Ancestors of Robert de Mohaut

Robert de Mohaut
(-Cir 1210)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Emma Delaval

Robert de Mohaut

Marriage (1): Emma Delaval
Died: Cir 1210 ¹

bullet Another name for Robert was Robert de Montalt.²

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Misc: Made a grant of Goosetrey to the Abbey of St Werburgh, Between 1192 and 1208, , Cheshire. ³ as Lord of Mold and Steward of Chester
(Tait, op cit p 309)

• Misc: Reclaimed Neeston, 1208 To 1211, , Cheshire. ⁴ The Church of Neston had been bestowed tupon the Monastery of St. Werburg in Chester by Ralph. Notwithstanding this gift and the confirmation thereof, Roger de Montalt, his brother and successor, Seneschal and Justice of Chester, refused to recognize the grant, and took possession of the Church with an armed force and presented it to his young son, Ralph de Montalt, who, in all probability, was the Rector.
The matter was resolved when the Monks of St Werburg purchased the restoration of it at a very high price that involved the exchange of the manors of Bretton and Lea, Spoune chapel, and resigning the Tenths of Hawarden to the rector, as well as a pension of five marks annually for the Church of Neston.
(Tait p 302)

• Military: Engaged in the "great war" with Llewelyn, 1198 To 1199. ⁴ (Bracton's Note Book, no 1558)

• Misc: Granted pasture rights in Saltney to Basingwerk Abbey. ⁴ (Harl. MS. 2079, f 37 - Philip de Orreby, Justice of Chester, was a witness)

Robert married someone Emma Delaval, daughter of Sir Robert Delaval and Anna D'Arcy.

1 George Edward Cockayne, The Complete Peerage (N.p.: n.p., 1936), 4: 12. Surety: 2; 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: 11. Surety: 2.

4 George Edward Cockayne, The Complete Peerage (N.p.: n.p., 1936), 4: 12. Surety: 2.

Robert de Mohaut

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