Humphrey (Bohun) de Bohun (1304 - 1304)

Born 10 Sep 1304 in Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Died 28 Oct 1304 at age 0 in Fulham, Middlesex, England

Biography

Humphrey was born on 10 September 1304 at Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire.^[1] His mother was churched on 11 October 1304.^[2] The Wardrobe Accounts for 30 October in the regnal year 1303/4 (1304 in modern reckoning) record a payment to "Robert le Norreys, a servant of the Lady Elizabeth, Countess of Hereford, for bringing news to the Prince of the birth of the 1st son of the said Countess."^[3][4] Unfortunately, by this date he had already died at Fulham, Middlesex, on 28 October 1304.^[2] He was buried at Westminster Abbey on 8 November 1304.^[2]

Research Notes

Alison Weir in Britain's Royal Families gives his dates as about 1303 to 1305 and his first name as "Hugh or Humphrey".^[5] Flores Historiarum gives his first name as Hugh (ablative "Hugone" in its Latin).^[6] Other sources, including the cartularies of Walden and Llanthony Abbeys^[1], just have Humphrey as his first name.

Douglas Richardson gives the birth date as before 30 October 1303, mentioning a record in the Wardrobe Accounts for a payment to Roger le Norreys for bringing news of his birth.^[4] Cartulary evidence makes it clear that it was 1304 when Humphrey was born^[1], and the payment was therefore made in the regnal year 1303/4, which ended on 19 November 1304.

Mary Anne Everett Green, in her Lives of the Princesses of England, suggests a birth date of 1306^[7] but that is clearly wrong.

Douglas Richardson gives Humphrey's burial place as Westminster Abbey.^[4] T Anna Leese in her Blood Royal states that it was Walden Priory, Essex^[8] but that is wrong: there are records for both his burial at Westminster Abbey and for that of his sister Margaret in the same tomb.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Walden and LLanthony Abbey Cartularies, quoted in The Children of Elizabeth, Countess of Hereford, Daughter of Edward I of England, Brad Verity, Foundations (Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy) 6, 2006, pp.4-5. Note that the Walden Abbey Cartulary confuses his birth date with his death date.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Verity, Brad. The Children of Elizabeth, Countess of Hereford, Daughter of Edward I of England, Foundations (Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy) 6, 2006, pp.4-5
3. ↑ Brayley, Edward W (editor). The Graphic Illustrator, an Original Miscellany of Literary, Antiquarian, and Topographical Information, pub. J Chidley, London, 1834, p.90, Internet Archive
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd edition, 2011, Vol. I p.241, Google Books, BOHUN 5i
5. ↑ Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families, new Pimlico edition 2002, reissued by Vintage Books 2008, p.85
6. ↑ Luard, Henry Richards. Flores Historiarum, Vol. 3, 1266-1326, 1890, p.129 Internet Archive
7. ↑ Green, Mary Anne Everett, Lives of the Princesses of England, Vol. 3, pub. Henry Coleman 1851, p.49, Internet Archive
8. ↑ Leese, T Anna. Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399, Heritage Books 2007, p.113

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013, Vol.1 p.422. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry
• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.

Acknowledgements

This profile derives partly from the import of the following GEDCOMS:

• My Family_2011-08-21.ged on Aug 21, 2011 by Kate G
• Tribal Pages 0004.ged on 25 March 2011