BOHUN, Humphrey de II

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• Name	BOHUN, Humphrey de
  Suffix	II
  Nickname	The Great
  Birth	Abt 1070	Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	1129	Tatterford, Walsingham, Norfolk, England
  WAC	13 Feb 1931	SLAKE
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  Father	BOHUN, Humphrey de ,   b. Abt 1030, Bohun, Normandy, France Bohun, Normandy, France
  Family ID	F25045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	D'EXOUDUN, Maud
  Family ID	F25044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	DEVEREAUX, Maud Matilda ,   b. Abt 1070, Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, Englandd. 1142, Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1087	England
  Children	1 son and 1 daughter
  1. BOHUN, Eleanor de ,   b. 1250, Hertsfordshire, England Hertsfordshire, Englandd. Bef 20 Feb 1314, Saffron Walden, Essex, England (Age < 64 years) + 2. BOHUN, Knight Humphrey de III ,   b. Abt 1101, Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, Englandd. 6 Apr 1187, England (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F25021	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Lady Maud brought large estates to her husband. succeeded his father as lord of Taterford. He was Sheriff of Wiltshire and Bearer of the Royal Standard in 1120 in the battle of Benneville in Normandy. Humphrey married Maud (Mathilda or Mahaut, who died 1142), daughter of Edward de Salisbury, between 1087 and 1100. The dowry gave him important estates in the Wiltshire area and the barony of Trowbridge. This was the first of a series of marriages which benefitted the Bohons. Humphrey I de Bohun (died about 1123) was an Anglo-Norman aristocrat, the youngest son of Humphrey with the Beard, who had taken part in the Norman conquest of England in 1066. He married Maud, a daughter of the Anglo-Saxon landholder Edward of Salisbury, through whom he acquired an honour in Wiltshire with its seat at Trowbridge. He was succeeded by his son Humphrey II, who with his mother founded the Cluniac priory of Monkton Farleigh to fulfill the late Humphrey's wishes. By his marriage he was "the founder of the fortunes of his family" and for this reason is usually enumerated "Humphrey I" even though he was the second Humphrey de Bohun in England. He has even been called Humphrey the Great. Steward to William II Rufus. Benefited from the favor of William II Rufus. Gave church of Bishop Street in Salisbury (Wiltshire) to LewesAbbey. Gave church of Cheleworth to the St. Dennis Priory (Southampton). Excerpted from Les Seigneurs de Bohon by Jean LeMelletier, Coutances: Arnaud-Bellee, 1978: .The sources for this branch of the Bohons, earls of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, are all English. The name Bohon was changed to Boun, Boon, Bowne, etc. It was later considered to signify master or boss. Humfridus, Onfroi, and Honfroy are translated as Humphrey. The frequent repetition of the first name Humphrey causes a lot of confusion. The English begin their line with the first Humphrey born in Great Britain, who is our Humphrey II. Humphrey II, known as Humphrey the Magnificent or Humphrey the Great, benefitted from the favor of King William Rufus (son of William the Conqueror). His signature is on a number of papers of Henry I. Thus we can follow him around England(1103-1109), then in Normandy at Avranches (1113) and Rouen (1119), then in England (1121), back to Rouen (1125), and back to England (1128). Humphrey II gave the church of Bishop Street in Salisbury (Wiltshire) to the Lewes Abbey (next to Newhaven) and the church of Cheleworth to the St. Dennis priory (Southampton). He was a witness at the founding of Savigney Abbey by Ralph de Fougeres. Humphrey married Maud (Mathilda or Mahaut, who died 1142), daughter of Edward de Salisbury, between 1087 and 1100. The dowry gave him important estates in the Wiltshire area and the barony of Trowbridge. This was the first of a series of marriages which benefitted the Bohons. They had a daughter, Maud, and a son, Humphrey III. Humphrey II died around 1129. Humphrey de Bohun, surnamed "the Great," by command of king William Rufus, m. Maud, dau. of Edward de Saresbury (progenitor of the ancient Earls of Salisbury), by whom he acquired large estates in the co. of Wilts, and had issue, Maud, and his successor, Humphrey III de Bohun. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, London, 1883, p. 57, Bohun, Earls of Hereford, Earls of Essex, Earls of Northampton, and High Constables of England]