Maximillian (de Mohun) Mohun (1564 - 1612)

Born 1 Feb 1564 in Portesham, Dorset, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Churchill) Mohun — married 4 Oct 1593 in Parish of Portesham, Dorset, England

Descendants

Died 14 Oct 1612 at age 48 in Fleet, Dorset, England

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Biography

Maximilian, who was known as and signed his will as Maximilian Moone was the the son of Robert Moone Sr. (1525-1580) and his wife Margaret (Hyde) Mohun (abt.1530-abt.1593) The name Mohun is however used in the visitation of Dorset 1623 and later by his wife Anne. ^[1]

He attended St Alban Hall, Oxford, matriculatingon 1 December, 1581at age 16. He was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1584 (first son of Robert of Baunton or Bothenhampton) ^[2]

He married Anne (Churchill) Mohun (abt.1578-aft.1641), the daughter of John Churchill of Corton, Dorset on 4 October 1593 ^[3] According to Hutchins, the couple had five sons and seven daughters. Several of these children were baptised in Portesham, this was the parish in which Corton, the home of Anne's father was situated ^[4]

Sons

1. Maxmillian baptised 24 August 1596
2. Churchill
3. Robert mar 1634, Elizabeth Hilary dau of John Hilary of Meerhay
4. John baptised 19 May, 1605
5. George born 1607 (baptisms for 1607 at Portesham too faded to read )

Daughters

1. Mary baptised April 17 1595, mar 1610 Cornelius Weston
2. Elizabeth mar 1615 or 1625, John Gollop
3. Anne baptised 30 March 1602 (note typo 1592 in Hutchins)
4. Margaret b 1606 ( many baptisms for 1606 faded)
5. Eleanor
6. Thomasin b 1610 (baptised Tamsyn, 15 July 1610
7. Catherine b 1612 (baptised Katherine, 29 July 1612 ^[5] Several of their children were baptised in Portesham .^[6]

Maximilian died when his children were still young. Apart from gifts to the poor of nearby parishes, provision made for his cousin Dionisis Moone, and a legacy of family silver to his eldest son, Maximilian left his estate to his wife Anne to pay his debts and to raise marriage portions for his children. ^[7]

He was buried in the chancel of the old church at Fleet, Dorset ^[8]

A brass plate was later placed at the South side of the communion table. This is inscribed with the picture of a knight and lady, five sons and eight daughters; above the figures was an heraldic shield with 'Quaterly, 1 and 4 Mohun; 2 Hyde; 3 A lion rampant debruised with a bendlet, Churchill, a crescent for difference. Below them is the following words

HIC JACET MAXIMILIANUS MOHUN, ARMIGER, FILIUS ROBERTI MOHUN, AL'S MOVN, DE BOTHENHAMPTON, IN COMITATU DORCESTRENSI, ARMIGERI, QUI QUIDEM MAXIMILIANUS MOHUN, UNA CUM UXORE CARISSIMA, ANNA FILIA ET COHAEREDE JOHANNIS CHVRCHILL DE CORTON, GENEROSI, TREDECEM LIBERORUM FAELIClSSIMUS FUIT PARENS. VIXIT ANNOS CIRCITER 48°, AC VITA BENE BEATEQUE PERACTA IN DOMINO REQUIESCIT. OBIIT XIIII DIE OCT. ANNO REGNI SERENISSIMI JACOBI ANGLORUM REGIS Xmo, AC SCOTLE XLVth, A0 SALUTIS 1612 (rough translation Here lies Maximilian Mohun armiger, son of Robert Mohun alias Moun, of Bothenhampton in the County of Dorset, armiger. This said Maximilian Mohun, together with his dear wife, Anne daughter and coheir of John Churchill of Corton, gent were the parents of thirteen children. He lived for about 48 years and had a life well and happily completed,and rested in the Lord. Died 14 Oct in the 10th yeare of the most serene reign of James King of England and of Scotland the 45th in the year of Our Lord 1612 )

^[9]

After Maximillian's death, his brother Robert attempted to get Maximilian's estate away from his wife, Ann. Richard Swaine, John Churchill and William Churchill came to her defense by bringing suite against Robert Mohun. [citation needed]

Old Parish Churchyard Butter Street, Fleet, West Dorset District, Dorset, England The original parish church of Fleet, Dorsetshire, England was mostly destroyed by a storm and flood on 24 November 1824. In 1827, the remaining medieval chancel was refashioned into a mortuary chapel, which still stands. There are monuments in the old chancel and in the churchyard. The new parish church, the Church of the Holy Trinity, was built 1827 — 1829 to the northwest on Fleet Road. It also has a churchyard and burial ground.

Wiki: Fleet is a small, scattered village and civil parish in south Dorset, England, situated in the West Dorset administrative district approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of Weymouth. The village consists of several small settlements—East Fleet, West Fleet, Fleet House and Fleet Common—which are sited on or close to the shore of The Fleet, a brackish lagoon behind Chesil Beach. The name 'Fleet' derives from fleot, Old English for an inlet or estuary. Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the population of the civil parish was 60. J. Meade Falkner's smuggling novel Moonfleet is set in the village. There is a brass memorial to Falkner in the old church, together with early 17th-century brass plate memorials to members of the family whose name—Mohun—was used in the novela

Sources

1. ↑ Visitation of Dorset, 1623 archive books
2. ↑ Maximilian Moone Dorset Pleb Michaelson-Morcombe', in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, (Oxford, 1891) pp. 1007-1026. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1007-1026 [accessed 1 March 2024
3. ↑ Anno 1593: the iiijth of October Maximillian MOONE [MOHUN] Gent unto Anne CHURCHELL [CHURCHILL] daughter of John CHURCHELL of Corton Gent Dorset History Centre, Portesham, Parish Register PE/POR:RE1/1 image 30 viewable on Ancestry.co.uk ancestry sharing link
4. ↑ 'Portesham', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 2, South east, (London, 1970) pp. 240-246. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/dorset/vol2/pp240-246 [accessed 1 March 2024]
5. ↑ Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset., ed. by William Shipp and James Whitworth Hodson, 3rd edn, 4 vols (Wakefield: EP Publishing, 1973), Vol 2 p 742.
6. ↑ Dorset History Centre, PE/POR:RE1/1 images available on Ancestry

   Marye (image 9), Maximillian, (image 9), Anne (image 10), John (image 10), (image 11), Katherine (image 11)

7. ↑ National Archives, Kew, Surrey, England

   Will of Maximilian Moone

   PROB 11/121/121

   Probate Date, 8 Feb 1613 (1612/1613)

   Transcribed by Helen Ford Will of Maximilian Moone 1613

8. ↑ His wife Anne asked to 'bee buried in the Channcell in Fleete: as neer my good husband as possible may bee'

   National Archives, Kew, England

   Will of Anne Mohun, widow of Fleet

   PROB 11/189/398

   Probate date, 22 June, 1642

9. ↑ Hutchins, John, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset., ed. by William Shipp and James Whitworth Hodson, 3rd edn, 4 vols (Wakefield: EP Publishing, 1973), Vol 2 p743

See also

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