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Name: Henry (Earl of Hereford) de Bohun Surname: de Bohun Given Name: Henry (Earl of Hereford) Sex: M Birth: 1176 in of Warwick, Warwickshire, England 1 2 Death: 1 Jun 1220 in on pilgrimage to the Holy Land 1 3 4 _UID: 654938DE3EC10641BD37604FA09F4B0F46DB Note:
1 _FA1 2 PLAC Acceded: 28 April 1200. Interred: Llanthony Priory, Gloucester. 2 SOUR S0010913 DATA 4 TEXT no date of ascension 2 SOUR S004200 1 _FA2 2 PLAC One of the 25 sureties of the Magna Carta, excommunicated by thePope. 1 _FA3 2 PLAC 5th Earl of Hereford. Sheriff of Kent. 2 SOUR S004200 3 DATA 4 TEXT 5th Earl of Hereford. 1 _FA4 2 PLAC Commanded Royal forces that routed English rebels at Fornham,Suffolk. 2 DATE 1173 2 SOUR Encyclopedia Brittanica (1968 ed) 1 _FA5 2 PLAC Helped defeat Scottish invasion of 1174. 2 SOUR Encyclopedia Btittanica (1968 ed) 1 _FA6 2 PLAC One of the most important, wealthy & independent of the WelshMarcher Lords. 2 SOUR S002974 1 _FA10 2 PLAC Taken prisoner at the Battle of Lincoln where Prince Louis wasdefeated. 2 SOUR S002974 2 DATE 20 May 1217 1 _FA11 2 PLAC Gave a pension to St. Nicolas Hospital in Salisbury. 2 SOUR S002974 1 _FA7 2 PLAC Instrumental in Baronial rebellion against John. 2 SOUR S002974 1 _FA8 2 PLAC Allied with Prince Louis when the latter attempted to siezethrone of England. 2 SOUR S002974 1 _FA9 2 DATE 19 Oct 1216 2 PLAC After John died, did not ally himself with the new boy king,Henry III. 2 SOUR S002974 1 _FA12 2 PLAC Gave churches of Boxe & Wilsford (Lincolnshire) to the priory ofMonkton Farley. 2 SOUR S002974   His father was Humphrey de Bpohun IV and mother was Margaret de Huntingdon . this from Weiss Magna Charta Sureties -12154 This wholeline is in Ancestral Roots by Frederick Weiss line #97.  Excerpted from Les Seigneurs de Bohon by Jean LeMelletier, Coutances: Arnaud-Bellee, 1978: Henry de Bohon (1176-1220), earl of Hereford,played an important role in the revolt of the barons against King John.Born in 1176, he succeeded his grandfather honorably. The reign of KingJohn (1199-1216) started out well for Henry when he was created earl ofHereford on 28 April 1199. Henry was the first of the Bohons to have thetitle, which included an annual income. The following year Henry and other nobles summoned hisuncle in Scotland, William the Lion, to appear at Lincoln to do homage.In 1203 Henry witnessed a document where King John confirmed the dowry ofQueen Isabelle. The principal interests of the Bohons were in England.Henry paid taxes of 50 marks and a groom, corresponding to 20 parts of aknight's fee, on the Huntington land he inherited from his mother. InNormandy, Henry kept his more modest holdings (from Humphrey I) atCarentan and Pont D'Ouve. After the first time France reclaimed Normandy(1204), Henry stayed loyal to John. His lands in Normandy wereconfiscated by Philip- Auguste. Then King John imposed a heavy tax tomaintain the campaign of 1213-1214 to prevent the crushing of a coalitionformed at Bouvines on 27 July 1214 by England, Flanders, and the GermanEmpire. The king was discredited and there was general discontent. The forces were dissatisfied that the king awardedcertain barons without their having to go through the regular tests andexaminations. Then there was a revolt of barons in which Henry took an active part. Therevolt ended with the signing of the Magna Carta at Runnymede (Surrey) on12 July 1215. The lands that had been confiscated from Henry werereturned and the 25 lords took it upon themselves to make sure thecharter was enforced. The Bohons enjoyed being in possession of greatlands at the frontier of the Welsh country which was always threatened.The other marcher lords enjoyed it, too, because their militaryimportance and independence was greater than that of other royal lords.Politically they were stronger by being closer to the king. The lull wascut short when the war restarted. The following year John had PopeInnocent III excommunicate the earl of Hereford, which only increased theopposition to the king. John joined forces with the army of Prince Louisof France (the future Louis VIII) when barons from the north landed inEngland. John died on October 19, 1216, but Henry de Bohon did not ally himselfwith the new king, Henry III. He was taken prisoner at the Battle ofLincoln on 20 May 1217, where Louis of France was defeated. Henry gavethe churches of Boxe and Wilsford (Lincolnshire) to the priory of MonktonFarley, and gave a pension to St. Nicolas Hospital in Salisbury. Henry de Bohon died1 June 1220 while on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. His body was returned to Lanthony abbey.
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