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TITL Les Seigneurs de Bohun AUTH Jean LeMelletier
PUBL Coutances, Arnaud-Bellee, 1978 UCLA Research Library CALN CS 439 D416L45 1978
MEDI BookExcerpted from Les Seigneurs de Bohon by Jean LeMelletier, Coutances: Arnaud-Bellee , 1978: The oldest mention of Humphrey that we know of is in William's journals. It confirm s a donation made at the abbey of St. Trinite du Mont at Rouen by Gilbert, Osbern's vassal . William's signature is accompanied by that of Humphrey, son of Richard, listed with the r est of William's men. Following tradition, the Mary family lived in the community of St. Com e du Mont (Normandy). There was a Mary Street named after Ralph, first sire de Mary, friend o f the sire of Sainte Marie du Mont and the dukes of Denmark. According to legend, Ralph wa s secretly married to the daughter of the lord of Mont Haguez. They had a son, Richard I de M ary, or Richard the Old, who is attributed with the founding of the churches of Sainte Come d u Mont, de Bohon, and de Meautis in 950. Richard de Mary (Mari or Meri) married Billeheude (B illeheust). This information comes from a document concerning the Bohon priory.