Individual Details
Humphrey VI de Bohun Earl of Hereford & Essex
(1224 - 6 Nov 1298)
Humphrey de Bohun was a very distinguished person amongst the rebellious
barons in the reign of Henry III. In the 41st of that monarch, 1263, he
was excommunicated with Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, and others
for plundering divers churches and committing sacrilege. He was
afterwards one of the commanders at Lewes, where the King was made
prisoner, and was constituted Governor of Goodrich and Winchester
Castles. In the year following he commanded theinfantry at the Battle of
Evesham, where he fell into the hands of the Royalists, and was sent
prisoner to Beeston Castle in Cheshire, where he soon afterwards died,
leaving issue by his wife Eleanor, daughter of William de Braose, of
Brecknock, and co-heir of her mother Eve, one of five daughters of
William Mareschal, Earl of Pembroke.
This is the ancestry of the Wiley and Dorr families of Maine. It was begun by Leonore Dorr and Keneth Wiley. it is a legay of their love of family
barons in the reign of Henry III. In the 41st of that monarch, 1263, he
was excommunicated with Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, and others
for plundering divers churches and committing sacrilege. He was
afterwards one of the commanders at Lewes, where the King was made
prisoner, and was constituted Governor of Goodrich and Winchester
Castles. In the year following he commanded theinfantry at the Battle of
Evesham, where he fell into the hands of the Royalists, and was sent
prisoner to Beeston Castle in Cheshire, where he soon afterwards died,
leaving issue by his wife Eleanor, daughter of William de Braose, of
Brecknock, and co-heir of her mother Eve, one of five daughters of
William Mareschal, Earl of Pembroke.
This is the ancestry of the Wiley and Dorr families of Maine. It was begun by Leonore Dorr and Keneth Wiley. it is a legay of their love of family
Events
| Birth | 1224 | Pleshey Castle, Essex, England | |||
| Marriage | 1239 | Brecknock, Breconshire, Wales - | |||
| Marriage | 1275 | Eleanor de Braose Countess of Hereford | |||
| Death | 6 Nov 1298 | Pleshey Castle, Essex, England |
Families
| Spouse | Eleanor de Braose Countess of Hereford ( - 1275) |
| Child | Margery (Elizabeth) de Bohun Heiress of Bisley (1254 - ) |
| Child | Humphrey VII de Bohun 3rd Earl of Hereford and 2nd Earl of Essex (1249 - 1298) |
| Child | Alice de Bohun (1235 - 1264) |
| Father | Humphrey V de Bohun Earl of Hereford & Essex (1143 - 1220) |
| Mother | Maud de Lusignan ( - ) |