1310, Edmund born in England, s/o 1249358. Earl Roger de Mortimer & 1249359. Joan de Geneville.
~1312, William born in Caldecot, Northampton, England, 5th
s/o 5909948. Humphrey de Bohun &
5909949. Countess Elizabeth of Wales.
1312, Elizabeth born in England, d/o 5909950. Bartholomew de Badlesmere & 5909951. Margaret de Clare.
5/1/1315, Licence for Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford
and Essex, and Elizabeth his wife, to grant to William son of Humphrey de Bohun
… (S) CPRs.
[–– Edmund & Elizabeth ––]
6/27/1316, In the chapel of the manor of Ernwood,
Shropshire, Elizabeth 1st married to Edmund de Mortimer.
~1322, Edmund as a youth resided with his brother Roger and
the sons of the Earl of Hereford at Windsor.
1/24/1327, Edward III, age 14, succeeded Edward II as King
of England.
2/1/1327, Edmund knighted at the coronation of King Edward
III.
7/12/1330, Writ of aid for Roger de Mortuo Mari, earl of
March, Edmund de Mortuo Mari, his son and their deputies, appointed to survey
the array in the counties of … (S) CPRs.
9/19/1330, William assisted King Edward III in the capture
of the Roger de Mortimer, Earl of March. [Edmund’s father; Edmund’s brother
Geoffrey also helped. Neither Edmund nor Geoffrey were ever charged with crimes.]
12/21/1330, Writ of aid for Thomas Wake, Ebulo Lestraunge,
William de Bohun and Edward de Bohun, sent to bring queen Isabella from
Berkhamstede to spend Christmas at Windsor. (S) CPRs.
1331, The King restored lands to Edmund including the castle
and manor of Wigmore.
11/17/1331, Grant to William de Bohun, the king’s kinsman,
towards his sustenance in the king’s service, of the town of Basyngstoke, co.
Southampton, and £20 … (S) CPRs.
11/20/1331, Edmund summoned to parliament by writ.
11/29/1330, Edmund’s father executed.
1330-31, Owen ap Maudoc and Maredudd ap Maudoc of the
cantref of Cedewain state that they are the rightful heirs to this cantred, and
that their ancestors were seised of it until they were disseised by the
Mortimers. Roger Mortimer allowed them to keep a piece of land between the
River Severn and Ceri, but Edmund de Mortimer disseised them of this land also,
without judgment. (S) UKNA.
1331, Warrant and indenture as to delivery of certain goods
to Edmund de Mortimer. (S) UKNA, King’s Remembrancer.
1/1332 Edmund, Lord Mortimer, died at Stanton Lacy,
Shropshire. [Before his mother and paternal grandmother. His brother Roger
became the heir.]
1/21/1332, Order to the escheator on this side Trent to take
into the king's hand the lands late of Edmund de Mortuo Mari, deceased, tenant
in chief. (S) CFRs.
[––Elizabeth––]
9/9/1332, Grant to the king's kinsman, William de Bohun, for
good service, of the manors of Henton … and all other lands and farms which the
king's uncle, Thomas (5910166), earl of Norfolk and marshal of England had of
the king’s grant … (S) CFRs.
9/16/1332, Order to Roger Chaundos, escheator in the
counties of Hereford, Gloucester, Worcester, Salop and Stafford, and the march
of Wales adjacent, to deliver to Elizabeth, late the wife of Edmund de Mortuo
Mari, tenant in chief, the castles of Kentles and the lordship of Melleneth.
(S) CFRs.
1/29/1333, Commitment to Elizabeth, late the wife of Edmund
ele Mortuo Mari, York. deceased, tenant in chief, of the keeping of the castle
and manor of Wygemore and the manor of Clebury … (S) CFRs.
7/7/1333, Grant to John de Moeles of the marriage of
Elizabeth late the wife of Edmund de Mortuo Mari tenant in chief, or of her
forfeiture if she marry without licence. (S) CPRs.
1/1334, William attended the tournament at
Dunstable.
1334, William received a papal indult of plenary remission.
5/14/1335, William de Bohun, lord of Melynyth. (S) CPRs.
[–– William &
Elizabeth ––]
11/13/1335 in Castle Badlesmere, Kent, William married widow
Elizabeth de Badlesmere by papal dispensation.
3/1336, at Stratford, co. Essex, Thomas, earl of Norfolk,
the marshal, the king’s uncle, quit-claimed to William de Bohun, his nephew of
all his right in the farm of £800 … witnesses:- John, archbishop of Canterbury,
the chancellor, … (S) CPRs.
9/23/1336, Commitment to William de Bohun of the keeping of
the castle of Wygemor, late of Edmund de Mortuo Mari (30421176), tenant in
chief, to hold until the lawful age of the heir. (S) CFRs.
3/16/1337, William created 1st Earl of Northampton
[Nottingham]. [William’s seal reproduced the family arms.]
1337, William appointed a commissioner to treat with Philip
of France on Edward’s claim to the French crown.
