de Bohun, Humphrey II the Great
Birth Name | de Bohun, Humphrey II the Great 1a 2a 3 |
Also Known As | Baron Trowbridge, Humphrey de Bohun II |
Gramps ID | I29598 |
Gender | male |
Age at Death | less than about 84 years |
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Notes | Sources |
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Birth [E39734] | after 1045 | Gloucester, England |
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4a 1b 3 | |
Death [E39735] | about 1129 | of Wiltshire, England |
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4 1c 3 | |
_FA1 [E39736] | Steward to William II Rufus. |
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1d 3 | ||
_FA2 [E39737] | Benefited from the favor of William II Rufus. |
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4 1e 3 | ||
_FA3 [E39738] | Gave church of Bishop Street in Salisbury (Wiltshire) to Lewes Abbey. |
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4 1f 3 | ||
_FA4 [E39739] | Gave church of Cheleworth to the St. Dennis Priory (Southampton). |
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4 1g 3 |
Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | de Bohun, Humphrey I with the Beard [I21621] | BET. 1000 - 1020 | BET. 1080 - 1093 | |
Mother | de Eu, Margaret [I23638] | |||
de Bohun, Humphrey II the Great [I29598] | after 1045 | about 1129 |
Families
  |   | Family of de Bohun, Humphrey II the Great and de Evereux, Mahaut de Salisbury [F11203] | ||||||||||||
Married | Wife | de Evereux, Mahaut de Salisbury [I29599] ( * + 1142 ) | ||||||||||||
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Children |
Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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de Bohun, Humphrey III Dapifer to Henry I [I28737] | 1109 | 1187-04-06 |
Narrative
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Excerpted from Les Seigneurs de Bohon by Jean LeMelletier, Coutances:
Arnaud-Bellee, 1978: .The sources for this branch of the Bohons, earls of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, are all English. The name Bohon was changed to Boun, Boon, Bowne, etc. It was later considered to signify master or boss. Humfridus, Onfroi, and Honfroy are translated as Humphrey. The frequent repetition of the first name Humphrey causes a lot of confusion. The English begin their line with the first Humphrey born in Great Britain, who is our Humphrey II. Humphrey II, known as Humphrey the Magnificent or Humphrey the Great, benefitted from the favor of King William Rufus (son of William the Conqueror). His signature is on a number of papers of Henry I. Thus we can follow him around England (1103-1109), then in Normandy at Avranches (1113) and Rouen (1119), then in England (1121), back to Rouen (1125), and back to England (1128). Humphrey II gave the church of Bishop Street in Salisbury (Wiltshire) to the Lewes Abbey (next to Newhaven) and the church of Cheleworth to the St. Dennis priory (Southampton). He was a witness at the founding of Savigney Abbey by Ralph de Fougeres. Humphrey married Maud (Mathilda or Mahaut, who died 1142), daughter of Edward de Salisbury, between 1087 and 1100. The dowry gave him important estates in the Wiltshire area and the barony of Trowbridge. This was the first of a series of marriages which benefitted the Bohons. They had a daughter, Maud, and a son, Humphrey III. Humphrey II died around 1129.
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Only two eldest sons Richard & Robert mentioned as old enough to assume inheritance by 1066.
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