Henry de Bohun

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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]

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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]

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Humphrey de Bohun, 1220, predeceased his father in 1265 so the earldom passed through him to his son. His father died in 1275.

Humphrey married Eleanor de Braiose about 1239 in Brechknock, Breconshire, Wales. Eleanor was born about 1230 in Breconshire, Wales; died about 1251; was buried about 1251 in Llanthony, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Humphrey b. 1249 lives in history as one of the recalcitrant barons of the year 1297, who extorted from Edward I the Conffrmalio Cartarum.

Humphrey married Maud de Fienes about 1275 in England. Maud and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex (Abt 1276 - 16 Mar 1321/2) was a Magna Charta Surety and a member of the powerful Anglo-Norman family of the Welsh Marches* and was one of the Ordainers who opposed Edward II's excesses. He succeeded his father as Earl of Hereford and Earl of Essex, and Constable of England. and he held the title of Bearer of the Swan Badge, a heraldic device passed down in the Bohun family. He was married to Elizabeth Plantagenet of Rhuddlan about 1302 and they had an unknown number of children, possibly ten. He was slain at Boroughbridge 16 Mar 1321/2 - Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 In 1322, the Battle of Boroughbridge took place as King Edward II overpowered Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, bringing about the end of Edward II's retaliation against those who had opposed him in the Despenser War of 1320-1321 *The Welsh Marches (Welsh: Y Mers) is a term which, in modern usage, denotes an imprecisely defined area along and around the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom. The precise meaning of the term has varied at different periods. The English terms Welsh March, The March of Wales, in Medieval Latin Marchia Walliae, were originally used in the Middle Ages to denote a more precisely defined territory, the marches between England and the Principality of Wales, in which Marcher lords had specific rights, held, to some extent, independently of the king of England.

Humphrey married Elizabeth Plantagenet about 1302 in England. Elizabeth (daughter of Edward I Longshanks Plantagenet and Leanor of Castile) was born on 7 Aug 1282; died on 5 May 1316 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormond (17 Oct 1304 - 7 Oct 1363) was an English noblewoman born in Knaresborough Castle to Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and Elizabeth daughter of King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile. After the deaths of her parents, she was placed in the care of her aunt Mary Plantagenet and brought up at Amesbury Priory. Eleanor was married twice; first in 1327 to James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormond, (son of Edmund Butler, Earl of Carrick and Lady Joan FitzGerald) who died in 1337 and secondly, in 1343, to Thomas de Dagworth who was killed in Brittany in 1352. By her first marriage, Eleanor was an ancestor of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Parr, Queen consorts of King Henry VIII of England. Other descendants include the dukes of Beaufort, Newcastle, Norfolk, earls of Ormond, Desmond, Shrewsbury, Dorset, Rochester, Sandwich, Arundel, and Stafford.

Eleanor married James Butler about 1327 in England. James was born about 1305 in Carrig Mac Griffin, County Tipperary, Ireland; died about 1338 in Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond (4 Oct 1331 - 18 Oct 1382) was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland. He was Lord Justice of Ireland in 1359, 1364, and 1376. He was given in ward 1 Sep 1344, to Maurice FitzGerald, 1st Earl of Desmond, for the fine of 2306 marcs and afterward to Sir John Darcy who married him to his daughter Elizabeth. He was usually called The Noble Earl, being a great-grandson of King Edward I of England. He died 18 October 1382 in his castle of Knocktopher (near which he had, in 1356, founded a Friary for Carmelite friars). He was buried in St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny.

(Research):Later research shows that there was no English Earl of Ormond. There was a Scottish Earl of Ormond and an Irish Earl of Ormond, both historically existing much later than the Butlers in Bulkeley.

