Humphrey VIII de Bohun , Earl Hereford & Essex 
Humphrey VIII de was born about 1276 in Pleshey Castle, Essex, England. Humphrey VIII de's father was Humphrey VII de Bohun , Earl Hereford & Essex and his mother was Maud de Fiennes. His paternal grandparents were Humphrey VI de Bohun , Governor of Winchester and Eleanor de Braose; his maternal grandparents were Enguerrand de Fiennes , Seigneur de Fienes and Maud de Hampden. He was an only child. He died in Battle of Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England (slain).General Notes
Humphrey de Bohun VIII, born c1276, slain at Boroughbridge 16 Mar 1321/2, Earl of Hereford and Essex, Lord High Constable of England; married 14 Nov 1302, Elizabeth Plantagenet, born Aug 1282, died 5 May 1316, daughter of King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile. [Magna Charta Sureties]
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Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, Earl of Essex, and Lord High Constable. In the 30th Edward I [1302-3], this nobleman gave and granted unto the king, by a formal conversance, the inheritances of al his lands and lordships, as also of his earldoms of Hereford and Essex, and the constableship of England, which, upon his marriage with Elizabeth Plantagenet, widow of John, Earl of Holland, and dau. of the king, were regranted to him and entailed upon his issue lawfully begotten by that lady; in default thereof, and from and after the death of himself and wife, then the lordship of Plessets and certain other lordships in Essex and elsewhere, together with the constableship, should remain wholly to the king and his heirs for ever. In the 34th of the same reign [13-6-7] he had a grant similarly entailed of the whole territory of Annandale, in Scotland. After this his lordship was in the wars of Scotland and was taken prisoner in the 7th Edward II (1313-14), at the disastrous battle (to the English) of Stryvelin. But he was exchanged for the wife of Robert Bruce, who had long been captive in England. From this period we find him constantly engaged in the service of the crown until the 14th year of the king's reign [1321-22], when Edward learning that the earl was raising forces in the marches of Wales against Hugh de Spencer the younger, sent him a peremptory command to forbear, which his lordship not only refused obeying but forthwith joined Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, in the great insurrection then incited by that nobleman for the redress of certain grievances and the banishment of the Spencers. In his proceeding, however, he eventually lost his life, being run through the body by a soldier at the battle of Boroughbridge, in Yorkshire, where his party received so signal a defeat on 16 March, 1321. The earl had issue five surviving sons and two surviving daus., viz., John, Humphrey, Edward, William, Humphrey, Alianore, and Margaret. The earl was s. by his eldest son, Sir John de Bohun, K.B. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 57, Bohun, Earls of Hereford, Earls of Essex, Earls of Northampton, and High Constables of England]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1143 in Gloucestershire, England d.1182
- b.1176 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England d.01 Jun 1220 in On a pilgrimage to Holy Land
- b.1144 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England d.1201 in Richmond, North Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.1208 in Hungerford, Essex, England d.24 Sep 1275
- b.< 1163 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England d.14 Oct 1213 in Shouldham Priory, Downham, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1185 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England d.27 Aug 1236 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England
- b.~ 1160 in Kimbolton, St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England d.<19 Apr 1197
- b.1225 in Herfordshire, Essex, England d.27 Aug 1267 in (dvp)
- b.~ 1150 in Lusignan, Vienne, Poitou, France d.1224
- b.~ 1178 in La Marche, Poitou, France d.01 May 1219 in Shenton, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1155 in Limoges, Haute Vienne, Limousin, France d.~ 1187 in Jaffa, Holy Lands
- b.1208 in La Marche, Poitou, France d.14 Aug 1241
- b.1155 in Leicestershire, England d.11 MAR 1182/83 in Hastings, Sussex, England
