BOHUN, DE BOHUN

HUMPHREY DE BOHUN of Normandy, founder of the family in England after the conquest, surnamed "with the beard", had issue:

HUMPHREY DE BOHUN b. ca 1100 Gloucester, England and m. Maud of Everux,Normandy, dau of Edward de Saresburie. He served as a stewart to King Henry I. Issue:

HUMPHREY DE BOHUN b. ca 1120 Gloucester, England, d. 4/6/1187, buried at Lanthony, Gloucestershire m. Margaret of Gloucester, dau of Milo de Gloucester, Earl of Hereford. At the beginning of the reign of Stephen, he was one of the witnesses of the king's laws. However, in 1139 when the Empress Matilda landed, he joined her standard, and by the advice of Milo of Gloucester, his father-in-law, he fortified the stronghold of Trowbridge against the king. He was taken prisoner at Winchester in 1141, fighting on Matilda's side. Issue:

HUMPHREY DE BOHUN b. ca 1150 Gloucester, England, fourth Baron de Bohun, Lord of Hereford, Constable, m. Princess Margaret, widow of Conan le Petit, Count of Bretagne and Earl of Richmond (d. 2/20/1171). Issue:

HENRY DE BOHUN, fifth feudal baron, first Earl of Hereford, and of Essex, hereditary constable of England, b. 1176 Hereford, dd. 1220. He m. Maud de Mandeville, dau of Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex, Justice of England. In 1200 Henry was sent with other nobles to summon his uncle, William the Lion of Scotland, to appear at Lincoln to do homage. In 1215 he joined the confederate barons who obtained the concession of Magna Charta, and was one of the twenty-five appointed to assure its observance. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Lincoln 5/20/1217, and died 6/1/1220 on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Issue:

1. Maud de Bohun b. Ca 1195 m. Roger de Quincey, Earl of Winchester. According to the Dictionary of National Biography she was the widow of Anselm Marshall, Earl of Pembroke.

2. Henry de Bohun b. Ca 1200 Hereford, England d. Warwickshire, England.

3. Humphrey de Bohun, known as Humphrey V, was b. 1208 Hereford, England, d. 1274 Hereford. He was sixth baron, Earl of Hereford and Essex, and lord high constable, but being taken prisoner while in rebillion was not permitted to enjoy his honors. He m. 1227 in Essex, England, Maud de Eu or de Lusignan, dau of Henry, 4th feudal Baron de Eu. In 1227 he was created earl of Essex, supporting Richard of Cornwall at Stamford, in his quarrel with the king.

Humphrey served the office of marshal of the household at the coronation of queen Eleanor in 1236, and at the christening of Prince Edward in 1233 he was one of the sponsors. He was Sheriff of Kent in 1239-1241. Ire was at Parliament in 1248, and in 1250 went to the Holy Land. He was one who spoke in defense of the controversial Simon de Montfort in 1252, but in 1263 supported the kin. He was taken prisoner 5/14/1264 during the battle of Lewcs. 8/4/1265 he fought on the side of Simon de Montfort at the battle of Evesham. After the battle of Falkirk 7/22/1298, he returned to England, and soon thereafter died at Fleshy, in Essex, and was buried at Walden. Issue of Humphrey de Bohun V:

1. Alice de Dohun b. 1236 Essex, England m. Ralph, seventh feudal Baron Toni of Flamsted, in Herts.

2. Humphrey de Bohun, third earl of Hereford, constable of England, was b. 1228 Pleshey, Essex, England d. 1297 at Pleshy, bur. Essex, England m. 1246 in Essex, England, Eleanor de Braoise, the daughter of William de Braoise and his wife, Eve Marshall. He was made prisoner after the battle of Eversham, fighting on Simon de Montfort's; side. He served in 1286 in the arruy of occupation of Wales. In 1236-5 he was sent to escort John, the Young earl of Holland, who had married the English princess, Elizabeth, aged fourteen. The princess, two years later, married Humphrey de Bohun, the earl's son. Issue:

(a) Aleanore de Bohun b. 1247 Pleshey, Essex, England.

(b) Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, b. 9/1248 Pleshey, Essex, England m. 1275 in Essex, England, Maud de Fiennes. Issue of Humphrey de Bohun and Maud.

i. Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, b. 1276 Pleshey, Essex, England d. 1321 Esuex, England rn. 11/14/1302 at Hereford, England, Princess Elizabeth Plantagenet, b. 1282 Rhuddlan, Wales d. 1316 Hereford, England, the daughter of Edward I, King of England and his wife, Eleanor. Humphrey was killed in 1321 at Boroughbridge. He was the fourth Earl of Hereford and Essex and Lord High Constable of England. Elizabeth was the widow of Sir John de Vere. In 1296 she m. John, Count of Holland. Issue of Humphrey de Bohun and wife, Elizabeth:

1. Alianore de Bohun m. James Butler, Earl of Carrick.

2. Lady Margaret de Bohun b. Northampton, England d. 1390/1391 m. 1325 Sir Hugh Courtenay, Earl of Devon. LWT of Lady Margaret Courtenay dated 1/28/1390/1331.

3. William de Bohun, fourth Earl of Northampton, b. 1312 Northampton, England, d. 3/16/1360 Northampton, England m. 1338 at Northampton, Lady Elizabeth Badlesmere (b. 1313 Leeds, Kent, England d. 1356 Kent, England), daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, Baron and his wife, Lady Margaret de Clare. He is said to have taken part with the young king, Edward III, in 1330, in the suppression of Mortimer. He was created earl of Northampton 3/16/1337 when Edward, prince of Wales, was given the duchy of Cornwall. He received grants on the castle and the manor of Stamford and lordships of Grantham, Lincolnshire, and the castles and manors of Fotheringhny in Northampshire, and Okeham, Rutlandshire, in mail tail. He was part of King Edward's expedition for Antwerp in 7/1333 and in 1340 was at the naval Victory of Sluys 6/24. In 1342 he was appointed the king's lieutenant and captain-general in Brittany, and entreated the French at Plorlaix and took La Roche Darrien by assault. After three years, he returned to England. In 1346 he went with Henry, earl of Lancaster, into scotland, marching to the relief of the Loughmaben Castle in Dumfrieshire, of which he was governor. He was commissioner of several peace treaties. Issue:

(a) Elizabeth de Bohun b. 1350 Northampton, England d. 4/3/1385 Surry, England.

(b) Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, b. Northampton, England m. Joan FitzAlan.