Marriage and issueOn 15 May 1346, he married Elizabeth Darcy, daughter of Sir John Darcy, Knight of Knaith (another Lord Justice of Ireland) and Joan de Burgh. They had four children:
i. James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond (1376-1405).
ii. Thomas Butler, Justice of Corkiii. Ellen Butler who married the poet Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond. She died in 1404. iv. Jean Butler who married Teige O'Carroll, Prince of

James married Elizabeth DarcyEngland. Elizabeth and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Petronella Butler is a descendant of Humphrey De Bohun, himself a descendant of Henry De Bohun who m. Elizabeth Plantagenet of the House of Anjou (Kings of England).

Petronella married Gilbert Talbot before 1352. Gilbert (son of Richard Talbot and Elizabeth Comyn) was born about 1332; died on 24 Apr 1387. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond (b. before 1376 - died 7 September 1405), was a noble in the Peerage of Ireland. He acceded to the title in 1382 and built Gowran Castle three years later making it his usual residence, whence his common epithet, The Earl of Gowran. In 1391 he purchased Kilkenny Castle by deed from Sir Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Gloucester and Isabel his wife, daughter of Gilbert de Clare. He also built the castle of Dunfert (also called Danefort) and in 1386 founded a Friary of minorities at Ailesbury in Buckinghamshire. In 1384 he was deputy to Philip deCourtenay, the King's cousin. In 25 July 1392, he was appointed Lord Justice of Ireland as he was again in 1401. On the departure of Sir Stephen Scrope to England on 26 October 1404, by commission, dated at Carlow, 12 February 1388-9, he was appointed keeper of the peace and governor of counties Kilkenny and Tipperary. He was vested with full power to treat with, to execute, to protect, and to give safe conduct to any rebels, etc. In 1397 he assisted Edmond Earl of March, L.L. against O Brien, and in 1390 took prisoner Teige O Carrol, Prince of Elye. James Butler b. after 1361 was a descendant of Humphrey De Bohun (himself a descendant of Magna Charta Surety Henry De Bohun) who m. Elizabeth Plantagenet of the House of Anjou-Plantagenet (Kings of England)

(Research):Later research shows that there was no English Earl of Ormond. There was a Scottish Earl of Ormond and an Irish Earl of Ormond, both historically existing much later than the Butlers in Bulkeley.

Marriage and issue Some time before 17 June 1386, he married Anne Welles, the daughter of John de Welles, 4th Lord Welles by his spouse Maud (n

James married Anne WellesEngland. Anne and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sir Richard Talbot through his father, Gilbert Talbot was a descendant of Elizabeth Comyn who was a descendent of Devorgilla of Galloway, who was a descendant of Alan of Galloway, who was named in the Magna Charta, 1215. He was Constable of Scotland, 1215-1234, Lord of Galloway, and a descendant of Alfred the Great and the early Kings of Scotland Through his mother, Petronella Butler, he was a descendant of the Butlers of Ormond and of Humphrey De Bohun himself a descendant of Magna Charta Surety Henry De Bohun who m. Elizabeth Plantagenet of the House of Anjou-Plantaagenet (Kings of England)

Richard married Ankaret le Strange before 1383 in England. Ankaret (daughter of John le Strange and Mary FitzAlan) was born about 1361 in Blackmere, Cornwall, England; died about 1413. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond (1392-22 Aug 1452) was the son of James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond and Anne Welles. He was called the "White Earl" and was the patron of the Irish literary work, The Book of the White Earl. He was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland in 1405, and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1420, 1425, and 1442. He built the castles of Nenagh, Roscrea and Templemore in the north of Tipperary and Tulleophelim in County Carlow. He died at Ardee on 23 August 1452 and was buried in St. Mary's Abbey near Dublin.

(Research):Marriage and issueHe married firstly, in 1413, Joan Beauchamp, who was the daughter of William Beauchamp, 1st Baron Bergavenny and Lady Joan FitzAlan. They had issue: i. James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormond (1420-1461), married twice, but no issue. ii. John Butler, 6th Earl of Ormond (died 1478), unmarried. iii. Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond (c.1426- 1515), who married firstly, Anne Hankford. They had two daughters who were ancestors to Anne Boleyn. He married, secondly, Lora Berkeley and had another daughter. iv. Elizabeth Butler (b. b 1432-1473), married with John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, son of General John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and Maud de Neville, Baroness Furnivalle. Elizabeth died on the Saturday after the nativity of the Virgin Mary in 1473.
v. Anne Butler, who died unmarried.
The Earl married secondly Lady Joan FitzGerald daughter of 5th Earl of Kildare in 1432. She died on 3 August 1430 and was buried in the Hospital of St. Thomas D'Acres.

