Ancestors of Sir Roger de Mohaut

Baron Robert de Mohaut
(Cir 1125-Cir 1162)

Leucha FitzNeel
(-After 1162)

Deceased
(Cir 1155-1232)

Sir Roger de Mohaut
(Cir 1200-1260)

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Parents:
1. Roger de Mohaut & Nichole
2. Deceased

Spouses/Children:
1. Cecily D'Aubigny

Sir Roger de Mohaut

Born: Cir 1200, Hawarden, FLN, Wales, UK
Marriage (1): Cecily D'Aubigny
Died: 28 Jun 1260, Kings Lynn, NFK, England, UK aged about 60 ¹

bullet Other names for Roger were Baron Roger de Montalt ² and Roger Monhault.²

bullet General Notes:

Twice in his time the castle of Mold was in the hands of the Welsh. It was excepted from the settlement as to the lands of English barons under the treaty of Gloucester in 1240, saving the right of the Steward of Chester, 'si quod habet'.
In Aug 1241 David, son of Llewelyn, undertook 'inter alia', to restore to Roger his land of Mohaud.
In Mar 1242 a commission issued to try the respective claims of David and Roger, and in May Roger was appointed keeper of the castle 'during pleasure'. Only on 25 May 1244 did he obtain restitution of the manor and castle (in fee), on condition of surrender if proved that his father or grandfather had quitclaimed to Llewelyn.
It was taken again by the Welsh in 1245 when Roger narrowly escaped capture.
After David's death his two nephews quitclaimed Mold, at Woodstock, 30 Apr 1247. ³

bullet Death Notes:

at Castle Rising, in poverty, according to the monks of Chester, who attribute this misfortune and the death of his eldest son to his hard dealings with them in exchange of land.

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Misc: Seneschel of Chester. ⁴ He was deemed one of the most potent feudal lords in the time of Henry III, and accompanied Prince Edward to the Holy Land.
Being constantly employed against the Welsh, his lands at Montalt were wrested from him by David, Prince of Wales, but restored in 1240.
To equip himself for Palestine he sold a large portion of the woods and revenues that he possessed at Coventry to the monks there

• Misc: He made a grant to Basingwerk Abbey. ⁵

• Misc: He became surety for an agreement in, Aug 1241, Shrewsbury, SAL, England, UK. ⁶ entered into by Senena, wife of Griffith, son of Llewelyn, while detained in prison by his brother David.

• Misc: He obtained a charter of free warren in, 1246, Coventry, WAR, England, UK. ⁷

• Misc: He took the Cross, 1250. ⁸ and sold timber and mortgaged lands to the monks of Coventry to provide funds for the expidition.

• Misc: He had a charter for a market and fair, 1251, Kessingland, SFK, England, UK. ⁹

• Misc: The King gave him 6 does and 4 bucks, Apr 1253, Neston, CHS, England, UK. ¹⁰ to stock his park in Wirral.

• Misc: He was summoned to attend the King in his expedition to Gascony, Dec 1253 to Sep 1254. ¹¹ This finished when he became one of the surities for the King's debts at Bordeaux.

• Misc: He was with the King, Dec 1254, Paris, , , FRA. ¹² He returned to England by January 1254/5, being still in constant attendance in the court.

• Misc: He accompanied Henry, Sep 1255, Carlisle, CUL, England, UK. ¹³ He was one of his council upon the drastic change of ministers.

• Misc: He was ordered to send 300 bacon pigs to the King at Chester, Jun 1257. ¹⁴

• Misc: He was commissioned to admit David, son of Griffith, to the King's peace, Aug 1257. ¹⁵

• Misc: He was Justice of Chester, 1257 To 1259. ¹⁶ and at about this time was appointed one of teh four councillors of Prince Edward, and then one of the 18 councillors of the King, and one of the 24 commissioners to reform the state

• Misc: He was one of the commissioners to arrange peace with Llewelyn of Wales, 1259. ¹⁷

• Misc, 12 Feb 1277. ¹⁸ In inquiry as to the tenures of his Welsh and Cheshire fees was made when his grandson Roger was a minor

Roger married Cecily D'Aubigny, daughter of William D'Aubigny Earl Of Arundel and Mabel De Meschines.

bullet Marriage Notes:

Cecelia was the heir of her brother Hugh of Arundel. As a result Roger acquired the manor of Castle Rising, in Norfolk, and other extensive estates. ²

