Edward Bohun 1310-1334

Paternal Family Tree: Bohun

Maternal Family Tree: Etienette Countess Provence and Arles

On 8th January 1297 John Gerulfing I Count Holland [aged 13] and [his mother] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland [aged 14] were married at Ipswich, Suffolk [Map]. She by marriage Countess Holland. The wedding was attended by her sister [his aunt] Margaret Plantagenet Duchess Brabant [aged 21], her father [his grandfather] King Edward I [aged 57], her brother [his uncle] Edward [aged 12] and her future second husband Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 21]. She the daughter of King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England. He the son of Floris Gerulfing V Count Holland and Beatrix Dampierre. They were half third cousin twice removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Stephen I England.

On 16th March 1322 the rebel army led by Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln [aged 44] attempted to cross the bridge over the River Ure (between Ripon and York) at Boroughbridge Bridge [Map]. Their path was blocked by forces loyal to the King led by Andrew Harclay 1st Earl Carlisle [aged 52]. Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere [aged 46], Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March [aged 34], John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort [aged 57] and John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers [aged 32] fought for the rebels. Roger Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford [aged 22], Nicholas Longford [aged 37], Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln, John Mowbray 2nd Baron Mowbray [aged 35] were captured.

Warin Lisle [aged 51] was hanged after the battle at Pontefract [Map].

Following the battle Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester [aged 31] and his wife Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester were both imprisoned. He in Nottingham Castle [Map] and she in Sempringham Priory [Map].

John Clinton 2nd Baron Clinton [aged 22], Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke [aged 22], William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby [aged 46], Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle [aged 34], Domhnall Mar II Earl of Mar [aged 29] and Peter Saltmarsh [aged 42] fought for the King.

Adam Everingham 1st Baron Everingham of Laxton [aged 43] was captured.

[his father] Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex [aged 46] was killed. His son [his brother] John [aged 15] succeeded 5th Earl Hereford, 4th Earl Essex.

Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison [aged 31] fough for the rebels, and was captured.

Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley [aged 55] surrendered before the battle and was imprisoned in Wallingford Castle [Map] for the rest of his life

John Giffard 2nd Baron Giffard Brimpsfield [aged 34] was captured.

Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March was imprisoned at Tower of London [Map].

In 1325 [his brother] John Bohun 5th Earl Hereford 4th Earl Essex [aged 18] and [his sister-in-law] Alice Fitzalan Countess Essex and Hereford were married. She by marriage Countess Essex, Countess Hereford. She the daughter of Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel [aged 39] and Alice Warenne Countess Arundel. He the son of [his father] Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex and [his mother] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland. They were half third cousins. He a grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John of England.

On 11th August 1325 [his brother-in-law] Hugh Courtenay 2nd or 10th Earl Devon [aged 22] and [his sister] Margaret Bohun Countess Devon [aged 14] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex and [his mother] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland. He the son of Hugh Courtenay 1st or 9th Earl Devon [aged 48] and Agnes St John Countess Devon [aged 50]. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

In 1327 [his brother-in-law] James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde [aged 22] and [his sister] Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex and [his mother] Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland. He the son of Edmund Butler 1st Earl Carrick. They were fourth cousins. She a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

In 1328 [his brother-in-law] James Butler 1st Earl Ormonde [aged 23] was created 1st Earl Ormonde. [his sister] Eleanor Bohun Countess Ormonde [aged 23] by marriage Countess Ormonde.

Patent Rolls. 20th January 1330. The like to Edward de Bohun [aged 20], the king's kinsman, and others for the Westminster, death of Hugh de Turpliton, knight, and Richard de Monemuth accidentally killed by them while arresting Roger de Mortuo Mari, earl of March, in Nottingham Castle pursuant to the king's orders. By K. & C.

On 27th January 1332 Edward Bohun [aged 22] and Margaret Ros [aged 9] were married. He the son of Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex and Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Adam Murimuth Continuation. In this year, around the feast of Saint Martin [11th November], Edward Bohun [aged 24] was drowned1 on the Scottish march while trying to rescue his squire who was pursuing stolen livestock, and neither of them escaped.

