Humphrey de Bohun VI, Earl of Hereford, and Essex

Humphrey married Eleanor de Braiose in 1239 in Brecknock, Breconshire, Wales. Eleanor (daughter of William de Braose, Lord de Braiose and Eva Marshall) was buried in Llanthony Priory, Llanthony, Monmouthshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Humphrey de Bohun VII, Earl of Hereford and Essex was born in 1249; was christened in Walden Abbey, Saffron Walden, Essex, England; died on 31 Dec 1298 in Pleshey, Essex, England; was buried in Walden Abbey, Saffron Walden, Essex, England.
2. Alianore de Bohun died on 20 Feb 1313/14.

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• Title(s): say 1260

Notes:

Title(s):
He was the 2ed Earl of Hereford. He was also the Earl of Essex, the Constable of England, and the Sheriff of Kent.

Humphrey married Maud de Lusignan or d'Eu in 1236 in France. Maud (daughter of Raoul I de Lusignan, Count d'Eu and Alice d' Eu, Countesss of Eu) was born about 1208 in La Marche, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France; died on 12 Aug 1241. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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History:
He was the 5th Earl of Hereford, and the Sheriff of Kent.

In 1200, he was made the Hereditary Constable of England.

In 1215, he was a Magna Charta Surety.

Died:
He died on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

Henry married Maud FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, Countess of Essex about 1197. Maud (daughter of Geoffrey FitzPiers, Earl of Essex and Beatrice de Say, Countess Essex) died on 27 Aug 1236. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Raoul married Alice d' Eu, Countesss of Eu about 1191. Alice (daughter of Henry d'Eu, Count of Eu and Maud de Warenne) died on 15 May 1246. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Title(s): say 1230

Notes:

Title(s):
She was also the Lady of Hastings.

Notes:

Name:
He was Baron de Bohun, Lord of Hereford, and Constable of England.

Humphrey married Margaret de Huntingdon. Margaret (daughter of Henry of Huntingdon, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumberland and Ada de Warenne) was born in 1154 in Northumberland, England; died in 1201. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• General Information: Geoffrey, the 4thd Earl of Essex, was a prominent member of the government of England during the reigns of Richard I and John and served as the the Justiciar of England.
• Offices Held: 1184 to 1189; He was the Sheriff of Northants. He served again as Sheriff from 1191 to Easter 1194. From 1190 to 1193, he was Sheriff of Essex and Herts.
• Offices Held: 1185 to 1189; He was the Justice of the Forest from 1185 to 1189.
• Heir or Heiress: 1189; Geoffrey de Say inherited the Mandeville lands and titles but had to pay 7,000 marks to the crown for his succession. He failed to do so, and was then disseized. At this point Geoffrey FitzPies paid a fine of 3,000 marks and obtained all the Mandeville lands and titles through right of his wife, Beatrice.
• Offices Held: 1198 to 1200, Yorkshire, England; Geoffrey FitzPiers served as the Sheriff of York from 1198 to 1200.
• Offices Held: 1198 to 1204, Staffordshire, England; He was the Sheriff of Staffordshire at the same time as York that is 1198 to 1204.
• Religion: 1198; In 1198 he founded Shouldham Priory where he was partially buried.
• Offices Held: 11 Jul 1198; On 11 July 1198 he was appointed the Justiciar of England.
• Title(s): 27 May 1199; On 27 May 1199 he was created the 4th Earl of Essex.
• Last Full Review: 9 Jul 2021

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Buried:
Part of his body was buried at Holy Trinity Priory in London, the rest in Shouldham Priory.

Geoffrey married Beatrice de Say, Countess Essex before 25 Jan 1184. Beatrice (daughter of William de Say) was born about 1160 in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England; died on 19 Apr 1197 in Downham Market, Norfolk, England; was buried in Shouldham Priory, Shouldham, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Last Full Review: 9 Jul 2021

Notes:

Died:
She died in childbirth.

Hugh married [no first name] de Rancon, Dame de Fonenay in 1140 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Title(s): say 1160

Notes:

Title(s):
He was also the Lord of Hastings.

Henry married Maud de Warenne in 1179 in England. Maud (daughter of Hamelin Plantagenet, Earl of Surrey and Isabel de Warenne, Countess of Surrey) was born in 1163 in Surrey, England; died about 1212. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]