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Baron Humphrey DE BOHUN, III
1109 - 1187 (78 years)-
Name Humphrey DE BOHUN Prefix Baron Suffix III Birth 1109 Hereford, Kimbolton, Hertford, England 
Gender Male _FSFTID G8TZ-BZ8 _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G8TZ-BZ8 _UID A440BE7A434F4BFE961DD6F8AD85431C0937 Burial 1187 Death 6 Apr 1187 Lanthony Abbey, Gloucestershire Person ID I3789 Carney Wehofer July 2025 Last Modified 9 Dec 2022
Father Baron Humphrey "The Great" DE BOHUN, II, b. 1070, Wiltshire, England d. 1140 (Age 70 years) Mother Maud D'EVEREAUX, b. 1093, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d. 1142 (Age 49 years) Marriage 1109 France Family ID F1851 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Eleanor DE BRAOSE, b. Abt 1230, Breconshire, Wales d. 10 Aug 1255, Llanthony Inn, Gloucestershire, England (Age ~ 25 years) Marriage Wales, England Children 1. Earl Humphrey DE BOHUN, VII, b. Abt 1249, Hereford, Herefordshire, England d. 31 Dec 1298, Pleshey, Essex, England (Age ~ 49 years)Family ID F1852 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
Family 2 Margaret FITZWALTER, b. Hereford, Herefordshire, England d. 1146, France Children 1. Margery DE BOHUN, b. Abt 1142 d. Yes, date unknown 2. Humphrey "The Young" DE BOHUN, IV, b. 1143, Warwick, Warwickshire, England d. 1182 (Age 39 years)3. John DE BOHUN, b. Abt 1150, England d. Yes, date unknown4. Robert Le Bon DE BOHUN, b. 1153 d. 1183, Scotland (Age 30 years)Family ID F1850 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
Family 3 Joane QUINCY d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F1853 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
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Notes - Humphrey was Steward and Sewer to King Henry I. This feudal lord married Margery, daughter of Milo de Gloucester, Earl of Hereford, Lord High Constable of England, last Lord Hereford of that family. She was co-heir with her sister Mabel. At the instigation of which Milo he espoused the cause of the Empress Maud and her son, afterwards Henry II, against the King Stephen, and so faithfully maintained his allegiance that the Empress, by her especial charter, granted him the office of steward and sewer, both in Normandy and England. In the 20th of Henry II this Humphrey accompanied Richard de Lacy, Justice of England, into Scotland with a powerful army to waste that country, and was one of the witnesses to the accord made by William, King of Scots, and King Henry as to the subjection of that kingdom to the crown of England.
Humphrey, third Baron de Bohon (1109-87) succeeded his father Humphrey the great in 1129 and became involved in the struggle for the throne of England on the death of Henry I in 1134. When King Henry II became king, Sir Humphrey became Steward of Henry II's household and was later named hereditary Constable of England, a position previously held by his father-in-law and then by his brother-in-law. Humphrey, in 1138, had married Margaret, daughter of Miles of Gloucester, Earl of Hereford and High Constable of England. When Miles sons died heirless, Henry II gave the title of High Constable to Miles' son-in-law, Humphrey, 3rd Baron de Bohon. Humphrey and Margaret of Gloucester had five sons, Humphrey, Richard, John, Miles and Robert.
King Henry II (1154-89) had many difficulties during his reign, including numerous revolts led by his sons. Humphrey (1109-87) the third Baron de Bohon, and his eldest son, Sir Humphrey (1141-83) usually known as the Young Earl of Hereford, remained loyal to Henry II throughout his reign. Sir John de Bohon, the third son, was a very close friend and supporter of Henry II's 4th son Geoffrey as long as Geoffrey lived. Sir Robert de Bohon, the youngest son, was a very close friend of Prince Henry; Henry II's second son and heir.
Sir Robert le Bon died in 1183, four years before his father Baron Humphrey de Bohon's death. Consequently, when Humphrey the third Baron died in 1187, he was succeeded by his 12 year old grandson, Henry (1176-1220) as fourth Baron de Bohon. Upon coming of age, Henry was knighted and made High Constable of England and held manor houses and castles at Caldicot, Haresfield, Oaksey and Walden in addition to the main Hereford holdings.
- Humphrey was Steward and Sewer to King Henry I. This feudal lord married Margery, daughter of Milo de Gloucester, Earl of Hereford, Lord High Constable of England, last Lord Hereford of that family. She was co-heir with her sister Mabel. At the instigation of which Milo he espoused the cause of the Empress Maud and her son, afterwards Henry II, against the King Stephen, and so faithfully maintained his allegiance that the Empress, by her especial charter, granted him the office of steward and sewer, both in Normandy and England. In the 20th of Henry II this Humphrey accompanied Richard de Lacy, Justice of England, into Scotland with a powerful army to waste that country, and was one of the witnesses to the accord made by William, King of Scots, and King Henry as to the subjection of that kingdom to the crown of England.