10/3/1337, protection with clause volumus, until Easter, for
William de Bohun, earl of Northampton, going beyond seas on the king’s service.
(S) CPRs.
6/7/1338, Elizabeth, age 25, coheir to her brother Giles, 2nd
Lord Badlesmere. (S) UKNA.
6/12/1338, William’s older brother Humphrey, earl of
Hereford and Essex, granted him the office of Constable of England for life.
(S) CPRs.
7/1338, William on the King’s expedition sailing for
Antwerp.
7/1338, King Edward, unable to provoke a battle
with Philip VI of France by his various invasions of France, decided to attack
Flanders, which was economically tied to England through the wool market.
11/3/1338, The King authorized William to bring 100
sacks of his own wool custom-free to Antwerp to sell [to raise funds for his retinue.]
(S) CFRs. [Multiple records of this type during this period.]
1338-39, The Cambresis-Thierache campaign in
northern France [Hainaut]. There were about 1,400 men-at-arms, and nearly 3,000
archers together with their horses.
6/24/1340, William a leader at the naval battle of Sluys. A
sea battle – one of the opening conflicts of the Hundred Years' War. During the
battle the French navy was devasted, giving the English fleet mastery over the
channel. In a 9-hour battle the English attacked 166 French ships at their
moorings.
12/5/1340, … [King’s] kinsman, William de Bohun, earl of
Northampton, constable of England … (S) CFRs.
3/23/1341, Protection and writ of aid, … for William de
Bohun, earl of Northampton, who at the king’s request … for the furtherance of
some important business … by his men and servants to the port of Ipswich, … (S)
CPRs.
7/28/1341, Order to cause William de Ros and Margery his
wife, eldest sister and co-heir of Giles de Badlesmere … which belonged to
Giles and which Elizabeth holds in dower, … and which ought at her death to
revert to Margery, Matilda, the second sister of Giles, whom John de Veer, earl
of Oxford, married, Elizabeth, the third sister, whom William de Bohun, earl of
Northampton, married, and Margaret the 4th sister of Giles, whom John Tibetot
married, and with the assent of the said earls … (S) CCRs.
8/14/1341, Assignment to William de Bohun, earl of
Northampton, for wages of 280 men of arms, whereof 7, himself included, shall
be with the standard and 74 shall be knights, 200 armed men and 250 archers for
40 days … £1,085 … (S) CPRs.
7/1342,
The Battle of Brest off Brittany, a naval victory over Genoese and Spanish
forces.
8/18/1342, William with Robert of Artois, lands in Brest, and
then advances across Brittany and captures Vannes.
9/30/1342, In the opening phase of the Hundred Years War,
William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton, defeated Charles of Blois at Morlaix. 50
French knights were killed, and 150 captured. William then and took the town of
Roch-Dirien by assault. (S) Edward III, Ormrod, 2013, P250.
10/8/1342, William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton, staying
beyond the seas on the king’s service. (S) CPRs.
3/1/1343, Licence for … William de Bohun, Earl of
Northampton, and Elizabeth, his wife, to the abbot and convent of Waleden … (S)
CPRs.
1343, William fought in Scotland with Henry, Earl of
Lancaster, marching in relief of Lochmaben castle.
10/1/1343, Whereas Geoffrey de Charniz, knight, lately taken
prisoner in Brittany in war against the king, with the licence of William de
Bohun, earl of Northampton, whose prisoner he is, has gone to France to find
the money for his ransom, … (S) CPRs. [Geoffrey de Charniz was the commander of
the French knights at the battle of Morlaix.]
6/22/1344, William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton with other
earls and the king in the new chamber at Westminster, before the ninth hour,
when the king sealed certain letters. (S) CPRs.
6/1345, Earl William sailed for Brittany. [Soon after
landing one of his leaders defeated a force led by Charles de Blois near
Josselin.] (S) Edward III, Ormrod, 2013, P266.
7/12/1346, King Edward landed an invasion force of
10000 in Normandy, which marched north plundering the countryside. King Philip
VI, with 8000 horsemen and 4000 Genoese crossbowmen pursued.
8/16/1346, William attacked across the bridge over the Seine
at Poissy against militia guarding the north bank.
8/26/1346, William fought at the battle of Crecy, commanding
the forces on the right wing. Edward III vs. Philip VI, heralded the rise of
the longbow as the dominant weapon, and also saw the use of the ribauldequin, an early cannon, by the English. The
English longbowmen could fire much more quickly than the Genoese, with a
killing range of 250 yards.
9/1346, The English began the year-long siege of
the port of Calais. [Ended 8/1347, held by the English until 1558.]
1347, William at the siege of Calais, with 302 men in his
contingent. (S) English Historical Doc’s 1327-1485, Myers, 1996, P497.
1347-8, “Partition of the manor of Thaxted in Essex between
Marjory, late wife of William de Roos of Helmsley, Maud, wife of John de Vere,
Earl of Oxford, Elizabeth, wife of William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton and
John son of John Tibetot, son of Margaret; co-heirs of Giles de Badelesmere.”
