knockyn. The two former died without
surviving issue and the large possessions of the family devolved,
consequently, to Richard, Lord Strange, grandson of our
He was Keeper of the Privy Seal, Edward III
THE CAREW FAMILY AT BEDDINGTON:
The long association of the Carew family with Beddington and its Parish
Church began about the middle of the 14th century and lasted, at least in
name, almost to Victorian times. There are many memorials, referred to
above [below],to members of the family and their dependents in the
church at the present time, though according to Aubrey, the Surrey
historian, there were many more at one time which have now disappeared.
In the following brief account of thefamily history, the situation of
the memorial (if any) in the church is indicated by the reference to the
previous section. The first member of the family to reside at Beddington
was Sir Nicholas Carew, who acquired the Lordship of this and other
adjacent manors, by his marriage to the daughter of the former owner, Sir
Richard Willoughby. He served in many important offices in theCounty and
was succeeded in 1391 by his second son, also Nicholas by name.
SOURCE: The Parish Church of St. Mary The Virgin, Beddington, Surrey:
The History. Undated. Price One Shilling, p. 17.
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