John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford & Essex

Male - 1335


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  • Name John de Bohun  [1
    Suffix 5th Earl of Hereford & Essex 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1335 
    Person ID I7562  adkinshorton
    Last Modified 18 Nov 2017 

    Father Humphrey VII de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford,   b. 1276,   d. 16 Mar 1321/22  (Age 46 years) 
    Mother Princess Elizabeth PLANTAGENET, of Rhuddlan,   b. 7 Aug 1282, Rhuddlan Castle, Denbigshire, Wales, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 May 1316, Quendon, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years) 
    Family ID F25890  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • John de Bohun, successor to his father, as Earl of Hereford, Earl of Essex, and Lord High Constable. He was elected as a Knight of the Bath in the 20th year of Edward II., having, by special command of Price Edward, the robes for that solemnity out of the royal wardrobe, as for an earl. He served in the Scottish wars, being in an infirm state of health, was allowed in the 4th year of Edward III. to depute his brother Edward to execute the duties of constable. He married (1) Alice Fitz Alan, daughter of Edmund Fitz Alan, Earl of Arundel, and (2) Margaret Basset, daughter of Ralph Basset, Lord Basset, of Drayton, but had no issue. He died in 1335, when all his honors and estates devolved upon his next brother, Humphrey de Bohun IX.

  • Sources 
    1. [S18795] .


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