94559168. Earl Henry de Bohun & 94559169. Maud FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville
1176, Henry born in England, heir & s/o 189118336. Humphrey de Bohun &
189118337. Margaret of Huntingdon.
~1180, Maud born in Warwickshire, England, d/o 189118338. Earl Geoffrey FitzPiers &
189118339. Beatrice de Say.
1182, Henry’s father died.
1183–1187, Henry witnessed a charter of his mother to
Bradenstoke Priory.
1187, Henry’s paternal grandfather died as Earl of Hereford and
Lord Constable of England.
11/3/1189, Richard I crowned king of England.
1195-6, Henricus de Bohun paid 10s “dimidium militem" in
Berkshire. (S) FMG.
9/1197, Confederation between Richard of England and Baldwin,
count of Flanders and Hainaut, against Philip, king of England. … Henry de Bohun … The above witnesses were sworn
in Normandy, before the king of England and the Count of Flanders … (S) Life of
Philippe Auguste, Rigord, 1826.
5/27/1199, John crowned king
of England.
1199, Henry de Bohun, earl of
Hereford, held the town of Cheltenham. (S) Royal Spa at Cheltenham, Moreau,
1789, P12.
4/28/1200 at Porchester, Henry created Earl of Hereford by
charter. (S) Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper, Vs31-2, 1870, P6. [Henry
granted 20£ yearly from the third penny of the county of Hereford, on
conditions associated with an heir being born to King John.]
1200, Henry sent to Scotland with other nobles to summon his mother’s
brother, King William the Lion, to do homage to King John.
1200, Henry de Bohun obtained a market charter for his caput of
Trowbridge and had his officials lay out the market place in burgage plots. [He
had also modernised Trowbridge Castle and built a new church
outside the castle, St James.]
1201, Henry, earl of Hereford, claimed to hold all or part of
Heddington. [Henry held all of Heddington by 1212.] (S) History of Wiltshire,
V17, Calne, 2002.
5/5/1203 at Porchester, Henry, “Count of Hereford”, a witness
to King John’s specification of Queen Isabela’s dower. (S) Epistolæ.
5/5/1204, Charter of the Lady the Queen I. on her Dower. John,
by the grace of God, … Attesting, the Lords … Earl Roger le Bigot; W. Earl of
Arundel; … Henry de Bohun, Earl of Hereford; … (S) King John of England,
Chadwick, 1865, P192.
1204, Henry paid 50 marks and a palfrey [horse] to have 20
knights’ fees of the honour of Huntendon, given by King Henry II to his mother.
(S) Magna Charta of King John, Thomson, 1829, P278.
4/1205, Walter de Clifford named sheriff of Herefordshire.
1208, Henry de Bohun pardoned his debts in “Queen’s Gold”,
written off against other credits. (S) King John, Church, 2003, P192.
6/6/1210, King John launched successful attacks in Ireland with
700 ships. Earl Henry’s retinue had 10 knights [of his 30 fees held.] (S)
Studies in Taxation, Mitchell, 1914, P97.
1210, Henry, earl of Hereford, a witness to the official
account written by King John of his quarrel with William de Briouse.
1211, Henry charged scutage for 17 knights’ fees [and holding
14 others]. (S) English Baronies, Sanders, 1963, P7.
4/29/1212, Henry de Bohun, earl of Hereford, sued “curia regis”
by the William Longespee, earl of Salisbury, over the honour of Trowbridge. (S)
King John, the Braoses, and the Celtic Fringe, Holden
6/1213, Henry de Bohun tried to plead sickness [inadmissible
in a plea of service] for absence from a hearing about Towbridge; the honour of
Trowbridge was taken into the king's hands. (S) Magna Carta, Holt, 1992, P206.
1213-19, Grant of Maurice de Gant, …. Witnesses: Robert Fitz
Walter, Saier de Quincy, and Henry de Bohun.
1215, Prince Louis of France was approached by a group of
English barons who offered support in the overthrow of King John of England.
6/19/1215 at Runnymede near Windsor, King John forced to agree
to the terms of the Magna Carta.
10/11/1215, Henry de Bohun, earl of Hereford, in an agreement
with the convent of St. Pancras of Lewes. (S) Reports of Commissioners, 1874,
P3.
11/20/1215 at Bury St. Edmunds, Henry elected as one of the 25
to guarantee observance of the Magna Carta. (S) History, Gazeteer and Dir. of
Suffolk, 1874, P565.
12/16/1215, Henry excommunicated with the other Surety barons.
His lands were seized.
5/20/1216, Prince Louis crossed to England in 10 warships, with
1200 knight and 900 troops.
6/2/1216, Prince Louis proclaimed King in London. (S) A Primary
History of Britain, Smith, 1873, P66.
6/14/1216, Louis captured Winchester, and controlled half of
England.
10/18/1216, King John died.
1216, After the death of King John, Henry supported Louis of
France as the next King.
10/28/1216, Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.
5/20/1217, Louis’ forces, combined with rebel English barons,
lost at the battle of Lincoln to William Marshall. Henry was captured at the battle.
(S) FMG.
9/12/1217, For 10,000 marks and some land exchanges, Prince Louis
forfeited his claim to the English crown by the treaty at Kingston-on-Thames.
6/1218, King Henry’s Council informed the sheriff of Hereford
[and of other counties] that they recognized the right of Jews to live in
certain towns and have their own communities. (S) Jewish Communities of
Medieval England, Dobson, 2010.
1219, Henry left on a crusade. [Likely with Prince Louis.]
6/1/1220, Henry died on crusade; his body buried at Llanthony
Priory near Gloucester. (S) FMG.
1222, Maud relict of Henry Earl of Hereford released to William
Longespée and Ela all her right to dower in the manor of Trowbridge. (S)
History of Wiltshire, V7, 1953.
1222, Heddington held in dower by Maud with the assent of Ela
and her husband William Longespee. (S) History of Wiltshire, V17, Calne, 2002.
1227, Maud heiress to her brother William de Mandeville, Earl
of Essex, becoming Countess of Essex.
Maud married Roger de Dauntsey.
2/22/1228, A fine paid by ‘Rogerus de Antese et Matildis
comitissa Herefordie uxor eius’ for a debt of ‘W. comes Essexie frater ipsius
comitisse.’ (S) FMG.
1229, Maud received manors in Essex and property in Hampshire
by settlement with her half-brother John Fitz Geoffrey.
1232, Henry de Kemeseck brought a suit against Roger de
Dauntesia and maud his wife for the advowson of East Tilbury church. [Maud
tenet in capite of East Tilbury.] (S) Transactions, Essex, 1906, P103. [The
next year Henry sued Maud’s half brother John fitz Geoffrey over East Tilbury,
citing this suit.]
4/24/1233, Maud divorced from Roger [no children from
marriage.]
1/25/1235, Grant to Maud, countess of Essex, that in the event
of the death of H. earl of Hereford, her son, to whom she had granted certain
lands of her fee to discharge her debts, all the lands shall revert to her. (S)
CPRs.
Bef. 7/1236, Maud’s divorce was revoked. (S) FMG.
8/27/1236, Maud died. (S) FMG.
(S) Royals and Nobles: A Genealogist’s Tool, Dillon, 2002, P90.
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P99.
Children of Henry and
Maud:
i. Humphrey de Bohun (47279584),
born by 1201 in Essex, England.
ii. Grace de Bohun, born
?.
Grace married Robert de Dunstanville.
