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  Alias:<ALIA> Onfroy /de Bohun/ the Old
  Custom Field:<_FA#> Lord of the village s of St. Andre and St. Georges de Bohon in the Côntentin.@@S005967@@
  Custom Fiel d:<_FA#> Rec'd. one estate in Tellesford (or Tethford or Talesford), Norfolk.@@S 005967@@
  Custom Field:<_FA#> Gained a large fortune at an early age by accompan ying the Conqueror to England.@@S006031@@@@S005967@@
  Custom Field:<_FA#> Founded t he  St. Georges de Bohon priory in Normandy.@@S006031@@@@S005967@@
  Custom Field:<_ FA#> Godfather of William the Conqueror.@@S006031@@@@S005967@@
  Custom Field:<_FA#> Champion & defender of the throne.@@S006031@@@@S005967@@
  Custom Field:<_FA#> Lord of Taterford in Norfolk.@@S006031@@@@S005967@@
  Custom Field:<_FA#> Much of his we alth due to the Conqueror's goodwill & spoils of the campaigns.@@S006031@@@@S00596 7@@
  REFN: 4922
  [G675.ged]
  A cousin of William the Conqueror.
  Received one es tate in Tellesford (or Tethford or Talesford) Norfolk,
  according to db.
  Exce rpted from Les Seigneurs de Bohon by Jean LeMelletier, Coutances:
  Arnaud-Belle e, 1978: Humphrey I, also called The Old, was the founder of
  the house of Boh on. He is mainly known as a companion of William the
  Conqueror at the conques t of England and as the founder of the Bohon
  priory. Old English books design ate him Humfridus cum Barba or Humphrey
  with the Beard. His
  beard distinguis hed him from other Norman knights of the period because
  they habitually shave d.  Humphrey was the godfather of William and was
  certainly close to him beca use we see the names of William, duchess
  Mathilde, and their children associa ted with Humphrey's children.  The
  oldest mention of Humphrey that we know of is in William's journals. It
  confirms a donation
  made at the abbey of St. T rinite du Mont at Rouen by Gilbert, Osbern's
  vassal. William's signature is a ccompanied by that of Humphrey, son of
  Richard, listed with the rest of Willi am's men. In 1062 we find Humphrey
  again with William at the Hogue de Biville , along with Roger de
  Montgomery and William, son of Osbern. At a meal in the middle of the
  road, William said they should be free like the common people of the
  neighboring priory of Heauville. In recounting the story, a monk said
  that a fellow diner criticized William's liberalism. Not taking too
  kindly to criticism, William threatened to strike him with a shoulder of
  pork.  Acco rding to a paper from about 1060, the knight Humphrey, a rich
  and noble man, granted the priory he founded, St. Georges de Bohon, to
  the abbey of St. Mart in of Marmoutier. Humphrey tells us:
  "with the inspiration of God and the patr onage of lord earl William for
  the relief of my soul, and those of the late R ichard of Mary, my father,
  and of the late Billeheude, my mother...in the oct ave of the Pentecost
  before the venerable father Geoffrey, bishop of Coutance s... I protect
  the abbey of St. Martin, the servants Arnouf, Heribert, and Ro ger, and
  the other people whose names are inscribed here."
  The authenticity of this act, of which the original documents were
  unfortunately destroyed, do es not seem to bear to be contested. The
  latest dates proposed for the foundi ng of the priory come from dates of
  estate foundings (from Martene and Miss G antier 1068; Gerville and the
  Bernard abbey 1092; L. Musset between 1066 & 10 87). However, the title of
  earl was given to William before 1066 and the foun ding of the priory was
  earlier. Originally the priory was settled by four sec ular canons. The
  act of including the priory with the abbey was precisely to entrust it
  with the lands of a knight. (A knight cared for and protected his lands
  and those who lived there from thieves, warring lords, etc.)  In later
  years St. Martin became very popular. It was at Marmoutier that William
  him self joined the Battle Abbey, founded to commemorate the Battle of
  Hastings w here it was fought. A document signed by Sir William, duke of
  the Normands, b efore 1066 shows that Humphrey de Bohon gave a ga

Details of Humphrey I with the Beard's family