James married Elizabeth BeauchampEngland. Elizabeth died about 1430. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John Talbot First Earl of Shrewsbury and Waterford was a descendant of Magna Charta Sureties Saher de Quincy and John de Lacy and a descendant of the House of Anjou-Plantagent, Kings of England. He was killed in battle at the site of the last battle of the Hundred Years' War, the Battle of Castillon fought 17 Jul 1453 near Bordeaux, which effectively ended English rule in the duchy of Gascony.

Family/Spouse: Maud de Neville. Maud was born about 1392; died about 1433. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elizabeth Butler was a descendant of Humphrey De Bohun (himself a descendant of Magna Charta Surety Henry De Bohun) who m. Elizabeth Plantagenet of the House of Anjou-Plantagent (Kings of England).
Carrick-on-Suir (originally called Carrig Mac Griffin) was formed on an island settlement upstream of Waterford. (The town remained as an island until the 18th century, when small rivers were diverted to form dry land north and west of the town).The earliest known records of a settlement are dated to 1247, when a charter of 3 fairs per year was awarded to Matthew Fitzgriffin, Lord of the manor of Carrick, and a member of the Hiberno-Norman nobility. By the early 14th century, Carrick Mac Griffin had become home to a prosperous Hiberno-Norman family - the Butlers. The first significant leader of the Butler clan, Edmond Butler (a.k.a. Edmund le Bottilier) was created Earl of Carrick in 1315. However, his son James did not inherit the title. Instead, 7 years after the death of his father, he was created Earl of Ormond in his own right. In 1447, Edmund MacRichard Butler founded the first bridge over the estuary at Carrick-on-Suir. Other notable members of the Butler clan were Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond (a.k.a. Black Tom) who built the Tudor Manor House extension to Ormonde Castle and James the 12th Earl and 1st Duke of Ormond, who founded the town's woollen industry in 1670. Edmond le Bottiler erected two large, heavily garrisoned castle keeps named the Plantagenet Castle on the north bank of the Suir, just east of what is now Main St. In the 15th century, a four towered castle was erected on the same site, two of which are now incorporated into the Elizabethan Manor House built by Black Tom Butler, c. 1560.

Elizabeth married John Talbot about May 1444 in England. John (son of John Talbot and Maud de Neville) was born about 1413 in England; died on 10 Jul 1460 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John Talbot Second Earl of Shrewsbury was a descendant of Humphrey De Bohun (himself a descendant of Magna Charta Surety Henry De Bohun) who m. Elizabeth Plantagenet of the House of Anjou-Plantagent (Kings of England).

John married Elizabeth Butler about May 1444 in England. Elizabeth (daughter of James Butler and Elizabeth Beauchamp) was born about 1420 in Carrig Mac Griffin, County Tipperary, Ireland; died about 1473. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Gilbert Talbot of Grafton a descendant of Humphrey De Bohun (himself a descendant of Magna Charta Surety Henry De Bohun) who m. Elizabeth Plantagenet of the House of Anjou-Plantagent (Kings of England)

Gilbert married Audrey CottonEngland. Audrey was born in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John Talbot of Albrighton and Grafton was a descendant of Humphrey De Bohun (himself a descendant of Magna Charta Surety Henry De Bohun) who m. Elizabeth Plantagenet of the House of Anjou-Plantagent (Kings of England).
Grafton is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The parish includes the villages of Grafton and Bullinghope, and is immediately to the south of Hereford city.

John married Margaret TroutbeckEngland. Margaret (daughter of Adam Troutbeck and Margaret Butler) was born about 1492 in Mobberley, Cheshire, England; died on 10 May 1559. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]