Humphrey De Bohun

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    Humphrey De Bohun V, second Earl of Hereford and Constable of England, w as born before 1208 and created Earl of Essex in 1228. he joined the Ea rl of Cornwall in his quarrel with the King in 1227. in 1237 he we nt on a pilgrimage to Santiago. he was appointed constable of Dover Cast le on February 27, 1238/9 which he surrendered on November 4, 1241 and dur ing these years was sheriff of Kent. in 1250 he was among those who took t he Cross. On December 18, 1253, he and his elder son Humphrey had licen se to hunt hare, fox cat, and other wild beast in the forest of Bradon a nd Saver make, Wiltshire. In 1257 he was appointed to keep the marches bet ween Lion, of Scotland, did homage to the English monarch in October 120 0. He obtained large grants and immunities from King John, and was creat ed Earl of Winchester on March 2, 1207, having been, in 1203, govern or of the castle of Ruil, in Normandy. To him is credited the re-writi ng of Magna Charta from the Charter of King Henry I and the Saxon code. Op posing the King's concession to the Pope's legate, he was bitterly hat ed by King John. he was one of the Barons to whom the city and Tower of Lo ndon were resigned, and was excommunicated with the other barons the follo wing year. He was sent, with Roberty Fitzwalter, the Surety, by the oth er Barons, to invite the Dauphin of France to assume the crown of Englan d, and, even after the death of King John, he kept a strong garrison in Mo untsorell Castle, in behalf of Prince Louis. When the Barons, being great ly outnumbered, were defeated by the troops of King Henry III, Saire de Qu incey with many others was made prisoner and his estates forfeited. in t he following October his immense estates were restored upon his submissio n. In 1218, the Earl of Winchester went with the Earls of Chester and Arun del to the Holy Land, assisted at the siege of Damietta, 1219, and died No vember 3, 1219 on the way to Jerusalem. His wife Margaret was daught er of Robert de Bellomont and his wife Petronella Grentesmesnil and was de scended from the Emperor Charlemagne.
    
    Humphrey 5th (d. 1274), created earl of Essex, joining federati on of barons (1258) and joining king against de Montfort (1263). His grand son the 3rd Earl, Humphrey 7th, joined earl of Norfolk in refusing to ser ve in Gascony (1297)