Hoc anno, circa festum sancti Martini, dominus Edwardus le Boun fuit submersus in marchia Scociæ, dum voluit liberare domicellum suum fugantem prædam animalium, ita quod neuter evasit.

Note 1. Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke: "In this year [1334], around the feast of Saint Martin, Lord Edward le Bohun, a nobleman of high character, was drowned in the Scottish March. He saw his young squire in danger, attempting to drive a herd of livestock across a river. To aid him, he directed his warhorse into the riverbed. But because of the slipperiness of large, round stones over which the water flowed, the horse, unable to keep its footing, fell along with his armoured master. Before anyone could come to his aid, he was submerged in the depths and drowned."

Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses

Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.

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Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. In this year [1334], around the feast of Saint Martin [11th November], Lord Edward le Bohun [aged 24],1 a nobleman of high character, was drowned in the Scottish March. He saw his young squire in danger, attempting to drive a herd of livestock across a river. To aid him, he directed his warhorse into the riverbed. But because of the slipperiness of large, round stones over which the water flowed, the horse, unable to keep its footing, fell along with his armoured master. Before anyone could come to his aid, he was submerged in the depths and drowned.

Hoc anno, circa festum sancti Martini, dominus Edwardus le Bohun, nobilis indolis, fuit in marchia Scocie submersus. Domicellum nempe suum volentem predam pecudum trans flumen fugare percepit periclitantem, in cuius adiutorium dextrarium suum in alveum direxit, ubi, pre limpitudine lapidum grossorum et spericorum super quos aqua decurrebat, dextrarius impotens stabilire pedem cecidit cum domino suo armato, antequam aliquis poterat iuvare, submerso in profundum.

Note 1. Brother of John, earl of Hereford, and son of Humphrey, earl of Hereford, who was slain at Boroughbridge.

Around 11th November 1334 Edward Bohun [aged 24] drowned; see Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke

In 1341 [his former wife] Margaret Ros [aged 18] died in Musgrave.

Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. They consulted Robert de Holland, who had long served as watchman in the castle and knew all the most secret passageways. He showed them how, by night, the king and his friends might reach the queen's chamber in the castle's outer precincts without the gatekeepers knowing. Guided by torches, the watchman led the king through a certain underground passage that began in a remote area outside the castle and ended in the middle of the kitchen or great hall of the main tower, where the queen was lodged. From the depths of this tunnel, the king's friends emerged armed, with drawn swords, and made their way to the queen's chamber, which by God's grace they found open. The king himself, also armed, waited outside the door so that his mother would not see him. Inside, they encountered Sir Hugh de Turpington,1 who tried to resist them but was killed, the blow struck by Lord John de Neville of Hornby. Then they found the queen nearly ready to retire to bed, and with her was the Earl of March, whom they had come to arrest. They seized him and led him out into the great hall, while the queen cried aloud: 'Fair son, fair son, have pity on gentle Mortimer!' suspecting her son's presence, though she did not see him with her own eyes. They quickly sent for the keys of the castle and took control of all the strongholds into the king's hands, all done so secretly that no one outside the castle was aware, except the king's closest friends.

Consulunt sibi adiuratum Robertum de Heland, qui speculator extitit in castro per multos annos et cui omnia diverticula castri secretissima nota fuerunt, quomodo de nocte ad cameram regine de territorio extra castrum, sine scitu ianitorum, rex et sui amici aditum haberent. Speculator predictus torticibus accensis duxit dominum suum regem per quoddam iter secretum subterraneum, quod incipit a remotis extra castrum et terminatur ad medium coquine vel aule turris principalis, ubi fuit ospitata regina. De medio igitur fundo et tramite subterraneo prosilientes, regis amici ad cameram regine, quam per Dei graciam invenerunt apertam, armati strictis ensibus proficissebantur, rege eciam armato extra hostium camere, ne a matre sua videretur, expectante. Ingressi occiderunt Hugonem de Turpintone militem, resistenciam eiis inferre conantem, domino Iohanne de Neville de Horneby ictum dirigente. Deinde invenerunt reginam matrem quasi paratam ad lecti soporem, et comitem Marchie quem volebant; et captum secum abducebant in aulam, clamante regina: 'Beal fitz, beal fitz, ejez pitie de gentil Mortymer'. Suspectam enim habuit filii presenciam, quam oculo non percepit. Mittunt celeriter pro clavibus castri, omnem firmaturam loci in manus regias capientes, set ita secrete quod hoc nulli patuit extra castrum, nisi regis amicis.