1 John Burke Esq., History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland - Vol II (Edinburgh: R Bently: Bell and Bradfute, 1835), 2: 84. Surety: 1. .... George Edward Cockayne, The Complete Peerage (N.p.: n.p., 1936), 4: 13. Surety: 4; Excerpt. e R Fin, vol ii p 329
Annales Cest pp 77, 78
Tait, op cit pp 304-307; The Complete Peerage was first published in eight volumes between 1887 and 1898 by George Edward Cokayne = G. E. C.). This version was effectively replaced by a new and enlarged edition between 1910 and 1959 edited successively by Vicary Gibbs (Cokayne's nephew), H. A. Doubleday, Duncan Warrand, Lord Howard de Walden, Geoffrey H. White and R. S. Lea. The revised edition (published by the St. Catherine Press Limited), took the form of twelve volumes with volume twelve being issued in two parts. Volume thirteen was issued in 1940, not as part of the alphabetical sequence, but as a supplement covering creations and promotions within the peerage between 1900 and 1938.

2 John Burke Esq., History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland - Vol II (Edinburgh: R Bently: Bell and Bradfute, 1835), 2: 84. Surety: 1.

3 George Edward Cockayne, The Complete Peerage (N.p.: n.p., 1936), 4: 12. Surety: 4; Foedera vol i p 239. Idem p 242
Cal Patent Rolls, 1232-47 p 292, p 288, pp 426, 442
Mat. Paris, Chron, Maj. - Rolls Ser.- vol iv pp 358, 409
Foedera vol i p 267 .... George Edward Cockayne, The Complete Peerage (N.p.: n.p., 1936), 4: 12. Surety: 2.

4 John Burke Esq., History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland - Vol II (Edinburgh: R Bently: Bell and Bradfute, 1835), 2: 84. Surety: 1. .... George Edward Cockayne, The Complete Peerage (N.p.: n.p., 1936), 4: 12. Surety: 4; Cal. Patent Rolls 1232-47 p 246; In Mar 1240/1 there is a reference to John de Monte Alto, steward of Chester, which apparantly is a clerk's error.

5 George Edward Cockayne, The Complete Peerage (N.p.: n.p., 1936), 4: 12. Surety: 4; Harl. M.S. 2079 f 37

6 George Edward Cockayne, The Complete Peerage (N.p.: n.p., 1936), 4: 12. Surety: 4; Mat. Paris op cit vol iv pp 319, 321

7 George Edward Cockayne, The Complete Peerage (N.p.: n.p., 1936), 4: 13. Surety: 4; Cal. Charter Rolls vol i, p 291.

8 George Edward Cockayne, The Complete Peerage (N.p.: n.p., 1936), 4: 13. Surety: 4; Mat. Paris op cit vol v, p 98.
See Ancient Deed A 4464

9 George Edward Cockayne, The Complete Peerage (N.p.: n.p., 1936), 4: 13. Surety: 4; Cal. Charter Rolls vol i, p 368.

10 George Edward Cockayne, The Complete Peerage (N.p.: n.p., 1936), 4: 13. Surety: 4; Close Roll 37 Hen III, m 14

11 George Edward Cockayne, The Complete Peerage (N.p.: n.p., 1936), 4: 13. Surety: 4; Bemont, Roles Gascons, vol i no. 4302

12 George Edward Cockayne, The Complete Peerage (N.p.: n.p., 1936), 4: 13. Surety: 4; Cal. Patent Rolls 1247-58, pp 385, 394
Farrer, Honors and Knights' Fees, vol ii. pp 112, 113

13 George Edward Cockayne, The Complete Peerage (N.p.: n.p., 1936), 4: 13. Surety: 4; Foedera, vol i, p 329

14 George Edward Cockayne, The Complete Peerage (N.p.: n.p., 1936), 4: 13. Surety: 4; Close Roll 41 Hen III m 6

15 George Edward Cockayne, The Complete Peerage (N.p.: n.p., 1936), 4: 13. Surety: 4; Cal. Patent Rolls 1247-58, pp 576,597,624

16 George Edward Cockayne, The Complete Peerage (N.p.: n.p., 1936), 4: 13. Surety: 4; Tait op cit p.v.
Annales Mon (Rolls Ser) vol i pp 445, 449, 450
Close Roll, 41 Hen III, m 12 d

17 George Edward Cockayne, The Complete Peerage (N.p.: n.p., 1936), 4: 13. Surety: 4; Cal Patent Rolls 1258-66 pp 27,57

18 George Edward Cockayne, The Complete Peerage (N.p.: n.p., 1936), 4: 13. Surety: 4; Cal Inq p m vol ii no. 284

Sir Roger de Mohaut

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