Humphrey de Bohun (about 1249 - 1298), earl of Essex

3rd earl of Hereford

8th earl of Essex

Events

Date of Birth: about 1249

This date is given by Waugh (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (6:463). The inquisition post mortem of Humphrey’s father (CIPM C. Hen. III. File 34. (8). no. 654) states that he was aged 18 1/2 in 1267.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 31 December 1298.

Place of Death: Pleshey.

The date and place are given by Waugh (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (6:465). In an inquisition post mortem (CIPM Edw. I, File 92 (8)), Humphrey is stated to have died “at the manor of Plassetis on the eve of the Circumcision in the year abovesaid [27 Edw. I.]” The “Annales de Wigornia” s.a. 1298 (Luard p. 540) have: “Secundo kal. Januarii obiit Umfredus comes Herefordiæ, et in monasterio de Waledene sepelitur.”

Place of Burial: Walden Priory, Essex.

The place is given by Waugh (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (6:465). It is recorded in a history and genealogy of the founders and benefactors of Walden, given in Dugdale (4:139).

Relationships

Father: Humphrey de Bohun (died 1265).

This relationship is given by Waugh (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (6:463). It is recorded in the inquisition post mortem of Humphrey’s father (CIPM C. Hen. III. File 34. (8). no. 654), and in Dugdale (6:1:135), in an extract from the chronicle of the Abbey of Llanthony Secunda: “Humfredus sextus supradictus, post mortem matris suæ, vivente adhuc patre suo, desponsavit Alianoram de Brewes, hæredem de Brekenoke, prædicta: De quibus procreati fuerunt Humfredus septimus de Bohun, comes Herefordiæ et Essexiæ, constabularius Angliæ et dominus Breconiæ.”

Mother: Eleanor de Briouze.

This relationship is given by Waugh. It is recorded in the inquisition post mortem of Humphrey’s father (CIPM C. Hen. III. File 34. (8). no. 654), and in Dugdale (6:1:135), quoted above. It is also recorded in Dugdale (5:271).

Spouse: Maud de Fiennes. Married 1275.

This relationship is given by Waugh (ODBN) and by the Complete Peerage (6:463). Moor (1:107) notes the charter of marriage is dated 11 January 1275. The relationship is recorded in Dugdale (6:1:135) in an extract from the chronicle of the Abbey of Llanthony Secunda: “Humfredus septimus de Bohun desponsavit Matildem de Fenes.” Letters patent dated 15-20 June 1275 describing a marriage bond and arrangements for dower are given in the Calendar of Charter Rolls (Vol. 2, pp. 190-192).

Children:

Humphrey de Bohun (about 1276 - 16 March 1322) married Elizabeth of Rhuddlan 14 November 1302.

References

“Annales Prioratus de Wigornia A.D. 1-1377” in Luard, Henry Richards (ed.) Annales Monastici Volume 4 (London:1869). pp. 353-567.

Calendar of the Charter Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office Volume 2. Henry III - Edward I A.d. 1257 - 1300. (London 1906).

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).

Diaz Pascual, Lucia. The de Bohun Dynasty: Power, Identity and Piety 1066-1399. (Ph.D. thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London: 2017).

Dugdale, William. Monasticon Anglicanum (London: 1817-1840) 6 Volumes.

“Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry III, File 34”, Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 1: Henry III (1904), pp. 203-208. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=108030

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“Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward I File 92 (8)” , Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 3: Edward I (1912) pp. 424-426.

Moor, Charles. Knights of Edward I (London: Harleian Society 1929-1932).

Rees, W. "The Medieval Lordship of Brecon", Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmordorion (1915-16), 165-225.

Waugh, Scott L. “Bohun, Humphrey (VI) de, third earl of Hereford and eighth earl of Essex (c. 1249 - 1298)”, in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).