Humphrey de Bohun (died 1275), earl of Essex

2nd earl of Hereford

7th earl of Essex

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 24 September 1275.

This date is given by Vincent (ODBN), by Moor (1:107), and by the Complete Peerage (6:462).

Place of Burial: Llanthony (Prima) Priory, in Monmouthshire.

The place is given by Vincent (ODBN) and by the Complete Peerage (6:462).

Relationships

Father: Henry de Bohun (about 1175 - 1220).

This relationship is given by Vincent (ODBN), by Moor (1:107), and by the Complete Peerage (6:459). The relationship is recorded in a history and genealogy of the founders of Walden Abbey given in Dugdale (4:139), and in a history of the descendants of the founders of the Abbey of Llanthony given in Dugdale (6:135).

Mother: Maud (died 1236), daughter of Geoffrey fitz Peter, earl of Essex.

This relationship is given by Vincent (ODBN), by Moor (1:107), and by the Complete Peerage (6:459). The relationship is recorded in a history and genealogy of the founders of Walden Abbey given in Dugdale (4:139) and in a history of the descendants of the founders of the Abbey of Llanthony given in Dugdale (6:135). It is also recorded in a couple of fines: 19 Henry III (no. 101); 20 Henry III (no. 504).

Spouse: Matilda de Lusignan (died 1241).

This relationship is given by Vincent (ODBN), by Moor (1:107), and by the Complete Peerage (6:462). The relationship is recorded in a history and genealogy of the founders of Walden Abbey given in Dugdale (4:139) and in a history of the descendants of the founders of the Abbey of Llanthony given in Dugdale (6:135).

Spouse: Matilda of Avebury (died 1273).

This relationship is given by Vincent (ODBN), by Moor (1:107), and by the Complete Peerage (6:462). The relationship is recorded in a history and genealogy of the founders of Walden Abbey given in Dugdale (4:139) and in a history of the descendants of the founders of the Abbey of Llanthony given in Dugdale (6:135).

Children (by Matilda de Lusignan):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley and Vincent.)

Humphrey de Bohun (died 27 October 1265) married (1) Eleanor de Briouze; married (2) Joan de Quincy.

Matilda de Bohun (died 20 October 1252) married (1) Anselm Marshal, earl of Pembroke; married (2) Roger de Quincy, earl of Winchester.

Alice de Bohun married Roger de Tosny.

one or two other daughters

Children (by Matilda of Avebury):

John de Bohun.

Children (mother unclear):

Ralph de Bohun.

Henry de Bohun.

Savaric de Bohun.

References

Cawley, Charles. “Humphrey [VI] de Bohun” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. [Where I have found several of the citations]

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.

Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, Volume 2: Edward I (1906). [Humphrey’s IPMs are on p. 70, and p. 87.]

Henry III Fine Rolls Project. The National Archives and King’s College London (accessed 14 March 2015)

“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

[accessed 10 June 2014]

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

Vincent, Nicholas. “Bohun, Humphrey (IV) de, second earl of Hereford and seventh earl of Essex (d. 1275)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).