1564109 - Earl of Hereford & Essex, Humphry de Bohun

Events

Event	Date	Place	Sources
Birth [E37504]	BET. 1198 - 1208	of Hungerford, Essex, England	4a 5a 10a 7b 9b
Birth [E37505]	1208	Hereford, England	8b
Death [E37506]	1275-09-24	en route to Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire	11 2a 4b 5b 10b 7c 9c
Death [E37507]	1275	Hereford, England	8c
_FA1 [E37508]		Acceded: 1220. Interred: Llanthony, Gloucester.	5c 7d 9d
_FA2 [E37509]		Constable of England. Distinguished himself in the Welsh and French wars.	11 7e 9e
_FA3 [E37510]		2nd Earl of Hereford. 1st Earl of Essex. Great soldier.	2b 3a 10c 7f 9f
_FA4 [E37511]	1252-05-00	Spoke for non-censure of Simon de Montfort at latter’s Gascony trial.	12 7g 12 9g
_FA5 [E37512]		Mediated a dispute betw/ Henry III & Henry’s brother Richard in favor of Richard	11 7h 9h
_FA6 [E37513]		King refused his decision & ordered him to submit or forfeit titles.	11 7i 9i
_FA7 [E37514]		Raised an army & at Stamford (Lincoln) forced Henry to concede.	11 7j 9j
_FA8 [E37515]		Reinstated as Marshall of the King’s House.	7k 9k
_FA9 [E37516]	1235/6-01-04 (Julian)	Served at Henry’s wedding to Eleanor Berenger of Provence.	7l 9l
_FA10 [E37517]		One of nine godfathers at christening of future King Edward I Longshanks.	11 7m 9m
_FA11 [E37518]	BET. 1239 - 1241	Sheriff of Kent and constable of Dover Castle.	11 5d 7n 9n

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Earl of Hereford & Essex, Henry de Bohun V [I28733]	1176	1220-06-01
Mother	Cts de Essex, Maude FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville [I28734]	1177	1236-08-27
	Earl of Hereford & Essex, Humphry de Bohun [I28731]	BET. 1198 - 1208	1275-09-24

Families

Family of Earl of Hereford & Essex, Humphry de Bohun and de Lusignan, Maud de Eu [F11198]

Married

Wife

de Lusignan, Maud de Eu [I28732] ( * 1208 + 1241-08-24 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Marriage [E58414]					11 2c 1 4c 5 6b 7o 9
Marriage [E58415]		England			8d

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
de Bohun, Maud [I20135]
de Bohun, Humphrey VI the Younger [I21570]	1230	1265-10-27
de Bohun, Alicia (Cecilia) [I29594]	1235	1264

Narrative

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Excerpted from Les Seigneurs de Bohon by Jean LeMelletier, Coutances:
Arnaud-Bellee, 1978: Humphrey V, second earl of Hereford, first earl of Essex, and constable of England, was also called the good earl of Hereford. He was a contemporary of Henry III and died 24 September 1274/5. Born before 1208, Humphrey married twice. His first wife was Maud (Mathilda), daughter of Ralph
of Lusignan, count d'Eu (who died 1219). His second wife was Maud (Mathilda) of Avebury, daughter and heiress of Roger of Tosny (who died 1264). Humphrey succeeded his father on 1 June 1220, then came into possession of his lands and was confirmed earl of Hereford. After the death of his maternal uncle, William of Mandeville, he inherited the title of earl of Essex (28 April 1228). In 1227 Humphrey V helped solve a quarrel between Henry III and his brother, Richard, earl of Cornwall (whom Humphrey supported). He declared his intentions to postpone the judgment of the king's court and royal lords. The king refused and ordered him to submit or give up his titles. With other important barons Humphrey took the side of Richard. The conspirators raised an army, and at Stamford (Lincoln) they demanded the reinstatement of the earl's duties, an apology, and the confirmation of the liberties guaranteed by the document. The king conceded. Humphrey was reinstated as marshall of the king's house. He served at the marriage of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence (1236), and was one of nine godfathers at the christening of the future Edward
I (1239). In 1242 Henry III led an expedition to reconquer Poitou, which was occupied by Louis VIII of France. Humphrey accompanied him in Gascogny, but became irritated by the influence of the strangers/counselors under the king. He returned to England with the duke of Cornwall. The expedition later ended as a loss. Two years later with the earl of Clare, Humphrey took part in the suppression of a Welsh revolt. After an initial success, they were defeated, partly because the earl had been accused of embezzling part of the inheritance of his sister-in-law, Isabelle (wife of David who was son of Llewelyn). In 1246 Humphrey joined in a letter to Pope Innocent IV denouncing the oppression exercised over England by the court of Rome. In 1248 Humphrey was presented to Parliament. In 1250 he took the cross and went to the Holy Land.
In the meantime the queen was lavishing favors on the French in her entourage and the king increased his spending, causing discontent among the barons. In 1253 Humphrey participated in a grand remonstrance made to the king at Westminster Hall with the "bell, book, and candle" for violations against the Magna Carta, a prelude to the revolt. The same year he founded the church of the Augustin Brothers on Broad Street in London. In 1254 he was in Gascogny with the king. From 1256-1258 "Mr. Humphrey de Boun" participated in many battles with the Welsh. In 1259 he was one of the barons who worked to re-establish a truce between King Henry III and Llewelyn, Prince of Wales. But the following year there were again hostilities between the two. The king
summoned Richard of Clare and Humphrey de Bohon to the army with other lords, Humphrey de Boun Jr. and Frank de Boun. Humphrey was one of the councillors to draw up the Provisions of Oxford in 1258 which affirmed
the Magna Carta and reformed its misuse. He was one of the Council of Fifteen that advised the king. The next year he was commissioner to ratify a treaty between France and England. In 1260 Humphrey was a traveling judge for the counties of Hereford, Gloucester, and Worcester. In 1262, he negotiated peace with Llewelyn of Wales. Humphrey V's attitude toward the new conflicts between the king and the barons has been confused with that of his son. When the barons divided their confederation Humphrey sided with Simon de
Montfort. In 1263 he was one of the important barons who supported the king while his son was on the opposite side. Humphrey was taken prisoner at the Battle of Lewes. Humphrey V was chosen one of 12 arbitrators to bring peace between the king and Simon. He died 24 September 1275 on the way to Kenilworth (Warwick). There the king stated the principles he was willing to compromise on to end the revolt surrounding Kenilworth Castle. Humphrey was
buried with his ancestors at Lanthony.

