Humphrey VII de [Earl] BOHUN

Birth:

1251

Death:

Abt 30 Nov 1298

Pleshy, Essex, England

Burial:

Walden, England

Marriage:

20 Jul 1275

Father:

Humphrey VI de BOHUN

Mother:

Alianor BROASE

Notes:

                       (1) Earl of Hereford and Essex, heir of his grandfather, aged 34 at his
    Death, Inq. p.m. 1 Edw. I, No. 1
    (2) Lord High Constable of England
    (3) Died 1297, Inq. p.m. 27 Edw. I, No. 142
    (4) Pedigree in Visitation of Cornwall, Vivian ed., 1887, p.106
    (5) Humphrey de Bohun VII:  (b.1251, d.December 31 or November 30, 1298,
    Pleshy, County Essex, buried Walden).  He married July 20, 1275, Maud de
    Fiennes, widow of John de Vescy and cousin of Queen Eleanor of England.  He was
    the third Earl of Hereford and second Earl of Essex and Constable of England.
    In 1292 he was fined and imprisoned.  In 1296/7 he escorted John, Earl of
    Holland, who had married the Princess Elizabeth Plantagenet, daughter of King
    Edward I, to Holland to claim his inheritance.  The princess, age 14, was
    married two years later at age 16 to Humphrey's own son Humphrey VII after her
    husband's death.  Until his death, Humphrey and Roger Bigod, fifth Earl of
    Norfolk, strongly opposed Edward I's measures for arbitrary taxation and early
    in 1297 he and Bigod refused to serve in Gascony on the plea they were not
    bound to foreign service except in company with the king.  At a levy of the
    military forces of the kingdom, the two earls refused to do their duty as
    constable and marshal and both were deprived.--Aedc,FHL 929.273,C769w

Maud de FIENNES

Birth:

1252

Father:

Blocked

Mother:

Blocked

Notes:

                       (1) Da. of William de Fienles
    (2) Named in Visitation of Cornwall, Vivian ed., 1887, p.106

Children

Marriage

Humphrey VIII de [Earl] BOHUN

Birth:

Abt 1276

of Pleshy Castle, Essex, England

Death:

24 Mar 1322

Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, England

Elizabeth (Plantagenet) [Princess of] ENGLAND

Marr:

25 Nov 1302

Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex,

Notes:

(1) Earl of Hereford and Essex, aged 22 at his father's death, Inq.p.m. 27
Edw. I, No.142; Gave Powderham to his d., Margaret, as a marriage portion;
Killed at Borough Bridge 1322; cr. 8th Earl of Essex 1302-1304: ped.--Vp106
(2) 8th Earl of Hereford; (suc'd in 1229--Dates); conveyed lands in 1302; slain
1321; md 1302-4 Princess Elizabeth, 1282-1316, d. of Edward I--CPv4p669; and
"widow" of John, Earl of Holland--BGT; had 8 sons and 9 daus.--CPv4; had 4
daus.--Dw v1p57
(3) Humphrey de Bohun VIII: (b.1276, d.March 16, 1322 at the Battle of
Boroughbridge, buried at Friars Preachers Church, County York). He married
November 25, 1302 at Westminster, Lady Elizabeth Plantagenet, daughter of King
Edward I and widow of John, Count of Holland. Humphrey was fourth Earl of
Hereford and third Earl of Essex and Constable of England. In 1301 he joined
the barons in their letter of protest to the pope from the parliament of
Lincoln. He took a leading part in the tournaments of Fulham in 1305 and at
Wallingford in 1307. In 1308 he was sent to Scotland to oppose Robert Bruce.
He was one of the twenty-one ordainers appointed to reform the government and
the king's household. The ordinances were accepted in October 1311, but three
months later the king recalled his banished favorite, Gaveston, and immediately
the barons, including de Bohun, took arms against Gaveston, captured and
beheaded him. Edward was powerless to punish the rebellious lords;
negotiations for peace were opened and in October 1313 the earls and their
followers were pardoned. In 1314 the war with Scotland was renewed and de
Bohun was taken prisoner at the battle of Bannockburn. He was later exchanged
for Elizabeth, wife of Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, who had long been held
captive in England. During the next six years the resentment of the barons
increased as the power of the two Despensers, father and son, grew over the
king. It finally came to a head at the battle of Boroughbridge in which the
king finally defeated the barons and de Bohun lost his life. Elizabeth was
born August 5, 1282, Rhudlan Castle, County Carnarvon and died May 5, 1316 and
was buried at Walden Abbey. By her Humphrey had six sons and four daughters.
--Aedc,FHL 929.273,C769w

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Humphrey VII de [Earl] Bohun - Maud de Fiennes

Humphrey VII de [Earl] Bohun was born at 1251. His parents were Humphrey VI de Bohun and Alianor Broase.

He married Maud de Fiennes 20 Jul 1275 . Maud de Fiennes was born at 1252 .

They were the parents of 1 child:
Humphrey VIII de [Earl] Bohun born Abt 1276.

Humphrey VII de [Earl] Bohun died Abt 30 Nov 1298 at Pleshy, Essex, England .