Humphrey de Bohun

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Humphrey V 2nd Earl of Hereford, son and heir of Henry de Bohun, a Magna Charta Surety, returned to the path of loyalty, and was permitted, some time before 1239, to inherit the earldom of Essex from his maternal uncle, William de Mandeville. But in 1258 he fell away, like his father, from the royal to the baronial cause when he was appointed in the Oxford parliament to reform the administration Humphrey V headed the first secession of the Welsh Marchers from the party of the opposition in 1263 and was amongst the captives whom the Montfortians took at Lewes. Later he was selected as one of the twelve arbitrators to draw up the ban of Kenilworth (1266) by which the disinherited rebels were allowed to make their peace.

Humphrey married Maud de Lusignan about 1236 in France. Maud was born about 1208 in La Marche, Poictou, France; died on 12 Aug 1241 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Humphrey de Bohun was born about 1220 in Hereford, Herfordshire, England; died on 27 Oct 1265 in England.

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Henry de Bohun became the first Earl of Hereford of the Bohun family, for he was so created by the Charter of King John, dated 28 April 1199. He was connected with the royal house of Scotland through his mother Margaret, a sister of William the Lion, an alliance which no doubt assisted him in obtaining the earldom from John He was among the twenty-five barons (the Sureties or "King's Ordainers") who were elected by their fellows to enforce the terms of the Magna Charta of 1215. As he took a prominent part with the Barons against King John, his lands were confiscated. Having been excommunicated along with the other Barons, he did not return to his allegiance on the decease of King John, but became one of the commanders in the Army of Louis the Dauphin, at the Battle of Lincoln, and was taken prisoner by William Marshall. After this defeat he joined Saire de Quincey and other Magna Charta Barons on the 1st Crusade to the Holy Land but he died in Palestine in 1220.

Henry married Maud Fitzgeoffrey about 1197 in Essex, England. Maud was born before 1177 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England; died on 27 Aug 1236 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Humphrey married Margaret de Huntingdon before Apr 1175 in England. Margaret was born about 1154 in Northumberland, England; died about 1201 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bohun is the name of a family that played an important part in English history during the 13th and 14th centuries. It was taken from a village situated in the Cotentin between Coutances and the estuary of the Vire. The Bohuns came into England at, or shortly after, the Norman Conquest. The lands of the family lay chiefly on the Welsh Marches.

Humphrey married Margaret de Gloucester about 1149 in Gloucestershire, England. Margaret was born about 1126 in Gloucestershire, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]