REF: "Falls the Shadow" Sharon Kay Penman: On April 3, 1264 King Henry leads his Red Dragon Standard & Army for Northampton, where most of Simon de Montfort's forces are. April 4, 1264 they arrive at Northampton & confer with Prince Edward (the real leader of the Royalist forces) for a strategy session, those present included Philip Basset (whose son-in-law Sir Hugh le Despenser was an ally of Simon's), Humphrey de Bohun V the Earl of Hereford whose son Humphrey de Bohun VI was with Simon, Hugh le Bigod was there & his step son Baldwin Wake was with Simon. Daffydd ap Gruffydd was also there, as he continued to be in exile in England, aliied with Prince Edward against his own brother Llywelyn ap Gruffydd.

Pedigree

Earl of Hereford & Essex, Henry de Bohun V [I28733]
1. Cts de Essex, Maude FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville [I28734]
  1. Earl of Hereford & Essex, Humphry de Bohun
    1. de Lusignan, Maud de Eu [I28732]

Ancestors

Earl of Hereford & Essex, Humphry de Bohun
* BET. 1198 - 1208
+ 1275-09-24

Earl of Hereford & Essex, Henry de Bohun V
* 1176
+ 1220-06-01

de Bohun, Humphrey IV Constable of England
* 1143
+ 1182

de Bohun, Humphrey III Dapifer to Henry I
* 1109
+ 1187-04-06

de Pîtres, Margaret of Gloucester
* 1126
+ 1187

Cts de Hereford, Margaret de Huntington
* 1134
+ 1201

Earl of Huntington, Henry of Huntington
* 1114
+ 1152-06-12

de Warenne, Adelaide (Ada)
* 1120
+ 1178

Cts de Essex, Maude FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville
* 1177
+ 1236-08-27

Earl of Essex, Geoffrey FitzPiers de Mandeville
* BET. 1152 - 1162
+ 1213-10-14

de Lutegareshale, Piers
* 1134
+ 1179/80-01-14 (Julian)

Lady of Costow, Maude de Manderville
* 1138
+ ...

de Saye, Beatrice
* 1159
+ 1197-04-19

de Saye, William
*
+ 1144

de Mandeville, Beatrice
* 1105
+ 1197-04-19

Source References

Garner, Lorraine Ann "Lori" [S287874]
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Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science: University of Hull Royal Database (England) [S283806]
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Marlyn Lewis: Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell [S286829]
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    2nd Earl of Hereford, 1st Earl of Essex
Jean LeMelletier: Les Seigneurs de Bohun [S288713]
Sharon Kay Penman "Falls the Shawdow" [S0419]

Birth Name	Earl of Hereford & Essex, Humphry de Bohun 1a 2 3 1 4 5 6a 7a 8a 9a
Also Known As	de Bohun, Humphry V Constable of England
Gramps ID	I28731
Gender	male
Age at Death	unknown