• General Notes

  [SUSANNA KEENE.FTW]
  
  Hunphrey de Bohun III Bard de Bohun, Lord of Hereford and
  Complete Peerage vol l p 22 has this line.
  
  Weiss Magna Charta Sureties -12154 This whole line is in
  Ancestral Roots by Frederick Weiss line #97.. Humprey IV father
  was Hunphrey de Bohun III Bard de Bohun, Lord of Hereford and
  Complete Peerage vol l p 22 has this line.
  
  Excerpted from Les Seigneurs de Bohon by Jean LeMelletier,
  Coutances:
  Arnaud-Bellee, 1978: Humphrey III, lord of Trowbridge and
  constable of England, was very close to Henry I and later Henry
  II. He assisted Empress Mathilda against King Stephen. Born in
  1109, Humphrey died 6 April 1187. He married Margery
  (Marguerite, Margaret), eldest daughter of Milo of Gloucester
  from whom he received the heriditary right to the title of
  constable of England.
  Humphrey III was steward and chancellor to Henry I, perhaps
  following his father. He shared this post with Hugh
  Bigot/Bigod, Robert Haye, and Simon de Beauchamp. Sometimes he
  is confused with his father. We can follow Humphrey III in the
  entourage of King Henry I by the documents he signed at
  Arques and Dieppe (1131), various English towns (1131-1133), in
  Normandy at Rouen (1133 & 1134), and at Argentan (about the
  same time).  When Steven of Blois, earl of Mortain, grandson of
  William the Conqueror and Adele, was
  crowned king of England after Henry I died (1135), Humphrey
  kept his duties as steward presiding over charters. Two were
  written at Evreux in 1137. One concerned infractions against
  God; the other gave land in Bramford (Suffolk) to St. Mary
  d'Evreux. In 1139 Empress Mathilda arrived in Sussex with her
  her half-brother, Robert of Gloucester, to reclaim the
  inheritance of his father.
  Humphrey, at the instigation of his father-in-law, Milo de
  Gloucester, rallied with Mathilda and defended Trowbridge
  against King Steven. During the troublesome years of the
  anarchy that followed, Humphrey passionately fought with
  Mathilda's loyal and true followers. He witnessed Milo being
  named earl of Hereford in recognition of his (Milo's) services
  on 25 July 1141. Humphrey's signature is found on several
  documents in many English villages. After initial success, the
  Battle of Winchester (1141) marked a turnaround and Humphrey
  was taken prisoner. In 1143 in Devizes (Wiltshire), Mathilda
  reinstated possession of lands and the office of chancellor of
  England to Henry in a written document. She also gave him new
  wealth and land: Melchesam,
  Boczam, Malmesbury, and Stokes-Wiltshire. (Humphrey had been
  relieved of his duties after the reign of Henry I.)  Humphrey
  signed a document of Prince Henry in 1149/1150 at Devizes and
  another in 1150/1151 at Argentan. In 1150 Trowbridge Castle was
  taken by Stephen. When the abbey church of Montebourg was
  dedicated in 1152, Humphrey consented to the gift of the church
  of St. Gregoire de Catz by Ildebert de Catz and Steven de
  Magneville. After the death of his father, Geoffrey Plantagenet
  (1153), Henry was in England leading the army.  Henry made an
  agreement with Stephen when Eustache, Stephen's son, died,
  whereby Henry would succeed him to the throne when he died (the
  next year). Henry II then confirmed Humphrey's inheritances in
  England and Normandy and his titles. Because of his role as
  lord chancellor and his signatures on numerous documents, we
  are able to account for Humphrey's whereabouts. He was in
  England with the king (1153-1154); in Normandy (1156) at
  Argentan, Falaise, and Quevilly (1174); with his peers in
  Chinon (1170-1173); back in England (between 1174-1179); and
  again in Normandy at Valognes, Cherbourg, and
  Bonneville-sur-Touques (1180 & 1182).
  In January 1164 Humphrey was one of the barons summoned to the
  Council of Clarendon where the constitutions were drawn up. In
  April 1173 when Prince Henry rebelled against his father, King
  Henry II, Humphrey stood by the king. With Richard de Lucy he
  invaded Scotland in an attack against King William the Lion who
  supported Prince Henry and the destruction of the bishop's
  palace at Durham. Humphrey and company burned Berwick and
  penetrated deeply into Scotland. But when they learned of the
  landing of Robert de Beaumont (earl of Leicester and friend of
  Prince Henry) in Suffolk (29 Sept
  1173), they made a truce with William the Lion and marched
  against Beaumont. Humphrey battled with the help of the
  peasants and was taken prisoner with his wife at Fornham St.
  Geneviere near Bury St. Edmond (Suffolk) on 16 October 1173.
  The prisoners were taken to Falaise castle. The 1st of December
  1174/5 in Falaise, Humphrey witnessed a peace accord between
  Henry II and William the Lion recognizing the sovereigncy of
  England over Scotland. Humphrey's fortune considerably
  increased with the death of his father- in-law, Milo of
  Gloucester, who without male heirs left a third of his wealth
  to each daughter. Humphrey also inherited the position of
  constable of England that was held by his father-in-law. In
  1166 Humphrey inherited 3
  1/2 parts of a knight's fees (rent) from his grandfather's
  provinces and 9 1/2 parts "de novo." His wife received 17 parts
  from Milo's provinces and 3 3/4 parts of her brothers' land.
  He kept in Normandy a part of the inheritance from Humphrey I,
  particulary land at Carentan and Pont D'Ouve. A document
  confirmed the gifts of his ancestors and the men of the Bohon
  priory.
  Among the witnesses of this act were Enjuger de Bohon, Robert
  of Bohon priory, duchess Margaret, and Henry de Bohon.  A
  letter from Humphrey de Bohon to the men of Normandy and
  England stated that Humphrey and
  his son gave to the Blanchelande Abbey the title of Moulin de
  Biard with Pont D'Ouve. In 1181 with Alexander de Bohon he
  witnessed the foundation of Barbery Abbey. Across the Channel
  Humphrey founded the priory of Monkton Farley (Wiltshire) with
  his wife, supported by the Lewes Abbey. Near the beautiful
  forests and streams in England, his rich endowment provided
  them with a large yearly income. Among the benefactors
  associated with this
  foundation are Mathilda de Bohon (his mother), Ildebert de Catz
  (Chaz), Robert de Carentan, and his vassals; among the
  witnesses were William de Beuzeville and Humphrey de St. Vigor.
  Humphrey died 6 April 1187. He was buried at the Lanthony Abbey
  (Gloucestershire) founded by his father-in-law.
  
  He had a son, Humphrey IV, and a daughter Margaret, first wife
  of Waleran, earl of Warwick.

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