Humphrey de Bohun

- 1265

• Name	Humphrey de Bohun
  Birth	of Havering, Essex, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	of Kimbolton, Essex, England   [2]
  Death	27 Oct 1265	Beeston Castle, Cheshire, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Combermere Abbey, Cheshire, England   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I13051	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of LMW
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Humphrey de Bohun,   b. Aft 28 Apr 1199   d. 24 Sep 1275 (Age < 75 years)
  Mother	Maud of Eu   d. 14 Aug 1241
  Family ID	F6431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Eleanor de Briouze   d. Bef 25 Jun 1252
  Children	+ 1. Eleanor de Bohun   d. 20 Feb 1314 + 2. Humphrey de Bohun,   b. Abt Sep 1248   d. 31 Dec 1298, Pleshey, Essex, England (Age ~ 50 years)
  Family ID	F8190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Joan de Quincy   d. 25 Nov 1283
  Family ID	F18631	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2020

  
  

• Notes

  "He supported Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, in his failed rebellion against the King, was one of the chief leaders of the rebel party at the battle of Lewes, 14 May 1264, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Evesham (2nd Barons' War), 4 Aug 1265. Sent to Beeston Castle, he died there in captivity." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.] "Humphrey de Bohun, s. and h., had a grant in 1254 as eldest s. of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, of 80 marks a year at the Exchequer till the King could provide for him in lands of that yearly value. In 1257 he was among those who assisted his father to keep the marches between Montgomery and the land of the Earl of Gloucester, and in 1263 was ordered to join his father at Hereford to defend the lands and fortify the castles on the marches against Llywellyn. He joined the Barons against the King, and on 23 July 1264.had the custody of the Castle of Winchester, which he was ordered to surrender 3 June 1265. He had also (15 Sep. 1264) the Island and Castle of Lundy, and (17 Nov. 1264) the manor of Havering, Essex. He fought at the Battle of Evesham, 4. Aug. 1265, where he was taken prisoner." {Complete Peerage 6:462]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1526] The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, Wife of Reverend John Owsley, Generations 1-15, Fourth Preliminary Edition, by Ronny O. Bodine and Bro. Thomas Spalding, Jr. 2013. [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013. [S4892] Peter Stewart, 2 Dec 2020, post to soc.genealogy.medieval., year only.