Sir John de Bohun of Midhurst (died 1284)
Of Midhurst, Ford, and Rustington, Sussex and of Ballymadden, co. Kildare.
Events
Date of Birth: 1249.
Place of Birth: unknown.
The date is given by Hope. Sir John is aged 26 in his father’s inquisition post mortem of 1 Edward I.
Date of Death: 28 September 1284.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by the Complete Peerage (2:200), by Watson, and by Hope.
Relationships
Father: Sir Frank de Bohun of Midhurst.
This relationship is given the Complete Peerage (2:200), by Watson, and by the Sussex VCH (4:sub Midhurst).
Mother: Sibyl de Ferrers.
This relationship is given the Complete Peerage (2:200), by Watson, and by the Sussex VCH (4:sub Midhurst).
Spouse: Joan de la Chapelle.
This relationship is given the Complete Peerage (2:200), by Watson, and by the Sussex VCH (4:sub Midhurst). Joan was John’s step-sister. Earlier sources incorrectly give Joan de Bath.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. These children are given by Watson and by Hope.)
John de Bohun (born 2 June 1275 - died about 1297).
James de Bohun (3 February 1280/1 at Ford, Sussex - about May 1306) married Joan de Brewes.
Richard de Bohun.
Joan de Bohun.
Sybil de Bohun.
Evidence
John’s inquisition post mortem:
John de Bohun alias de Boun, of the county of Sussex.
Writ 18 October 12 Edw. I.
Sussex.
Extent, Wednesday before St. Edmund the archbishop, 12 Edw. I.
Midhurst. The manor (full extent given), including 36s. 8d. rent of assize of the burgesses of Midhurst called 'potteresgavel,' held, with Forde and Rustyntone, of the lords of the castle of Arundell by service of 3 knights' fees.
He died on the eve of St. Michael, 12 Edw. I. John his son, aged 9 at Whitsunday in that year, is his next heir.
Sussex.
Extent. Thursday the day of St. Clement, 13 Edw. I.
Forde. The manor (full extent given), including 30a. meadow at Prestebrok, held of the lords of the castle of Arundell, together with the manor of Midhurst of which it is member, and Rustynton, by service of 3 knights' fees.
Date of death, and heir, as above.
Sussex.
Extent. Friday the morrow of St. Clement, 13 Edw. I.
Shottesden. 20s. rent, which Savericus de Boun and Isabel his wife hold of the gift of John de Boun, held of the king in chief, service unknown.
Rustingthon. The manor, a member of Midhurst manor (full extent given), including 73s. 10d. rent for the meadows of Prestebrok and for the north brook (pro broka borial'), and 13a. land called Geresheker, held with Forde and Midhurst, as abovesaid.
Date of death, and heir, as above.
Sussex.
nq. (undated.)
Nytimbre. The manor, held of Sir William le Say, by service of ½ knight's fee; but the said John was not seised thereof in his demesne as of fee on the day he died, for he and Joan his wife, of whose inheritance the manor was, enfeoffed John de Bockynge and Alice his wife thereof for their lives by fine made in the king's court, and they had ingress on Wednesday before the Invention of the Holy Cross, 10 Edw. I.
Heir as above.
Sussex.
nq. (undated.)
Fordes. The manor, held with Midhurst and Rustynton manors (as abovesaid); but the said John was not seised thereof in his demesne as of fee on the day he died, for he enfeoffed the bishop of Durham thereof long before his death, viz.—on Tuesday after SS. Peter and Paul, 12 Edw. I.
Heir as above.
Writ of certiorari concerning the manner of the feoffment which the said John made to Gregory de Rokesle of the manor of Rustenton, 22 Oct. 12 Edw. I.
Sussex.
Inq. (undated.)
Rustyntone. The manor was delivered by the said John to Gregory de Rokesle to farm at Whitsunday, 11 Edw. I. for twelve years from the feast of St. Michael following, excepting the lands &c. which he held of Savericus de Boun for life, and afterwards at the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula following he made his charter to the said Gregory of the said manor for life after the said twelve years for 100l. yearly, saving the lands held of the said Savericus. And afterwards the said John made to the bishop of Durham his charter of the said manor to him and his heirs and assigns in fee, doing the accustomed services to the lords of the fee, and of the abovesaid 100l. yearly ; and afterwards the said Gregory resigned to the said bishop his charter of feoffment on Tuesday after SS. Peter and Paul, 12 Edw. I., saving to himself his said term of twelve years.
He died on the eve of St. Michael at the end of 12 Edw. I.
References
Calendar[s] of Inquisitions Post Mortem. [Public Record Office. Digital versions available at British History Online.]
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).
Hope, W St John, Cowdray and Easebourne Priory. (1919).
'Midhurst', in A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 4, the Rape of Chichester, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1953), pp. 74-80
Watson, G.W. “The Bohuns of Midhurst” in The Genealogist (New Series v. xxviii) (1912).