“ MOHUN, CHARLES MOHUN, 4th Baron (c. 1675–1712) , was the son of the 3rd Baron Mohun, who died in October 1677 as the result of a wound received while acting as second in a duel. The boy had no regular guardian, and before he was seventeen he had earned an unpleasant notoriety in London for rowdyism and brawling, had fought a duel and had been tried on a charge of murder. His friend, Captain Richard Hill, a roystering young officer, was in love with the actress Mrs Bracegirdle, and thought William Mountfort, the actor, to be his successful rival. ”

“ Historical Manuscripts Commission, 11th report, appendix v. (Dartmouth MSS.) ; G. C. Boase and W. P. Courtney, Bibliotheca cornubiensis (1874–1882) ; Howell, State Trials; and Colley Cibber, Apology, edited by R. W. Lowe (1889) . ”