• General Notes

  [SUSANNA KEENE.FTW]
  
  His father was Humphrey de Bpohun IV and mother was Margaret de
  Huntingdon .  this from Weiss Magna Charta Sureties -12154 This
  whole line is in Ancestral Roots by Frederick Weiss line #97.
  
  Excerpted from Les Seigneurs de Bohon by Jean LeMelletier,
  Coutances:
  Arnaud-Bellee, 1978:  Henry de Bohon (1176-1220), earl of
  Hereford, played an important role in the revolt of the barons
  against King John. Born in 1176, he succeeded his grandfather
  honorably. The reign of King John (1199-1216) started out well
  for Henry when he was created earl of Hereford on 28 April
  1199. Henry was the first of the Bohons to have the title,
  which included an
  annual income. The following year Henry and other nobles
  summoned his uncle in Scotland, William the Lion, to appear at
  Lincoln to do homage. In 1203 Henry witnessed a document where
  King John confirmed the dowry of Queen Isabelle. The principal
  interests of the Bohons were in England. Henry paid taxes of 50
  marks and a groom, corresponding to 20 parts of a knight's fee,
  on the Huntington land he inherited from his mother. In
  Normandy, Henry kept his more modest holdings (from Humphrey I)
  at Carentan and Pont D'Ouve. After the first time France
  reclaimed Normandy (1204), Henry stayed loyal to John. His
  lands in Normandy were confiscated by Philip- Auguste. Then
  King John imposed a heavy tax to maintain the campaign of
  1213-1214 to prevent the crushing of a coalition formed at
  Bouvines on 27 July 1214 by England, Flanders, and the German
  Empire. The king was discredited and there was
  general discontent. The forces were dissatisfied that the king
  awarded certain barons without their having to go through the
  regular tests and examinations.
  Then there was a revolt of barons in which Henry took an active
  part. The revolt ended with the signing of the Magna Carta at
  Runnymede (Surrey) on 12 July 1215. The lands that had been
  confiscated from Henry were returned and the 25 lords took it
  upon themselves to make sure the charter was enforced. The
  Bohons enjoyed being in possession of great lands at the
  frontier of the Welsh country which was always threatened. The
  other marcher lords enjoyed it, too, because their military
  importance and independence was greater than that of other
  royal lords. Politically they were stronger by being closer to
  the king. The lull was cut short when the war restarted. The
  following year John had Pope Innocent III excommunicate the
  earl of Hereford, which only increased the opposition to the
  king. John joined forces with the army of Prince Louis of
  France (the future Louis VIII) when barons from the north
  landed in England.
  John died on October 19, 1216, but Henry de Bohon did not ally
  himself with the new king, Henry III. He was taken prisoner at
  the Battle of Lincoln on 20 May 1217, where Louis of France was
  defeated.  Henry gave the churches of Boxe and Wilsford
  (Lincolnshire) to the priory of Monkton Farley, and
  gave a pension to St. Nicolas Hospital in Salisbury.  Henry de
  Bohon died 1 June 1220 while on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
  His body was returned
  to Lanthony abbey.

Details of Henry de Bohun's family with Maude FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville Cts of Essex