Humphrey I de Bohun (died c.1123), of Trowbridge Castle in Wiltshire, jure uxoris 3rd1st post-Conquest baron was Brictric; 2nd was Edward of Salisbury (Sanders) feudal baron of Trowbridge,Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p.91 was an Anglo-Norman nobleman who by his lucrative marriage became "the founder of the fortunes of his family",Planché later prominent in England as Earls of Hereford and Earls of Essex. He is usually enumerated "Humphrey I" even though following his father he was the second "Humphrey de Bohun" settled in England.J. R. Planché, The Conqueror and his Companions (London, 1874), II, 65. He has even been called "Humphrey the Great".Melville M. Bigelow, "The Bohun Wills," American Historical Review, 1:3 (1896), 415.
Origins He was the youngest son of Humphrey de Bohun ("With the Beard") (Cum BarbaSanders), who had taken part in the Norman Conquest of England of 1066, lord of the manor of Bohun (now Bohon) in Manche, Normandy (in the 12th century split into two separate parishes of Saint-Georges-de-Bohon and Saint-André-de-BohonRené Gautier, 601 communes et lieux de vie de la Manche, éditions du patrimoine normand, p. 499), 26 km north-east of Coutances and 18 km north-west of Saint-Lô.
Marriage and children He married Maud of Salisbury, a daughter of Edward of Salisbury (died 1130),Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p.112 feudal baron of TrowbridgeSanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p.91 and of Chitterne,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 (died 1165), eldest son and heir, feudal baron of Trowbridge. Together with his mother he founded the Cluniac Monkton Farleigh Priory in Wiltshire, to fulfill his father's wishes. Margaret de Bohun, wife of Walter Fitz Robert, 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, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 20 December 2009.
See also Bohun family
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