Family: Humphrey de Bohun VIII, Earl of Hereford and Essex / Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, Countess of Hereford (F2265)

m. 14 Nov 1302

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  • Humphrey de Bohun VIII, Earl of Hereford and Essex Male
    Humphrey de Bohun VIII, Earl of Hereford and Essex

    Birth  1276  Pleshey Castle, Pleshey, Essex, England

    Pleshey Castle, Pleshey, Essex, England

    Very little remains of the castle save the earthworks and moat.
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    Death  16 Mar 1321  Boroughbridge, Yorkshiure, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial  Aft 16 Mar 1321  Blackfriars Abbey Church, York, Yorkshire, England
    Blackfriars Abbey Church, York, Yorkshire, England
    Now in ruins
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    Marriage  14 Nov 1302  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Westminster Abbey, London, England

    Westminster Abbey, London, England

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    Father  Humphrey de Bohun VII, Earl of Hereford and Essex | F2267 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Maud de Fiennes | F2267 Group Sheet 

    Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, Countess of Hereford Female
    Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, Countess of Hereford

    Birth  7 Aug 1282  Rhuddlan Castle, Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales

    Rhuddlan Castle, Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales

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    Death  5 May 1316  Quendon, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial  23 May 1316  Walden Abbey, Saffron Walden, Essex, England
    Walden Abbey was dissolved under Henry VIII, Sir Thomas Audley purchased the property and tore the Abbey down to build Audley End House.
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    Other Spouse  John I, Count of Holland, Earl of Holland, Zealand and Lord of Friezeland | F2266 
    Marriage  8 Jan 1297  Priory of the Holy Trinity, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
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    Father  Edward I, King of England | F2193 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Eleanor of Castile, Queen of England | F2193 Group Sheet 

    Female
    Margaret de Bohun

    Birth  1302  Tynemouth, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  7 Feb 1304   
    Burial  After 7 Feb 1304  Westminster Abbey, London, England

    Westminster Abbey, London, England

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    Male
    Humphrey de Bohun

    Birth  10 Sep 1304  Knaresborough Castle, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England

    Knaresborough Castle, 

    Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England

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    Death     
    Burial  8 Nov 1304  Westminster Abbey, London, England

    Westminster Abbey, London, England

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    Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormond Female
    Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormond

    Birth  17 Oct 1304   
    Death  7 Oct 1363  Vachery Manor, Cranleigh, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Spouse  James Butler, Earl of Ormond | F7881 
    Marriage  Feb 1328 to 21 Nov 1328   
    Spouse  Thomas, Lord Dagworth | F8437 
    Marriage  24 Jan 1344  Vachery Manor, Cranleigh, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location

    Male
    John de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex

    Birth  23 Nov 1305  Pleshey Castle, Pleshey, Essex, England

    Pleshey Castle, Pleshey, Essex, England

    Very little remains of the castle save the earthworks and moat.
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    Death  20 Jan 1335  Kirkby Thore, Westmorelandshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Abbey of St Mary's, Stratford Langthorne, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Alice FitzAlan | F8434 
    Marriage  1325   
    Spouse  Margaret Basset, Countess of Hereford and Essex | F8435 
    Marriage  by 1330   

    Male
    Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, Lord High Constable

    Birth  Between 1309 and 1311  Lochmaben Castle, Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  16 Oct 1361  Pleshey Castle, Pleshey, Essex, England

    Pleshey Castle, Pleshey, Essex, England

    Very little remains of the castle save the earthworks and moat.
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    Burial    Austin Friars, London, England
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    Female
    + Margaret de Bohun, Countess of Devon

    Birth  3 Apr 1311  Caldecote, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  27 Dec 1391   
    Burial  After 27 Dec 1391  Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Sir Hugh de Courtenay, KG, Earl of Devon | F2272 
    Marriage  11 Aug 1325   

    Male
    + Sir William de Bohun, KG, Earl of Northampton

    Birth  Abt 1309  Caldicot Castle, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales
    Caldicot Castle, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales
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    Death  16 Sep 1360   
    Burial    Walden Abbey, Saffron Walden, Essex, England
    Walden Abbey was dissolved under Henry VIII, Sir Thomas Audley purchased the property and tore the Abbey down to build Audley End House.
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    Spouse  Elizabeth de Badlesmere, Countess of Northampton | F2273 
    Marriage  1335  England Find all individuals with events at this location

    Male
    Sir Edward de Bohun of Annandale

    Birth  Abt 1309  Caldicot Castle, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales
    Caldicot Castle, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales
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    Death  Before 8 Nov 1334  Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Walden Abbey, Saffron Walden, Essex, England
    Walden Abbey was dissolved under Henry VIII, Sir Thomas Audley purchased the property and tore the Abbey down to build Audley End House.
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    Spouse  Margaret de Ros | F8436 
    Marriage     

    Male
    Eneas de Bohun

    Birth  Abt 1313   
    Death  29 Sep 1331  Kimbolton Castle, Kimbolton, Cambrdgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Walden Abbey, Saffron Walden, Essex, England
    Walden Abbey was dissolved under Henry VIII, Sir Thomas Audley purchased the property and tore the Abbey down to build Audley End House.
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    Female
    Isabella de Bohun

    Birth  5 May 1316  Quendon, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  6 May 1316 to 30 May 1316  Quendon, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial  After 30 May 1316  Waltham Abbey, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Sources

    🟢 Primary Evidence
    🟡 Secondary Evidence
    🟠 Tertiary Evidence
    🔴 Unreliable Evidence

    1. [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982).

    2. [S309] Fraser, Antonia. The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975).

    3. [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html).

    4. [S1875] Verity, Brad. "The Children of Elizabeth, Countess of Hereford, Daughter of Edward I of England", (Vowchurch, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, volume 6, 2014).

    5. [S1569] Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage web site, (Wellington, New Zealand: http://www.thepeerage.com/index.htm, 2019).

    6. [S1460] Norr, Vernon M. Some Early English Pedigrees , (Washington DC: by author, 1968).

    7. [S304] Wikipedia, Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford.

    8. [S304] Wikipedia, Elizabeth of Rhuddlan.




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