Humphrey VIII de Bohun, , Earl Hereford & Essex^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1276 - 1322  (46 years)

• Name	Humphrey VIII de Bohun
  Suffix	, Earl Hereford & Essex
  Birth	ABT. 1276	Pleshey Castle, Essex, England   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Mar 1321/1322	Battle of Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England (slain)   [2, 5]
  Burial	Friars Preachers Church, York, Yorkshire, England
  Notes	Humphrey de Bohun VIII, born c1276, slain at Boroughbridge 16 Mar 1321/2,Earl of Hereford and Essex, Lord High Constable of England; married 14Nov 1302, Elizabeth Plantagenet, born Aug 1282, died 5 May 1316, daughterof King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile. [Magna ChartaSureties] ---------------------------------------- Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, Earl of Essex, and Lord HighConstable. In the 30th Edward I [1302-3], this nobleman gave and grantedunto the king, by a formal conversance, the inheritances of al his landsand lordships, as also of his earldoms of Hereford and Essex, and theconstableship of England, which, upon his marriage with ElizabethPlantagenet, widow of John, Earl of Holland, and dau. of the king, wereregranted to him and entailed upon his issue lawfully begotten by thatlady; in default thereof, and from and after the death of himself andwife, then the lordship of Plessets and certain other lordships in Essexand elsewhere, together with the constableship, should remain wholly tothe king and his heirs for ever. In the 34th of the same reign [13-6-7]he had a grant similarly entailed of the whole territory of Annandale, inScotland. After this his lordship was in the wars of Scotland and wastaken prisoner in the 7th Edward II (1313-14), at the disastrous battle(to the English) of Stryvelin. But he was exchanged for the wife ofRobert Bruce, who had long been captive in England. From this period wefind him constantly engaged in the service of the crown until the 14thyear of the king's reign [1321-22], when Edward learning that the earlwas raising forces in the marches of Wales against Hugh de Spencer theyounger, sent him a peremptory command to forbear, which his lordship notonly refused obeying but forthwith joined Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, inthe great insurrection then incited by that nobleman for the redress ofcertain grievances and the banishment of the Spencers. In his proceeding,however, he eventually lost his life, being run through the body by asoldier at the battle of Boroughbridge, in Yorkshire, where his partyreceived so signal a defeat on 16 March, 1321. The earl had issue fivesurviving sons and two surviving daus., viz., John, Humphrey, Edward,William, Humphrey, Alianore, and Margaret. The earl was s. by his eldestson, Sir John de Bohun, K.B. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and ExtinctPeerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 57, Bohun, Earls of Hereford,Earls of Essex, Earls of Northampton, and High Constables of England] DEAT PLAC Friars Preachers Church, York, Yorkshire, England BURI PLAC Friars Preachers Church, York, England
  Person ID	I2826	Wilson-Maynard Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2002

  
  

  Father	Humphrey VII de Bohun, , Earl Hereford & Essex,   b. ABT. 1249, Herefordshire, England d. 31 Dec 1298, Pleshey Castle, Essex, England (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Maud de Fiennes,   b. ABT. 1231, Wendover Manor, Buckinghamshire, England d. 6 Nov 1298 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	1275  [6]
  Family ID	F1515	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Plantagenet, , Princess of England,   b. Aug 1282, Rhuddlan Castle, Flintshire, Wales d. 5 May 1316, Quendon, Essex, England (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	14 Nov 1302	Westminster, London, England   [5]
  Children	1. Eleanor de Bohun,   b. BEF. 17 Oct 1305, Quendon,Essex,England d. 7 Oct 1363, Ireland (Age > 57 years)   2. Margaret de Bohun, Heiress of Powderham,   b. 3 Apr 1311, of, Caldecote, Northamptonshire, England d. 16 Dec 1391, Exeter,Devon,England (Age 80 years)   3. John De Bohun, Earl of Hereford & Essex,   b. 23 Nov 1306, St Clements, Oxfordshire, England d. 20 Jan 1335/1336, Sp (Age 29 years)   4. WILLIAM DE KNT GARTER BOHUN, EARL NORTHAMPTON,   b. Abt 1312, of, Caldecot, Northampton, England d. 16 Sep 1360, Caldecot, Northampton, England (Age 48 years)   5. Isabel de Bohun,   b. 5 May 1316, , Quendon, Essex, England d. YOUNG   6. Agnes Bohun,   b. Nov 1309, Caldecot, Northamptonshire, England   7. Edward de Bohun,   b. Abt 1312, of, Caldecot, Northamptonshire, England d. 1334, (Sp) (Age 22 years)   8. AENEAS DE BOHUN,   b. 1313/1315, OF Caldecot, Nrthmptn, ENGLAND, ENGLAND d. 1331 (Age 16 years)   9. HUMPHREY DE BOHUN, [EARL OF HEREFOR,   b. Abt 20 Oct 1305, OF, Pleshey Castle, ESSEX, ENGLAND d. 15 Oct 1361, Unmd (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F1245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - ABT. 1276 - Pleshey Castle, Essex, England Marriage - 14 Nov 1302 - Westminster, London, England Death - 16 Mar 1321/1322 - Battle of Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England (slain) Burial - - Friars Preachers Church, York, Yorkshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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