- b.1180 in Shenton, Leicestershire, England d.15 May 1246
- b.~ 1164 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.~ 1212
- b.~ 1249 in Herefordshire, England d.31 Dec 1298 in Pleshey Castle, Essex, England
- b.1153 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.09 Aug 1211 in Corbeil, Marne, Champagne, France
- b.1178 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.<09 Jun 1228 in Brecon, Breconshire, Wales
- b.1155 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England d.1210 in Corfe, Windsor, England
- b.~ 1197 in Brecknock, Breconshire, Wales d.02 May 1230 in Hanged by Llewelyn, Prince of Wales after intrigues w/ his wife
- b.~ 1145 in Little Bytham, Lincolnshire, England d.1226 in Little Somborne, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 1183 in Stoke, Devonshire, England d.< 1215
- b.~ 1160 in Gilsland, Irthington, Cumberland, England d.24 MAR 1216/17 in Stoke, Devonshire, England
- b.1230 in Brecon, Breconshire, Wales d.> 1252 in Llanthony Inn, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1106 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.1165
- b.1146 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.14 May 1219 in Caversham Manor, England
- b.~ 1127 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d.03 Jun
- b.1194 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.< 1246 in England
- b.~ 1130 in Tunbridge, Kent, England d.20 Apr 1176 in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
- b.~ 1172 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.1220 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
- b.~ 1141 in Ireland d.> 1186 in Waterford, Ireland
- b.~ 1276 in Pleshey Castle, Essex, England d.16 MAR 1321/22 in Battle of Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England (slain)
- b.~ 1120 in Fiennes, Pas-de-Calais, France d.> 1187
- b.1147 in Martock, Somerset, England d.1189 in Jerusalem, Palestine
- b.~ 1130 in Castle at Guines, Pas-de-Calais, France d.1187
- b.1168 in Wendover Manor, Buckinghamshire, England d.1241 in Holy Lands
- b.~ 1109 in Carshalton, Epsom, Surrey, England d.~ 1184 in Buckinghamshire, England
- b.1151 in Carshalton, Epsom, Surrey, England d.1223
- b.~ 1115 in England
- b.1210 in Tolleshunt, Essex, England d.1265 in Wendover Manor, Buckinghamshire, England
- b.1110 in Dammartine, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France d.> 1181 in Norton, Stow, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1138 in Dammartin, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France d.19 Sep 1200 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1115 in France d.< 1147
- b.1177 in Dammartin, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France
- b.~ 1085 in Clermont, Beauvais, Oise, Picardy, France d.1162 in Clermont, Beauvais, Oise, Picardy, France
- b.~ 1145 in Clermont, Beauvais, Oise, Picardy, France d.Oct 1200 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1115 in Bar-le-Duc, Meuse, Argonne/Lorraine, France d.AFT 20 JAN 1182/83 in Clermont, Beauvais, Oise, Picardy, France
- b.~ 1231 in Wendover Manor, Buckinghamshire, England d.06 Nov 1298
- b.~ 1120 in Hampden, Buckinghamshire, England
- b.~ 1144 in Hampden, Buckinghamshire, England
- b.1177 in Hampden, Buckinghamshire, England
- b.1114 in Blanchland, Northamptonshire, England
- b.1148 in Blanchland, Northamptonshire, England
- b.1119 in Blanchland, Northhampshire, England
- b.1203 in Hampden, Buckinghamshire, England
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‌Humphrey VIII de and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony on November 14th, 1302 in Westminster, London, England. They had a son and two daughters, named William de, Eleanor de and Margaret de.
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Children
Eleanor de Bohun
Eleanor de was born before October 17th, 1305 in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England. She died on October 7th, 1363 in Ireland.
Margaret de Bohun , Heiress of Powderham
Margaret de was born on April 2nd, 1311 in Caldecot, Northamptonshire, England. She died at the age of 80 on December 16th, 1391 in Exeter, Devonshire, England.
William de Bohun , 1st Earl of Northampton, KG
William de was born about 1312 in Caldecot, Northamptonshire, England. He died on September 16th, 1360 in Caldecot, Northamptonshire, England.
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