Humphrey I de Bohun (died ''c''.1123), of

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'' 3rd

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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) southe ...

, was an

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nobleman who by his lucrative marriage became "the founder of the fortunes of his family", later prominent in England as

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and

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. He is usually enumerated "Humphrey I" even though following his father he was the second "Humphrey de Bohun" settled in England. He has even been called ''Humphrey the Great''.

Origins

He was the youngest son of Humphrey de Bohun ("With the Beard") (''Cum Barba''), who had taken part in the

Norman Conquest of England The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Normans, Norman, Duchy of Brittany, Breton, County of Flanders, Flemish, and Kingdom of France, French troops, ...

of 1066,

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of Bohun (now Bohon) in

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and 18 km north-west of

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Marriage and children

He married Maud of Salisbury, a daughter of

Edward of Salisbury Edward of Salisbury was a nobleman and courtier (''curialis''), probably part Anglo-Saxon, who served as High Sheriff of Wiltshire during the reigns of William I, William II and Henry I. The ''Chronicon Abbatiae Rameseiensis'' (1293) names him as ...

(died 1130),

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 ...

,Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p.112 both in Wiltshire. Maud brought as her dowry the feudal barony of Trowbridge, whilst Chitterne was inherited by her brother Walter of Salisbury (died 1147). By his wife he had issue including: *

Humphrey II de Bohun Humphrey II de Bohun (died 1164/5) of Trowbridge Castle in Wiltshire and of Caldicot Castle in south-east Wales, 4th feudal baron of Trowbridge, was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, the third generation of the Bohun family settled in England after the N ...

(died 1165), eldest son and heir, feudal baron of Trowbridge. Together with his mother he founded the

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Monkton Farleigh Priory in

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, to fulfill his father's wishes. *Margaret de Bohun, wife of

Walter Fitz Robert Walter Fitz Robert of Woodham Walter (c. 1124–1198), lord of Little Dunmow, Essex, was steward under Stephen of England, having succeeded to that position upon the death of his father, Robert Fitz Richard. Walter died in 1198 and was buried at ...

, who died childless. *Ellen de Bohun, wife of Henry de Grey.

Sources

*Graeme White, "Bohun, Humphrey (III) de (b. before 1144, d. 1181)," ''

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography The ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (''DNB'') is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885. The updated ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (''ODNB'') was published on 23 September ...

'', Oxford University Press, 2004
accessed 20 December 2009.

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