Humphrey V de Bohun , 2nd Earl Hereford&Essex 
Humphrey V de was born in 1208 in Hungerford, Essex, England. Humphrey V de's father was Henry de Bohun , 1st Earl of Hereford, MCS and his mother was Maud FitzGeoffrey , Countess of Essex. His paternal grandparents were Humphrey IV "The Young" de Bohun and Margaret de Huntingdon; his maternal grandparents were Geoffrey FitzPiers , 3rd Earl of Essex and Beatrix de Say. He was an only child. He died at the age of 67 on September 24th, 1275.General Notes
Humphrey de Bohun V, born 1208, died 24 Sep 1275, 2nd Earl of Hereford and Essex, Constable of England; married (1) Maud d'Eu, died 14 Aug 1241, daughter of Raoul I de Lusignan and Alice d'Eu. [Magna Charta Sureties]
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Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, and possessing that honour of Essex through his mother, was created Earl of that county by King Henry III, at whose marriage his lordship performed the office of marshal in the king's house, and in three years afterwards, anno 1239, was one of the godfathers at the font for Edward, eldest son of the king, there being no less than nine sponsors on the occasion, viz., five temporal and four spiritual lords. He was Lord High Constable of England. In 1250, he took up the cross and proceeded to the Holy Land. In three years afterwards, his lordship was present with other peers when that formal curse was denounced in Westminster Hall with bell, book, and candle, against the violators of Magna Carta; in which year he founded the church of the Friars Augustines, in Broad-street, within the city of London. In the great contest between the king and his barons, this nobleman fought for the latter at Evesham, where he was taken prisoner, but he did not long continue in bondage for we find him soon after again in favour and receiving new grants from the crown. His lordship d. 1275, having m. 1st, Maud, dau. of Ralph, Count d'Eu, by Yolande, his wife, dau. of Robert, Count de Dreux, Earl of Ewe, and had issue, Humphrey, Maud, Alice, and ---, m. to --- Quincy. Humphrey, Earl of Hereford and Essex, d. 1275, and was s. by his grandson, Humphrey de Bohun. [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.~ 1080 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.1129
- b.1120 in Gloucestershire, England d.06 Apr 1187 in England
- b.1060 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d.1130 in Bradenstoke, Wiltshire, England
- b.1093 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d.1142
- b.1070 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.1143 in Gloucestershire, England d.1182
- b.~ 1070 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.1129 in England
- b.1092 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.24 Dec 1143 in Shot while hunting in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1070 in Ballon, Maine, France
- b.1126 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.1146
- b.~ 1050 in Neufmarche, Seine-Inferiere, Normandy, France d.1093 in Aberhonwy, Breconshire, Wales
- b.< 1093 in Aberhonwy, Brecon, Wales d.> 1143 in Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1075 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England
- b.1176 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England d.01 Jun 1220 in On a pilgrimage to Holy Land
- b.~ 1080 in Scotland d.24 May 1153 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England
- b.1114 in Scotland d.12 Jun 1152 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.1072 in Huntington, Huntingdonshire, England d.23 Apr 1131 in Scotland
- b.1144 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England d.1201 in Richmond, North Ride Yorkshire, England
- b.< 1037 in Varenne near Bellencombre, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.24 Jun 1088 in Lewes, Sussex, England (from wounds at Siege of Pevensey)
- b.~ 1071 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.11 May 1138 in Priory of Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1052 in Flanders, France d.27 May 1085 in Castle Acre, Norfolk, England (in childbirth)
- b.~ 1122 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.1178 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.1050 in Vermandois, Normandy, France d.18 Oct 1101 in The leader of 1st Crusade died at Tarsus, Cilicie
- b.~ 1081 in Valois now Oise, Picardy, France d.<Jul 1147 in Priory of Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1050 in Valois now Oise, Picardy, France d.23 Sep 1120 in Vermandois, Normandy, France
- b.1208 in Hungerford, Essex, England d.24 Sep 1275
- b.~ 1134 in Cherhill, Wiltshire, England d.>08 May 1198 in Pleshey, Essex, England
- b.< 1163 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England d.14 Oct 1213 in Shouldham Priory, Downham, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1058 in Manneville, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.~ 1130 in Great Waltham, Essex, England
- b.1092 in Great Waltham, Essex, England d.14 Sep 1144 in Mildenhall, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1076 in Rycott, Oxfordshire, England d. in England
- b.1138 in Costow, Wiltshire, England
- b.< 1090 in of Great Addington & Drayton, Northamptonshire, England d.15 May 1141 in Slain in a riot in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1112 in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England d.21 Oct 1166 in England
- b.~ 1093 in Clare, Suffolk, England d.~ 1163
- b.~ 1185 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England d.27 Aug 1236 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England
- b.~ 1106 in Sawbridgeworth, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England d.>Aug 1144 in Killed attacking Burwell Castle, Cambridgeshire, England
- b.~ 1089 in Clare, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1133 in Saham, Norfolk, England d.<01 Aug 1177 in Kimbolton, St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England (dspm)
- b.~ 1058 in Manneville, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.~ 1130 in Great Waltham, Essex, England
- b.1105 in Manneville, Seine-Inferieure, Normandy, France d.<19 Apr 1197 in Rickling, Essex, England
- b.~ 1076 in Rycott, Oxfordshire, England d. in England
- b.~ 1160 in Kimbolton, St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England d.<19 Apr 1197
- b.~ 1080 in Scotland d.24 May 1153 in Carlisle, Cumberland, England
- b.1114 in Scotland d.12 Jun 1152 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.1072 in Huntington, Huntingdonshire, England d.23 Apr 1131 in Scotland
- b.~ 1140 in Kimbolton, St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.~ 1071 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.11 May 1138 in Priory of Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1122 in Lewes, Sussex, England d.1178 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.~ 1081 in Valois now Oise, Picardy, France d.<Jul 1147 in Priory of Lewes, Sussex, England
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‌Humphrey V de and Maud d' were married in a religious ceremony in 1226 in France. They had a son and two daughters, named Humphrey VI de, Alice de and Eleanor de.
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Children
Humphrey VI de Bohun , Governor of Winchester
Humphrey VI de was born in 1225 in Herfordshire, Essex, England. He died at the age of 42 on August 27th, 1267 in (dvp).
Alice de Bohun
Alice de was born about 1235 in East Coulston Manor, Wiltshire, England. She died about 1255.
Eleanor de Bohun , Heiress of Debden
Eleanor de was born about 1238 in Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex, England. She died after June 10th, 1278.
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