ID: I14842
Name: *William DE BOHUN
Sex: M
Birth: BET 1310 AND 1312 1
Death: 16 SEP 1360
Occupation: BET 1337 AND 1360 1st Earl of Northampton 1
Occupation: 1350 Knight of the Garter 2
Note:
William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (ca. 1310-1360) was an English nobleman and military commander.
He was the fifth son of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and Elizabeth of Rhuddlan. He had a twin brother, Edward. His maternal grandparents were Edward I of England and his first Queen consort Eleanor of Castile.

In 1332 he received many new properties: Hinton and Spaine in Berkshire; Hasley, Ascot, Dedington, Pyrton and Kirklington in Oxfordshire; Wincomb in Buckinghamshire; Longbenington in Lincolnshire; Kneesol in Bottinghamshire; Newnsham in Gloucestershire, Wix in Essex, and Bosham in Sussex. He was created Earl of Northampton in 1337, adding to the titles of Count of Hereford and Essex.

In 1339 he accompanied the King to Flanders. He served variously in Brittany and in Scotland, and was present at the great English victories at Sluys and was a commander at Crécy.
In addition to being a warrior, William was also a renowned diplomat. He negotiated two treaties with France, one in 1343 and one in 1350. He was also charged with negotiating in Scotland for the freedom of David Bruce, prisoner of the English.

De Bohun was succeeded by his son Humphrey, who also succeeded his uncle and became 7th earl of Hereford. His daughter Elizabeth de Bohun was married to Richard Fitzalan, 6th Earl of Arundel.
(Wikipedia)


William de Bohun, 4th son, was a personage of great eminence in the turbulent times in which he lived, and was one of the gallant heroes of Cressy. In the Parliament held in London, in the 11th of Edward III, 1337, upon the advancement of the Black Prince to the dukedom of Cornwall, he was created Earl of Northampton, and from that period his lordship appears the constant companion in arms of the illustrious Edward, the Black Prince, and his martial father Edward III. He was entrusted at different periods with the most important offices, such as ambassador to treat of peace with hostile powers, commissioner to levy taxes, etc., and he was finally honoured with Knight of the Garter. His lordship
married Elizabeth de Badlesmere, daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere and Margaret de Clare; daughter of Thomas de Clare and Juliana FitzGerald; son of Thomas de Clare, Governor of London 1274; son of Richard de Clare (son of Gilbert de Clare, Surety, son of Richard de Clare, Surety) and his wife Maud de Lacie; daughter of John de Lacie, Surety, and Margaret de Quincey; daughter of Robert de Quincey; son of Saire de Quincey, Surety for the Magna Charta. William de Bohun had issue Humphrey, who succeeded his uncle as Earl of Hereford and Essex and Constable of England, and a daughter Elizabeth. He died 1360.
(Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, page 535)


Father: *Humphrey DE BOHUN VIII b: 1276 in Pleshey Castle, Essex, England
Mother: *Elizabeth of RHUDDLAN b: 7 AUG 1282 in Rhudlan Castle, Caernarvonshire, Wales

Marriage 1 *Elizabeth DE BADLESMERE b: 1313 in astle, Badlesmere, Kent, England
Children
*Humphrey DE BOHUN b: 1342 in Derbyshire, England
*Elizabeth DE BOHUN b: 1350 in Derbyshire, England

Sources:
Title: Wikipedia
Title: 1Wikipedia