Earl Humphrey de Bohun V of Hereford 
Humphrey was born in 1208 in Hungerford, Essex, England. Humphrey's father was Henry de Bohun and his mother was Maud FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville. His paternal grandparents were Henry Bohun IV and Margaret de Huntingdon; his maternal grandparents were Earl Geoffrey FitzPiers de Mandeville of Essex and Beatrice de Saye. He was an only child. He died at the age of 67 on September 24th, 1275 in Hungerford, Essex, England.General Notes
Earl of Hereford 2nd
HIST: HUMPHREY V DE BOHUN, THE 2nd EARL OF HEREFORED, 1st EARL OF ESSEX, CONSTABLE OF ENGLAND, WAS CALLED THE GOOD EARL OF HEREFORD. HE WAS A CONTEMPERARY OF KING HENRY III.
HIST: HUMPHREY SUCCEEDED HIS FATHER HENRY ON JUN 1 1220, AND WAS CONFIRMED AS THE EARL OF HEREFORD. WHEN HIS MATERNAL UNCLE WILLIAM OF MANDEVILLE DIED IN 1228, HUMPHREY BECAME THE EARL OF ESSEX.
HIST: IN 12227, HUMPHREY HELPED RESOLVE A QUARREL BETWEEN HENRY III AND HIS BROTHER RICHARD OF CORNWALL( WHOM HUMPHREY SUPPORTED). HE DECLARED HIS INTENTIONS TO POSTPONE HIS JUDGEMENT OF THE KING'S COURT AND NOBLE LORDS. THE KING REFUSED AND ORDERED
HIM TO SUBMIT OR LOSE HIS TITLES. WITH OTHER IMPORTANT BARONS, HUMPHREY SIDED WITH RICHARD. THEY RAISED AN ARMY, AND AT STAMFORD (LINCOLN), THEY DEMANDED THE REINSTATEMENT OF THE EARL'S DUTIES, AN APOLOGY, AND A CONFIRMATION OF THE LIBERTIES
GUARENTEED BY THE MAGNA CARTA. HENRY III COMPLIED.
HIST: HUMPHREY WAS REINSTATED AS THE MARSHALL OF THE KING'S HOUSE,AND PRESIDED AT HIS WEDDING TO ELEANOR OF PROVENCE IN 1236. HE ALSO WAS ONE OF NINE GODFATHERS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE CHRISTENING OF PRINCE EDWARD (THE FIRST, THE LONGSHANKS).
HIST: FROM 1239-1241, HUMPHREY WAS SHERIFF OF KENT AND DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF IN THE WARS AGAINST THE WELSH.
HIST: IN 1248, HUMPHREY ENTERED PARLIAMENT, AND IN 1250 WENT ON A PILGRAMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND CARRYING A CROSS.
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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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1075 in Bohun, St. Lo, Cotentin, Normandy, France d.ABT 1129/1140
- b.~ 1100 in Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1075
- b.~ 1120 in Gloucestershire, England d.06 Apr 1187 in England
- b.< 1060 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d.< 1130
- b.~ 1100 in Evereux, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1070 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.~ 1143 in Gloucestershire, England d.1182
- b.~ 1065 in Gloucestershire, England d.< 1129 in Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1092 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.24 Dec 1143 in Llanthony, Priory, Gloucester, England
- b.~ 1070 in Ballon, Maine, France d. in England
- b.~ 1126 in Gloucester, Gloucester, England d. in England
- b.ABT 1058/1070 in Neufmarche, France d.1093
- b.~ 1096 in Aberhonwy, Brons., Wales d.> 1143 in Gloucestershire, England
- b.ABT 1075/1079 in Herefordshire, England
- b.1176 in Warwick, Warwickshire, Eng d.01 Jun 1220 in England
- b.ABT 1031/1033 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England
- b.~ 1084 d.24 May 1153 in Carlisle
- b.1042/1045 in Wessex, England d.16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland
- b.ABT 1114/1119 in Scotland d.12 Jun 1152 in Scotland
- b.~ 1046 in Northumberland, England d.31 May 1076 in St. Giles Hill, Winchester, England
- b.1072/1080 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England d.23 Apr 1131 in Scone, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.1054/1055 in Lens, Artois, France
- b.1144/1154 in Northumberland, Northumberland, England d.1201 in Richmond, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1055 in Bellencombe, Seine Inferieure, France d.24 Jun 1088 in Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1065 in Sussex, England d.11 May 1138 in England
- b.~ 1063 in Normandy, France d.27 May 1085 in Castle Acre, Acre, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1104 in Huntingdon, England d.1178
- b.1053/1057 in Vermandois, France d.18 Oct 1102 in Tarsus, , Cilicie
- b.~ 1085 in Valois, France d.13 Feb 1131 in England
- b.~ 1065 in Valois, Isle De France, France d.28 Sep 1120/1124
- b.1208 in Hungerford, Essex, England d.24 Sep 1275 in Hungerford, Essex, England
- b.~ 1104
- b.~ 1134 in Cherhill, Wiltshire, Eng d.< 1198
- b.~ 1162 in Walden, Essex, England d.14 Oct 1213 in Shouldham Priory, Downham, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1054 in Great Waltham, Essex, England d.1130 in England
- b.~ 1082 in Great Waltham, Essex, England d.16 Sep 1144 in Mildenhall, Suffolk, England
- b.ABT 1076/1088 in Rycott, Oxfordshire, England d. in England
- b.~ 1138 in Rycott, Oxfordshire, England d.27 Aug 1236 in England
- b.1095 in Hedingham, Essex, England d.15 May 1141 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.1118 in Hedingham, Essex, England d.>21 Oct 1166 in England
- b.1096 in Essex, England d.~ 1163 in England
- b.< 1177 in Warwick, Warwickshire, Eng d.27 Aug 1236 in England
- b.~ 1094 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England
- b.~ 1125 in Say, Normandy, France d.Aug 1144 in Seige of Burwell Castle
- b.~ 1099 in Kent County, England
- b.1142 in England d.Aug 1177
- b.~ 1054 in Great Waltham, Essex, England d.1130 in England
- b.~ 1115 in Mandeville, Normandy, France d.19 Apr 1197 in Walden Abbey, Essex
- b.ABT 1076/1088 in Rycott, Oxfordshire, England d. in England
- b.~ 1169 in Kimbolton, Norfolk, Eng d.19 Apr 1197 in England
- b.ABT 1114/1119 in Scotland d.12 Jun 1152 in Scotland
- b.1143 in Northumberland d.04 Dec 1214 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, England
- b.~ 1104 in Huntingdon, England d.1178
- b.1144 in Scotland
- b.1117 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England d.> 1180
- b.1143 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England
- b.1125
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Humphrey and Maud were married in a religious ceremony in 1236 in France. They had a son and a daughter, named Humphrey and Alice.
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Children
Sir Humphrey de Bohun VI
Humphrey was born about 1220 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England. He died on August 27th, 1265.
Alice de Bohun
Alice was born in 1241 in East Coulston Manor, Wiltshire, England. She died at the age of 23 in 1264.
Humphrey and Maud were married in a religious ceremony after August 14th, 1241. They had a daughter named Eleanor.
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Children
Heiress Eleanor de Bohun of Debden
Eleanor was born about 1242 in Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex, England. She died after June 10th, 1278.
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