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  TITL Ahnentafel for Margery Arundell AUTH Marlyn Lewis PUBL 08 Oct 1997     Manuscript
  TEXT no parents ALIA Sir Humphry III de Bohun /Lord Hereford/
  TITL Les Seigneurs de Bohun AUTH Jean LeMelletier PUBL Coutances, Arnaud-Bellee, 1978   UCL A Research Library   CS 439 D416L45 1978   Book
  _FA1 PLAC Lord of Hereford.  Bard de Bohun.
  _FA2 PLAC Via marriage gained heriditary right to the  TITLe of Constable of England.
  _FA3 PLAC Steward and chancellor to Henry I, perhaps following his father.
  _FA4 DATE 1135-1139 PLAC Steward to King Stephen until Empress Mathilda's arrival in England .
  _FA5 PLAC Defended Trowbridge against King Steven.
  _FA6 DATE 1141 PLAC Taken prisoner in Battle of Winchester.
  _FA7 PLAC In 1150 Trowbridge Castle was taken by Stephen.
  _FA8 PLAC Lord Chancellor of England for Henry II.
  _FA9 DATE Jan 1163/64 PLAC Summoned to the Council of Clarendon where constitutions were draw n up.  _FA10 DATE Apr 1173 PLAC Supported King Henry II vs. Prince Henry & invaded deeply int o Scotland.
  _FA11 DATE 16 Oct 1173 PLAC Captured w/ wife at Fornham St. Geneviere Bury St. Edmond (Suffo lk).
  _FA12 PLAC Buried at the Lanthony Abbey (Gloucestershire) founded by his father-in-law.
    TITL Les Seigneurs de Bohun AUTH Jean LeMelletier PUBL Coutances, Arnaud-Bellee, 1978   UCL A Research Library   CS 439 D416L45 1978   Book Hunphrey de Bohun III Bard de Bohun, Lord o f Hereford and Complete Peerage vol l p 22 has this line. Weiss Magna Charta Sureties -1215 4 This whole line is in Ancestral Roots by Frederick Weiss line #97.. Humprey IV father was H unphrey de Bohun  III Bard de Bohun, Lord of Hereford and Complete Peerage vol l p 22 has thi s line.  Excerpted from Les Seigneurs de Bohon by Jean LeMelletier, Coutances: Arnaud-Bellee , 1978: Humphrey III, lord of Trowbridge and constable of England, was  very close to Henr y I and later Henry II.  He assisted Empress Mathilda against King Stephen. Born in 1109, Hum phrey died 6 April 1187. He married Margery (Marguerite, Margaret), eldest daughter of Milo o f Gloucester from whom he received the heriditary right to the  TITLe of constable of England .  Humphrey III was steward and chancellor to Henry I, perhaps following his father.  He shar ed this post with Hugh Bigot/Bigod, Robert Haye, and Simon de Beauchamp. Sometimes he is conf used with his father. We can follow Humphrey III in the entourage of King Henry I by the docu ments he signed at Arques and Dieppe (1131), various English towns (1131-1133), in Normandy a t Rouen (1133 & 1134), and at Argentan (about the same time).  When Steven of Blois, earl o f Mortain, grandson of William the Conqueror and Adele, was crowned king of England after Hen ry I died (1135), Humphrey kept his duties as steward presiding over charters.  Two were writ ten at Evreux in 1137.  One concerned infractions against God; the other gave land in Bramfor d (Suffolk) to St. Mary d'Evreux. In 1139 Empress Mathilda arrived in Sussex with  her half-b rother, Robert of Gloucester, to reclaim the inheritance of his father. Humphrey, at the inst igation of his father-in-law, Milo de Gloucester, rallied with Mathilda and defended Trowbrid ge against King Steven. During the troublesome years of the anarchy that followed, Humphrey p assionately fought with Mathilda's loyal and true followers.  He witnessed Milo being named e arl of Hereford in recognition of his (Milo's) services on 25 July 1141. Humphrey's signature is found on several documents in many English villages. After initial success, the Battle o f Winchester (1141) marked a turnaround and Humphrey was taken prisoner. In 1143 in Devizes ( Wiltshire), Mathilda reinstated possession of lands and the office of chancellor of England t o Henry in a written document. She also gave him new wealth and land: Melchesam,  Boczam, Mal mesbury, and Stokes-Wiltshire.  (Humphrey had been relieved of his duties after the reign o f Henry I.)  Humphrey signed a document of Prince Henry in 1149/1150 at Devizes and another i n 1150/1151 at Argentan. In 1150 Trowbridge Castle was taken by Stephen. When the abbey churc h of Montebourg was dedicated in 1152, Humphrey consented to the gift of the church of St. Gr egoire de Catz by Ildebert de Catz and Steven de Magneville.  After the death of his father , Geoffrey Plantagenet (1153), Henry was in England leading the army.  Henry made an agreemen t with Stephen when Eustache, Stephen's son, died, whereby Henry would succeed him to the thr one when he died (the next year). Henry II then confirmed Humphrey's inheritances in Englan d and Normandy and his  TITLes. Because of his role as lord chancellor and his signatures o n numerous documents, we are able to account for Humphrey's whereabouts. He was in England wi th the king (1153-1154); in Normandy (1156) at Argentan, Falaise, and Quevilly (1174); with h is peers in Chinon (1170-1173); back in England (between 1174-1179); and again in Normandy a t Valognes, Cherbourg, and Bonneville-sur-Touques (1180 & 1182).  In January 1164 Humphrey wa s one of the barons summoned to the Council of Clarendon where the constitutions were drawn u p. In April 1173 when Prince Henry rebelled against his father, King Henry II, Humphrey stoo d by the king. With Richard de Lucy he invaded Scotland in an attack against King William th e Lion who supported Prince Henry and the destruction of the bishop's palace at Durham. Humph rey and company burned Berwick and penetrated deeply into Scotland. But when they learned o f the landing of Robert de Beaumont (earl of Leicester and friend of Prince Henry) in Suffol k (29 Sept 1173), they made a truce with William the Lion and marched against Beaumont. Humph rey battled with the help of the peasants and was taken prisoner with his wife at Fornham St . Geneviere near Bury St. Edmond (Suffolk) on 16 October 1173. The prisoners were taken to Fa laise castle. The 1st of December 1174/5 in Falaise, Humphrey witnessed a peace accord betwee n Henry II and William the Lion recognizing the sovereigncy of England over Scotland. Humphre y's fortune considerably increased with the death of his father- in-law, Milo of Gloucester , who without male heirs left a third of his wealth to each daughter. Humphrey also inherite d the position of constable of England that was held by his father-in-law. In 1166 Humphrey i nherited 3 1/2 parts of a knight's fees (rent) from his grandfather's provinces and 9 1/2 par ts "de novo." His wife received 17 parts from Milo's provinces and 3 3/4 parts of her brother s' land.  He kept in Normandy a part of the inheritance from Humphrey I, particulary land a t Carentan and Pont D'Ouve. A document confirmed the gifts of his ancestors and the men of th e Bohon priory. Among the witnesses of this act were Enjuger de Bohon, Robert of Bohon priory , duchess Margaret, and Henry de Bohon.  A letter from Humphrey de Bohon to the men of Norman dy and England stated that Humphrey and his son gave to the Blanchelande Abbey the  TITLe o f Moulin de Biard with Pont D'Ouve. In 1181 with Alexander de Bohon he witnessed the foundati on of Barbery Abbey. Across the Channel Humphrey founded the priory of Monkton Farley (Wiltsh ire) with his wife, supported by the Lewes Abbey. Near the beautiful forests and streams in E ngland, his rich endowment provided them with a large yearly income. Among the benefactors as sociated with this foundation are Mathilda de Bohon (his mother), Ildebert de Catz (Chaz), Ro bert de Carentan, and his vassals; among the witnesses were William de Beuzeville and Humphre y de St. Vigor. Humphrey died 6 April 1187. He was buried at the Lanthony Abbey (Gloucestersh ire) founded by his father-in-law.  He had a son, Humphrey IV, and a daughter Margaret, firs t wife of Waleran, earl of Warwick.

Details of Humphrey III de's family with Margaret of Hereford