Note 1. A pardon was issued to Edward Bohun and others for the slaying of Hugh de Turpington and Richard de Monmouth; Calendar Patent Rolls, (4 Edward III), 108.

Edward Bohun 1310-1334 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Edward Bohun 1310-1334

Kings Wessex: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 11 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 13 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 11 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings England: Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 12 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 4 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Ancestors of Edward Bohun 1310-1334

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 5 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Bohun 1st Earl Hereford Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Dunkeld Duchess Brittany Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex 2 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Fitzpeter 1st Earl Essex

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Mandeville Countess Hereford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Saye

Great x 1 Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 3 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Lusignan

Great x 3 Grandfather: Raoul Lusignan Count of Eu

Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda Lusignan Countess Hereford and Essex

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alix Eu

Grandfather: Humphrey Bohun 3rd Earl Hereford 2nd Earl Essex 4 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William de Braose 4th Baron Bramber 5 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald de Braose 8th Baron Abergavenny 6th Baron Bramber 6 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 2 Grandfather: William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber 7 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandmother: Graecia Briwere

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor de Braose 7 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzgilbert

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sybil of Salisbury

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eva Marshal 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke 4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

father: Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex 5 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Eustace Fiennes

Great x 3 Grandfather: Engeurrand "Crusader" Fiennes

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alix Unknown

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Fiennes 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 4 Grandfather: Guillaume Flanders 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sibylle Flanders 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 1 Grandfather: Enguerrand Ingleram Fiennes 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alberic Dammartin

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Dammartin 10 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Clermont 9 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois 8 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Grandmother: Maud Fiennes Countess Essex and Hereford 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Provence

Edward Bohun Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Plantagenet Duke Normandy 9 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Empress Matilda daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: King John of England son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Saint" Poitiers X Duke Aquitaine 3 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Aenor Chatellerault Duchess Aquitaine

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Henry III of England son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Taillefer" VI Count Angoulême 11 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Aymer I Count Angoulême 12 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Courtenay 3 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Courtenay Countess Angoulême 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Courtenay 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Grandfather: King Edward I of England son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso II King Aragon -2 x Great Grandson of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence son of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Great x 2 Grandfather: Raymond IV Count Provence Grandson of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 4 Grandfather: Rainou of Sabran

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy 11 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy 12 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence 13 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandfather: William I Count Geneva

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy

mother: Princess Elizabeth of Rhuddlan Countess Essex, Hereford and Holland daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon -2 x Great Grandson of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinand II King Leon son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon 11 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alfonso IX King Leon Grandson of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Great x 4 Grandfather: Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal 3 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal 11 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon Great Grandson of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Great x 4 Grandfather: Sancho III King Castile son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso VIII King Castile Grandson of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Blanche Ramirez Queen Consort Castile

Great x 2 Grandmother: Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Consort Castile daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Granddaughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alberic Dammartin

Great x 2 Grandfather: Simon Dammartin 10 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Clermont 9 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois 8 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon 2 x Great Granddaughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Montgomery I Count Ponthieu 5 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Montgomery IV Count Ponthieu 6 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice St Pol Countess Ponthieu

Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie Montgomery Countess Ponthieu Great Granddaughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis VII King of the Franks 3 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alys Capet Countess Ponthieu Granddaughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Constance of Castile Queen of the Franks daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon