9691 Individuals in our Database | | | | EARL OF SOMERSET William De Mohun III Sex: Male | | | |  | Birth Date | 1090 | Death Date | 1155 | Father | William de Mohun | Born: 1060 | Died: 1110 | Mother | | Born: | | | William De Mohun Notes: | William founded a house of Augustinian canons at Bruton, in Somerset (in August 1142 according to the priorys lost annals, though Henry I issued a charter in favour of a foundation there between 1127 and 1135), and was a benefactor of the monks whom he, or his father, established at Dunster as a cell of Bath Abbey. He married, in or before 1130, Agnes, daughter of Walter de Gant. Her marriage portion comprised the manor of Whichford, Warwickshire, the church of which William and his wife had granted to Bridlington Priory, Yorkshire, by 1133. He died in obscurity, certainly before 1155 and probably well before 1147, and was succeeded in his estates by his eldest son, William; the earldom lapsed. Other sons were Ralph, who predeceased him, Iwerne, Henry, Peter, and Richard, described together on one occasion as clerks. (Ref: ODNB)
| |  | Birth Date | 1110 | Death Date | 1176 Lincolnshire,England | Father | Walter de Gant | Born: 1087 | Died: 1139 | Mother | Matilda Bretagne | Born: 1098 | Died: 1135 | | |
Ancestors Chart Parents 2 | 4 persons | 8 persons | 16 persons | 32 persons | 64 persons | 128 persons | 256 persons | 512 persons | 1024 persons | - | William de Mohun b.1060 d.1110 | | | | | | | | | | | |
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