De Bohun family

Humphry is said to have been a kinsman and a companion in arms of William the Conqueror. Humphrey was the godfather of William and was certainly close to him because we see the names of William, duchess Mathilde, and their children associated with Humphrey's children. Old English books designate him Humfridus cum Barba or Humphrey with the Beard. His beard distinguished him from other Norman knights of the period because they habitually shaved. He was in possession of the lordship of Taterford in Norfolk. This family originated from Bohon in the arrondissement of St. Lo in the Cotentin, Normandy, where there still exists St. Andre and St. Georges De Bohon. The mound of the old castle is still visible. Humphrey is reported in the chronicles of Wace as the companion of the Conqueror at Senlac. He is reputed to have been a near kinsman of Duke William, but how or in what degree is unknown. The fact remains that the witnesses to the Benedictine priory at St George's in 1092, were all members of King William's immediate family or branches thereof.

Humphrey is mentioned in the Domesday Book (a great census taken of all the lands and people in England as ordered by William, between 1080 and 1086) as a champion and defender of the throne, and as lord of Taterford in Norfolk. Much of his wealth is attributed to the goodwill of William and the spoils of the campaigns, which was not a unique situation. ... more

In 1158 the manor of Caldicot passed to Humphrey de Bohun III, Earl of Hereford. He was responsible for building the stone keep and curtain walls of the present-day Castle. The de Bohun family held Caldicot for over two centuries.

• A1. Henry de Bohun, lvd:975;
  • B1. Henry de Bohun;
    • C1. Sir Henry de Bohun, m. Margaret d'Eu;
      • D1. Humphry de Bohun of Taterford, lvd:1066;
        • E1. Humphry de Bohun, Sheriff of Wiltshire, d:1129, m. Matilda de Evreux;
          • F1. Humphry de Bohun, Lord of Hereford, m. Margery de Gloucester;
            • G1. Humphry de Bohun, Constable of England, d:1187, m. Princess Margaret of Scotland;  ==>  House of Dunkeld
              • H1. Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford, d:1220, m. Maud FitzGeoffrey;
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  • I1. Humphry de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, lvd:1208/1275, m. Maud d'Lusignan;  ==>  Counts of Lusignan
    • J1. Sir Humphry de Bohun, d:1265, m. Eleanor de Braose;  ==>  Braose family
      • K1. Alianore de Bohun, d:1314, m. Robert de Ferrers;  <==  Ferrers family
      • K2. Humphry de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, Earl of Essex, d:1297, m. Maud de Fiennes;  ==>  de Fiennes family
        • L1. Sir Henry de Bohun, Knight, d:1314 in Battle of Bannockburn;
        • L2. Humphry de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, Earl of Essex, d:1321, m. Elizabeth Plantagenet;  ==>  Plantagenet
          • M1. Margaret de Bohun, d:1391, m. Hugh Courtenay;  <==  Courtenay family
          • M2. Agnes de Bohun, m. Robert de Ferrers;  <==  Ferrers family
          • M3. Alianore de Bohun, m. James Butler;  <==  Butler family
          • M4. William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton, d:1360, m. Elizabeth de Baldesmere;
            • N1. Elizabeth de Bohun, lvd:1359, m. Richard FitzAlan;  <==  FitzAlan family
            • N2. Humphry de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Northampton, lvd:1341/1372, m. Joane FitzAlan;  ==>  FitzAlan family
              • O1. Eleanor de Bohun, lvd:1366/1399, m. Thomas Plantagenet;  <==  Plantagenet