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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Lord Humphrey de Bohun & Eleanor de Brewes

23639792. Lord Humphrey de Bohun & 23639793. Eleanor de Brewes

10/28/1216, Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.

~1227, Humphrey born in Herefordshire, England, heir & s/o 47279584. Earl Humphrey de Bohun & 47279585. Maud de Eu.

~1230, Eleanor born in England, co-heiress & d/o 47279586. William de Braose & 47279587. Eve Marshall.

12/1245, Eleanor a coheir of her maternal uncles Walter and Anselm, who both died the same month.

[––Humphrey & Eleanor––]

Bef. 2/15/1247, Humphrey married Eleanor.

2/15/1248, Restitution to Roger de Mortuo Mari and Maud his wife, William de Cantilupo and Eva his wife, and Humphrey de Boun and Eleanor his wife, of the castle and town of Haverford, as the right and inheritance of the said Maud, Eva and Eleanor … lands late of Walter Marshal, earl of Pembroke … (S) CPRs.

8/6/1253, King Henry left for Gascony from Portsmouth with 300 ships. [Various camps, returning 1/1255.]

10/12/1253, Grant to Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex, that he, and Humphrey his son and heir, if he survive the earl, shall pay … debts of the earl to the king. (S) CPRs.

10/22/1253, Grant to Humphrey de Bohun, son of Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex, of 50 marks a year for his maintenance in the king’s service. (S) CPRs.

11/15/1253, Protection with clause for Humphrey de Bohun … for so long as he is on the king’s service in Gascony. (S) CPRs.

2/12/1254, Grant to Humphrey de Bohun, firstborn son of Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex, of 80 marks a year … (S) CPRs.

11/5/1255, Commission of oyer … contention between Humphrey de Bohun the younger and Roger Picard … (S) CPRs.

1257, Humphrey ordered to assist his father to keep the marches between Montgomery and Gloucester.

1/8/1257, Humphrey de Bohun, the younger, granted a market and fair at Huntingdon, Herefordshire. (S) Gaz. of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516.

2/27/1259, Whereas a covenant was made between Roger de Mortuo Mari and Maud his wife, demandants, and Humphrey de Bohun the younger and Eleanor his wife, deforicants, touching the purparty of Maud of the inheritance of William de Brehusa, father of Maud and Eleanor, whose heirs these are . … (S) CPRs.

9/20/1260, Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex, John de Plessis, earl of Warwick, Henry of Almain, the king’s nephew, John Mansel, treasurer of York, Eudo la Zouche, Humphrey de Bohun, junior, Robert de Tweng, … (S) The Royal Charter Witness Lists of Henry III, V292, P130.

1262, 19-year-old Gilbert de Clare became the heir of his father and was put under the guardianship of Humphrey.

4/12/1263, Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester, began a rebellion of young barons.

5/14/1264, Humphrey one of the key leaders of the rebel faction’s success at the Battle of Lewes. [Fighting against his father.]

5/14/1264, Lord Edward (I) and his father King Henry III captured by Montfort at the battle of Lewes, Sussex, “at the Mill of the Hide”. An estimated 2700 died. Lord Edward and his knights penetrated the center of Montfort’s army, but was flanked on both sides by armored calvary.

1264-65, Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester, effectively ruled England.

7/23/1264, Commitment during pleasure … to Humphrey de Bohun the younger of the castle of Winchester; … (S) CPRs.

Eleanor died; buried an Llanthony Priory.

[––Humphrey––]

Bef. 10/7/1264, Humphrey married Joan de Quincy (d.11/1283), d/o Robert de Quincy & Ellen of Wales. [No children].

10/14/1264, Ralph de Wyleton, keeper of the isle of Lundy, to deliver the isle and castle to Humphrey de Bohun the younger. (S) CPRs.

11/9/1264, Whereas the king granted his houses of Havering to Humphrey de Bohun the younger to dwell in with his wife and household, … (S) CPRs.

11/17/1264, Commitment during pleasure to Humphrey de Bohun the younger of the manor of Havering to keep, … (S) CPRs.

1/18/1265, Pardon at the instance of Humphrey de Bohun the younger … (S) CPRs.

2/16/1265, Prohibition to Simon de Monte Forti, earl of Leicester, Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester, … Humphrey de Bohun, … going … to Dunstaple to tourney there, upon pain of forfeiture of all lands, … (S) CPRs.

6/3/1265, Mandate to Humphrey de Bohun to deliver the castle of Winchester to Henry de Hastinges, … (S) CPRs.

1265, Humphrey’s castle of Haverford in Pembroke captured by William de Valencia. (S) CPRs.

8/4/1265, Humphrey taken prisoner at the Battle of Evesham.

8/4/1265, Lord Edward (I) defeated Montfort’s army at the battle of Evesham, Worcester, ending the Baron’s Revolt and freeing his father, who was wounded. Montfort and 2 of his sons were killed.

10/27/1265, Humphrey died a prisoner at Beeston Castle; buried at Combermere Abbey, Cheshire. [Before his father.]

(S) Plantagenet Ancestry. (S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P100.

Family notes:

·         8/23/1273, Maurice son of Gerald, deceased, … held the barony of Offaly of Roger de Mortuo Mari and Matilda his wife, William de Cantilupo and Eva his wife, Humphrey de Bohun and Eleanor his wife, daughters of Eva de Breus, fifth heir of Walter and Anselm, the Marshals, by service of 12 knight’s fees. (S) CPRs.

Children of Humphrey and Eleanor:

i. Humphrey de Bohun (11819896), born 9/1248 in Essex, England.

ii. Eleanor de Bohun (23639701), born ~1253 in England.

iii. Margery de Bohun (4997381), born ~1260 in England.


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