(S) UKNA.
12/4/1347, Order to John de Coggeshale, escheator of Essex,
to make partition of the manor of Thaxstede, co. Essex, into 4 equal parts, and
to deliver to Margery (1249375) late the wife of William de Roos, eldest sister
and heir of Giles de Badlesmere, tenant in chief, John de Veer, earl of Oxford,
and Maud (2955095) his wife, 2nd sister and heir, and William de
Bohun, earl of Northampton, and Elizabeth (2954975) his wife, 3rd
sister and heir', their pourparties thereof, retaining in the king's hand the
pourparty of John son of John Tibetot until further order [John (d.1359) son of
Margaret (15210573), 4th sister.] (S) CFRs. [John’s 4th given
the same day to William de Bohun, earl of Northampton, until the full age of
the heir.]
3/14/1348, Gift to William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton, of
£1,611. (S) CPRs.
1348, The Black Death entered the west countryside of
England [likely entering through Bristol].
4/1349, William appointed Knight of the Garter after the
death of Hugh Courtenay.
6/1349, The Plague reached Dorset, and had spread across
England by the end of 1349.
8/20/1351, Order to the chancellor of Ireland to make a
partition into 4 parts of the lands, knights' fees, advowsons of churches, and
reversions late of Giles de Badelesmere, who held in chief, in Ireland, … [see
12/4/1347]. (S) CFRs.
5/4/1352, Licence for William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton,
and Elizabeth his wife, to grant to Philip ap Res, Joan his wife, … the manor
of Ideshale, … (S) CPRs.
7/3/1355, William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton, going
beyond the seas on the king’s service, has attorned … John Dengayne,
‘chivaler,’, Robert de Teye, … to receive all moneys due to him … (S) CPRs.
11/2/1355, King Edward III landing in Calais,
proceeds on raids into Pas de Calais, Artois and Picady.
6/8/1356, Elizabeth died; buried at Black Friars, London.
6/13/1356, Order to escheators in the counties of Hereford
and the march of Wales adjacent; Salop ; Somerset; Buckingham to take into the
king’s hands the lands whereof Elizabeth late the wife of William, earl of
Northampton, and sometime wife of Edmund de Mortuo Mari, held in dower or
otherwise for life of the inheritance of the said Edmund. (S) CFRs.
[––William––]
1356, William acquired the reversion of the lands of John de
Neville of Essex.
7/1356, William entertained his cousin Elizbeth de Burgh in London.
(S) Medieval London Widows, Barron, 1994, P42.
1357-9, William in Gascony.
2/12/1359, Commission of oyer … on complaint by 7/3/1355, William
de Bohun, Earl of Northampton, that … broke his closes at Ipswich, … (S) CPRs.
7/10/1359, Order to escheators in Kent and Sussex, Oxford,
London … Elizabeth late the wife of Hugh le Despenser (d.1342, s/o 5909950)
held the manors of Ereheth, co. Kent, and Drayton, co. Sussex, for life, by
name of dower after the death of Giles de Badlesmere, sometime her husband, of
the inheritance of Roger de Mortuo Mari (15210588), earl of March, son and heir
of Elizabeth (2954975) late the wife of William de Bohun, earl of Northampton,
sister and one of the heirs of the said Giles, now deceased … to deliver the
said manors to the earl … (S) CFRs.
11/3/1359, Grant to William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton, …
in the present voyage to France, that, if he die on the voyage, the executors
of his will shall have full and free administration … (S) CPRs.
10/1359,
King Edward, sailing from Sandwich to Calais with 1,100 ships, invaded France,
eventually taking Saint-Florentin and Tonnerre. Edward reached Paris, setting
the suburbs on fire, before turning back to Brittany [Edward decided a siege of
Paris was not feasible.] William de Bohun, earl of Northampton, in the
great invasion of France with 2 bannerets, paid 4s a day, with 29 knights, paid
2s a day, 126 esquires, paid 1s a day, and 200 mounted archers, paid 6d a day.
(S) History of the Family of Wrottesley, V1, 1903, P130.
9/16/1360, William died; buried in Walden Abbey, Essex.
9/20/1360, Order to the escheator in the counties of Essex
and Suffolk ; Buckingham and Bedford; Oxford and Berks; Lincoln ; Rutland ;
Dorset; Nottingham ; Kent; Hereford and the march of Wales adjacent to taken
into the king’s hand the lands late whereof William de Bohun, late earl of
Northampton was seised in his demesne as of fee on the day of his death. (S)
CFRs.
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P594, P104.
Children of Edmund and Elizabeth: [2 sons]
i. Roger de Mortimer
(15210588), born 11/11/1328 in England.
Children of William and Elizabeth: [1 son, 1 daughter]
i. Elizabeth de Bohun
(1477487), born 1336 in England.
ii. Humphrey de Bohun
(7605734), born 3/25/1341 in England.
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