Humphrey II de Bohun (died 1164/5) of
in Wiltshire and of
Caldicot Castle
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in south-east
Wales
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, 4th
feudal baron of
Trowbridge
Trowbridge ( ) is the county town of Wiltshire, England, on the River Biss in the west of the county. It is near the border with Somerset and lies southeast of Bath, 31 miles (49 km) southwest of Swindon and 20 miles (32 km) southeas ...
, was an
Anglo-Norman nobleman, the third generation of the Bohun family settled in England after the
Norman Conquest
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of 1066.
Origins
He was the son and heir of
Humphrey I de Bohun (died ''c''.1123), 3rd feudal baron of Trowbridge, by his wife Maud of Salisbury, a daughter of
Edward of Salisbury (died 1130), an
Anglo-Saxon and 2nd
feudal baron of
Trowbridge
Trowbridge ( ) is the county town of Wiltshire, England, on the River Biss in the west of the county. It is near the border with Somerset and lies southeast of Bath, 31 miles (49 km) southwest of Swindon and 20 miles (32 km) southeas ...
and of
Chitterne
Chitterne is a village and civil parish in the county of Wiltshire, in the south west of England. The village lies in the middle of Salisbury Plain, about east of the town of Warminster.
The Chitterne Brook, a small tributary of the River Wyly ...
, both in Wiltshire.
Career
Following his father's death in about 1123 he inherited large estates centred on
, the
caput
Latin words and phrases
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