• General Notes

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  Alias:<ALIA> Humphrey de Bohun II /Baron Trowbridge/
  Custom Field:<_FA#> Benef ited from the favor of William II Rufus.@@S006031@@@@S005967@@
  Custom Field:<_FA#> Gave church of Bishop Street in Salisbury (Wiltshire) to Lewes Abbey.@@S006031@@ @@S005967@@
  REFN: 4920
  [G675.ged]
  Excerpted from Les Seigneurs de Bohon by Jea n 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
  Hu mphrey.  The frequent repetition of the first name Humphrey causes a
  lot of c onfusion. The English begin their line with the first Humphrey
  born in Great Britain, who is our Humphrey II.  Humphrey II, known as
  Humphrey the Magnific ent or Humphrey the Great, benefitted from the favor
  of King William Rufus (s on 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 Av ranches (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 o f Cheleworth to the
  St. Dennis priory (Southampton). He was a witness at the founding of
  Savigney Abbey by Ralph de Fougeres.  Humphrey married Maud (Math ilda 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
  be nefitted the Bohons. They had a daughter, Maud, and a son, Humphrey
  III. Hump hrey II died around 1129.

Details of Humphrey II the Great's family with Mahaut de Salisbury de Evereux