Humphrey V de [Earl] BOHUN
Birth:
1208
Death:
24 Sep 1275
Burial:
Abbey, Llanthony, Gloucester, England
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Notes:
(1) Earl of Hereford and Lord High Constable of England (2) Ob. 1273, Inq. p.m. 1 Edw. I, No. 1 (3) Pedigree in Visitation of Cornwall, Vivian ed., 1887, p.105 (4) Humphrey de Bohun V: (b.1208, d.September 24, 1275, buried Llanthony, Gloucestershire). He married (#1.) Maud de Eu, daughter of Raoul de Exoudun I, Comte de Eu. He married #2. Maud de Avesbury, by whom he had a son John, Lord of Haresfield. He was called "the Good" and was the second Earl of Hereford and first Earl of Essex. He was also constable of England. After the death of his uncle, William de Mandeville, his mother's brother, in 1227, he was created Earl of Essex. In 1227 he joined Richard of Cornwall in his quarrel with the king. He served as Marshal of the household at the coronation of Queen Eleanor in 1236 and at the christening of Prince Edward in 1239 he was one of the sponsors. He was the sheriff of Kent from 1239 to 1241. He took part in Henry's French expedition of 1242, but retired with other nobles in disgust at the king's partiality to the foreigners. In 1244 he aided in repressing a Welsh rising on the marches/borders. In 1246 he joined in the letter of remonstrance from the English peers to Pope Innocent IV. He was present in the parliament of 1248 and two years later went on a crusade to the Holy Land. He defended Simon de Montfort in 1252. In 1257 he had custody of part of the Welsh marches and was in the Welsh war. He joined the barons who formed the confederation for redress of grievances in 1258, and he had a share in the settlement of the government under the Provisions of Oxford, being one of the original commissioners, and subsequently one of the council of fifteen. In 1260 he was an itinerant justice for the counties of Gloucester, Worcester, and Hereford. In 1623 he supported the king against Simon de Montfort while his son Humphrey VI supported Simon. He was taken prisoner in the battle of Lewes in 1264.--Adec,FHL 929.273,C769w
Notes:
(1) Da. of the Earl of Ewe (2) Named in Visitation of Cornwall, Vivian ed., 1887, p.105
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(1) Died during his father's life (2) Pedigree in Visitation of Cornwall, Vivian ed., 1887, p.106 (3) Humprhey de Bohun VI: (d.August/October 27, 1265). He married Alianor/Eleanor de Braose, daughter of William de Braose of Brecknock, Lord of Abergavenny and his wife Eva Marshal, daughter of William Marshal and Isabel de Clare. In 1257 he helped his father keep the marches/borders and in 1263 he joined his father to fortify the castles on the marches against Llewellyn. He joined the barons against the king and in 1264 had custody of Winchester Castle. He fought at the battle of Evesham un 1265 where he was taken prisoner and predeceased his father by ten years. Eleanor was buried at Llanthony in Gloucestershire. They had a daughter, Agnes/Alianore who married Robert de Ferrers of Chartley, a descendant of Sayer de Quincy, and they had a son, Humphrey.--Adec,FHL 929.273,C769w
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Humphrey V de [Earl] Bohun - Maud de Lusignan
Humphrey V de [Earl] Bohun
was born at 1208.
His parents were Henry de [Earl] Bohun and Maud de Mandeville.
He married Maud de Lusignan . Maud de Lusignan was born at 1204 .
They were the parents of 1
child:
Humphrey VI de Bohun
born 1224.
Humphrey V de [Earl] Bohun died 24 Sep 1275 .