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NameHenry de Bohun Earl of Hereford 
[104, Burials at Llanthony, Vol I, p. 169], [60, Hereford art, Vol VI, pp. 457-9], [54, His own article], [121, Trowbridge, Wilts barony, p. 92], [119, Father, Humfrid IV de Bohun, p. 332]
[104, Burials at Llanthony, Vol I, p. 169], [60, Hereford art, Vol VI, pp. 457-9], [54, His own article], [121, Trowbridge, Wilts barony, p. 92], [119, Father, Humfrid IV de Bohun, p. 332]Birth1176
Death1 Jun 1220, on pilgrimage in Holy Land
BurialLlanthony Priory, Glos
General1st Bohun earl: 1200. Supported barons re Gt Charter.
FatherHumphrey (IV) de Bohun (-ca1187)
MotherMargaret of Scotland (-1201)
Notes for Henry de Bohun Earl of Hereford
Hereditary Constable of England.
Armorial Blazon notes for Henry de Bohun Earl of Hereford
Azure, a bend argent cotised between six lioncels or - Boutell's Heraldry, 1973 edition, p. 67 and fig 301, p. 134.
BOMC has exactly the same.
NSMCD&B has:
Sable, six martlets, 3, 2 and 1, argent.
BOMC has exactly the same.
NSMCD&B has:
Sable, six martlets, 3, 2 and 1, argent.
DNB Main notes for Henry de Bohun Earl of Hereford
Bohun, Henry de, first Earl of Hereford 1176-1220
Name: Bohun, Henry de
Title: first Earl of Hereford
Dates: 1176-1220
Active Date: 1216
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Law
Occupation: Constable of England
Spouse: Maud, daughter of Geoffrey Fitz-Piers
Sources: Chronicles of Rog. Hoveden, Gervase of Canterbury, and Matt...
Contributor: E. M. T. [Edward Maunde Thompson]
Article
Bohun, Henry de, first Earl of Hereford 1176-1220, constable of England, was the grandson of Humphrey III de Bohun [q.v.] and Margaret, daughter of Milo of Gloucester, earl of Hereford and constable, through whom the hereditary right to the office of constable passed to the family of de Bohun. He was born in 1176, and on the accession of John was created earl of Hereford by charter 28 April 1199. In 1200 he was sent with other nobles to summon his uncle, William the Lion of Scotland, to appear at Lincoln to do homage. In 1215 he joined the confederate barons who obtained the concession of Magna Charta, and was one of the twenty-five appointed to insure its observance. On John's death he still adhered to the party of Louis of France, and was taken prisoner in the battle of Lincoln 20 May 1217. He died on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land 1 June 1220. His wife was Maud, daughter of Geoffrey Fitz-Piers, earl of Essex, by whom he had a son Humphrey V [q.v.], who succeeded him.
Sources
Chronicles of Rog. Hoveden, Gervase of Canterbury, and Matt. Paris; Dugdale's Baronage, i. 180.
Contributor: E. M. T.
published 1885
Name: Bohun, Henry de
Title: first Earl of Hereford
Dates: 1176-1220
Active Date: 1216
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Law
Occupation: Constable of England
Spouse: Maud, daughter of Geoffrey Fitz-Piers
Sources: Chronicles of Rog. Hoveden, Gervase of Canterbury, and Matt...
Contributor: E. M. T. [Edward Maunde Thompson]
Article
Bohun, Henry de, first Earl of Hereford 1176-1220, constable of England, was the grandson of Humphrey III de Bohun [q.v.] and Margaret, daughter of Milo of Gloucester, earl of Hereford and constable, through whom the hereditary right to the office of constable passed to the family of de Bohun. He was born in 1176, and on the accession of John was created earl of Hereford by charter 28 April 1199. In 1200 he was sent with other nobles to summon his uncle, William the Lion of Scotland, to appear at Lincoln to do homage. In 1215 he joined the confederate barons who obtained the concession of Magna Charta, and was one of the twenty-five appointed to insure its observance. On John's death he still adhered to the party of Louis of France, and was taken prisoner in the battle of Lincoln 20 May 1217. He died on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land 1 June 1220. His wife was Maud, daughter of Geoffrey Fitz-Piers, earl of Essex, by whom he had a son Humphrey V [q.v.], who succeeded him.
Sources
Chronicles of Rog. Hoveden, Gervase of Canterbury, and Matt. Paris; Dugdale's Baronage, i. 180.
Contributor: E. M. T.
published 1885