General Notes

William de Mohun was a knight of great valour. He improved the buildings of his father at Dunster, and was a benefactor to the priory there, as well as to that at Taunton, which was founded by William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester. William sided with the Empress Maud in the fight against King Stephen, and in 1138 Dunster Castle was be seiged by Stephen, who, however, found it too strong to take. He married Agnes,daughter of Walter de Gaunt or Gant, who was grandson of Baldin, 6th Count of Flanders, who married Matilda, sister of William the Conqueror, thus making Walter de Gant 1st cousin to Kings William Rufus and Henry I.