(1) Earl of Hereford and Lord High Constable of England
(2) Ob. 1273, Inq. p.m. 1 Edw. I, No. 1
(3) Pedigree in Visitation of Cornwall, Vivian ed., 1887, p.105
(4) Humphrey de Bohun V: (b.1208, d.September 24, 1275, buried Llanthony,
Gloucestershire). He married (#1.) Maud de Eu, daughter of Raoul de Exoudun I,
Comte de Eu. He married #2. Maud de Avesbury, by whom he had a son John, Lord
of Haresfield. He was called "the Good" and was the second Earl of Hereford
and first Earl of Essex. He was also constable of England. After the death of
his uncle, William de Mandeville, his mother's brother, in 1227, he was created
Earl of Essex. In 1227 he joined Richard of Cornwall in his quarrel with the
king. He served as Marshal of the household at the coronation of Queen Eleanor
in 1236 and at the christening of Prince Edward in 1239 he was one of the
sponsors. He was the sheriff of Kent from 1239 to 1241. He took part in
Henry's French expedition of 1242, but retired with other nobles in disgust at
the king's partiality to the foreigners. In 1244 he aided in repressing a
Welsh rising on the marches/borders. In 1246 he joined in the letter of
remonstrance from the English peers to Pope Innocent IV. He was present in the
parliament of 1248 and two years later went on a crusade to the Holy Land. He
defended Simon de Montfort in 1252. In 1257 he had custody of part of the
Welsh marches and was in the Welsh war. He joined the barons who formed the
confederation for redress of grievances in 1258, and he had a share in the
settlement of the government under the Provisions of Oxford, being one of the
original commissioners, and subsequently one of the council of fifteen. In
1260 he was an itinerant justice for the counties of Gloucester, Worcester, and
Hereford. In 1623 he supported the king against Simon de Montfort while his
son Humphrey VI supported Simon. He was taken prisoner in the battle of Lewes
in 1264.--Adec,FHL 929.273,C769w
