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394:"At the place where she died, and at every place where her body rested in its way to Westminster, she directs that her Exequies be performed with Dirge over night, and before the removal thereof in the morning, a Mass of Requiem; each Priest assisting at the said service to receive 12... and that twenty marks, more or less, be spent and distributed on the road, in masses, alms, and other charges: that being arrived at Westminster, twenty-four poor men, clothed in long gowns, and black hoods, each bear a torch at the Dirge, and at the Mass of Requiem in the morning, each to receive 20... in money: the herse to be covered all over with black, and a very handsome herse of wax of the same proportion set on it; and on the day of the funeral, six marks and 40... to be distributed between one thousand poor men and women, a penny to each. A thousand Dirges to be sung on the first day, and the thousand Masses the next; and to each Priest 4d, as soon as possible, for her soul and all Christians ; 1 3s. 4d. to two men for their trouble in distributing money at the Dirges and Masses: to the Abbot and Prior of Westminster, each 13s. 4.... on the day of the Dirge, and on the next day 6s. 1d. and to each Monk 3s. 4d.; and to each Priest coming to the funeral for Dirge and to sing Mass, 1s. 2d. ; Β£20 to buy russet cloth for cloaks and hoods for one hundred poor men and women; twenty marks to two honest Priests to say Mass and St. Gregory's Trentall for her soul and all Christians a whole year; to fourscore poor men and women bedridden Β£13 6s. 9d ; Β£20 or more, at the discretion of her executors, for the expense of her funeral, and Β£20 to buy black cloth for her household the day of her funeral. She left money to the Monasteries of Christchurch, Canterbury, Chertsey, Barking, and Stratford, to pray for her soul; also to the Nuns of Brimham and Goryng, and the College of Fotheryngay, and to every house of the four orders of the Friars in London coming to her funeral, 20... Among legacies of plate, she remembers her son Walter, Lord Fitz-Walter, and leaves one hundred marks to Thomas Chaucer. The residue of her goods to be divided into four portions for Masses, relief of Prisoners, and Poor, and repair of Roads." 150: 264:
Secondly to Sir John Golafre (d. 18 November 1396), the bastard son of Sir John Golafre (d.1379) of Sarsden in Oxfordshire, Bury Blunsdon in Wiltshire, Fyfield in Garford and Frilford in Berkshire, eldest son of Sir John Golafre (d.1363), MP. He was a favoured knight of the chamber of King Richard II
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In 1723 the monument had an elaborately carved wooden canopy above it, since removed, as is illustrated in John Dart's history of the Abbey published in that year, but a tester in the Abbey's collection may have come from this monument. The Latin inscription, of which only two words now survive, was
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in 1780. In it she mentioned her son Walter, Lord Fitzwalter and bequeathed money to several charities and to Thomas Chaucer. Her last will and testament was dated at Carisbrooke Castle. She appointed that her body should be interred in Westminster Abbey, and directed further as follows:
422: 330:, Philippa wears a long cloak with widow's hood, the head resting on two cushions. The original paintwork which once covered effigy and base has almost completely worn away. The hands are missing. On the two visible sides of the base are sculpted seven heraldic shields: 224:
Although her father was the last in the male line of Mohun of Dunster (for he died without male issue), neither she nor either of her sisters inherited their paternal estates at Dunster. (These lands had been held by the family since before the
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Her monument is today situated in the north-west corner of the Chapel of St Nicholas, Westminster Abbey, with one side against the chapel's screen, but before 1600 was situated in the centre of the chapel. In effigy, recumbent upon a freestone
51: 313:, where her chest tomb and effigy survive in the Chapel of St Nicholas. Also buried in Westminster Abbey was her second husband Sir John Golafre (d.1396), who was interred in the royal chapel, his grave marked by a 280:, by his first wife Isabella of Castile, and a grandson of King Edward III. By her third marriage Philippa became Duchess of York. Following Edward's death at the 153:
1723 engraving of monument to Philippa de Mohun (d.1431), Duchess of York, in Westminster Abbey. The wooden canopy is now missing. Published in Dart, John,
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now lost. Her mother, Lady Joan Burghersh de Mohun was buried at Canterbury Cathedral, where she established a chantry and her tomb is still located.
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Effigy in Chapel of St Nicholas, Westminster Abbey, of Philippa de Mohun (d.1431), Duchess of York. Detail from etching of drawing by
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J.S. Roskell and L.S. Woodger, 'Golafre, John (d.1442), of Fyfield, Berks.', in J.S. Roskell, L. Clark and C. Rawcliffe (eds),
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and their later descendants in a female line from 1737 owned Dunster Castle until 1976, when it was donated to the
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of the estates in 1374 to Lady Elizabeth Luttrell (d.1395), wife of Sir Andrew Luttrell and a daughter of
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Westmonasterium, or, The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St Peter, Westminster
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Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham
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Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham
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A Collection of All the Wills, Now Known to be Extant, of the Kings and Queens of England
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recorded in a work on the Abbey's history published in 1822 as follows: (translated):
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Philippa's birthdate is unknown. She was the third daughter and co-heiress of
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The text of the last will of Philippa de Mohun (in French) was published by
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of 1086.) This was because her mother Lady Mohun (died 1404) had sold the
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Drawing and etching (1810) by C.A. Stothard in C.A. Stothard,
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A History of Dunster and of the Families of Mohun and Luttrell
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Royal arms of England impaling Mohun, for her third husband.
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to Sir John Golafre (d.1442) in Fyfield Church, Oxfordshire.
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Barry wavy argent and gules, on a bend sable three bezants
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The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421
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Index

Philippa de Mohun
Duchess of York

Charles Stothard
Carisbrooke Castle
Isle of Wight
Westminster Abbey
London
Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York
John de Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun

Duchess of York
Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York
Lord of the Isle of Wight
Edward III
Lady of the Isle of Wight
John Mohun, 2nd Baron Mohun
KG
Order of the Garter
feudal baron of Dunster
Dunster Castle
Bartholomew de Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh
Domesday Book
reversion
Hugh de Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon
Luttrell family
National Trust
Walter Fitzwalter, 4th Baron Fitzwalter
Wallingford Castle
Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York

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