Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford

Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, 6th Earl of Essex, 2nd Earl of Northampton, KG (March 25, 1342 – January 16, 1373)[1] was the son of William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton, and Elizabeth de Badlesmere, and grandson of Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, by Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, daughter of King Edward I. He became heir to the Earldom of Hereford after the death of his childless uncle Humphrey de Bohun, 6th Earl of Hereford.

Arms of Sir Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, KG

Following King Peter I's visit to England, Humphrey participated in the sack of Alexandria in 1365.[2]

His wife and the mother of his daughters was Joan Fitzalan, daughter of Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel, and Eleanor of Lancaster, whom he married after 9 September 1359.

On his death, his estates were inherited by his two surviving daughters and his titles went into abeyance:

References

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  1. ^ Shaw, Wm. A. (1971). The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of All the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of the Knights Bachelors. Vol. 1. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 3. OCLC 247620448.
  2. ^ Anthony Goodman, The Loyal Conspiracy: The Lords Appellant under Richard II, (The University of Miami Press, 1971), 12.
  • Hazlitt, William Carew, and Thomas Blount. Tenures of Land & Customs of Manors. 4th. London: Ballentine and Company, 1874. ad
Political offices
Preceded by Lord High Constable
1361–1372
Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Earl of Northampton
1360–1373
In abeyance
Title next held by
Henry Bolingbroke
Preceded by Earl of Hereford
1361–1373
Extinct
or in abeyance or dormant
next held as dukedom by
Henry Bolingbroke
Earl of Essex
1361–1373
In abeyance
Title next held by
Thomas of Woodstock