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John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford, 4th Earl of Essex, was born 23 November 1306 in Pleshey Castle, Essex, England, United Kingdom to Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford (1276-1321) and Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (1282-1316) and died 20 January 1336 of unspecified causes. He married Alice FitzAlan (1314-c1385) 1325 JL . He married Margaret Basset (-aft1347) .

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Counter seal of John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford

Biography

John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford (23 November 1306 – 20 January 1336) was born in St Clement's, Oxford to Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, a daughter of Edward I of England.

After his father's death at the Battle of Boroughbridge, the family lands were forfeited. It was not until after the fall of the Despensers that John was permitted to succeed to his inherited position as Earl of Hereford and Essex, hereditary Constable of England, and Lord of Brecknock.

Marriages

He married firstly, in 1325, to Alice FitzAlan (died 1326), daughter of Edmund FitzAlan, 2nd Earl of Arundel, and secondly to Margaret Basset (died 1355). After the marriage, it was discovered that the couple were related to the fourth degree of consanguinity and they were forced to live apart. An appeal to Pope John XXII resulted on 19 February 1331 in a papal commission to the bishops of Lichfield and London to hold an enquiry into the case.[1] However, Roger Northburgh, the Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, failed to act and the case was still pending when the Pope issued a further demand for an enquiry in 1334. [2]

Death

He did not play much of a public role, despite his high titles and offices, most likely because he had some sort of incapacity.[3] His younger brothers were often deputed to fulfil his duties as Constable. He died at Kirkby Thore, Westmorland and was interred in Stratford Langthorne Abbey, London.




Siblings


Offspring of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford (1276-1321) and Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (1282-1316)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Hugh de Bohun (1303-1305)
Eleanor de Bohun (1304-1363) 17 October 1304 7 October 1363 James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde (c1305-1337)
Thomas Dagworth (?-1352)
Humphrey de Bohun (1305-1305)
John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford (1306-1335) 23 November 1306 Pleshey Castle, Essex, England, United Kingdom 20 January 1336 Alice FitzAlan (1314-c1385)
Margaret Basset (-aft1347)
Humphrey de Bohun, 6th Earl of Hereford (c1309-1361) 6 December 1309 England 15 October 1361 England
Margaret de Bohun (1311-1391) 3 April 1311 Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Wales 16 December 1391 Hugh de Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon (1303-1377)
William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (c1312-1360) 1312 16 September 1360 Elizabeth de Badlesmere (1313-1356)
Edward de Bohun (1312-1334)
Eneas de Bohun (1314-aft1322)
Isabel de Bohun (1316-1316)


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Notable Descendants

Peerage Tables

Peerage of England
Preceded by
Humphrey (VIII) de Bohun
Earl of Hereford
1322–1336
Succeeded by
Humphrey (IX) de Bohun
Earl of Essex
1322–1336


Primary sources

  • Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 84. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.


References

  1. ^ "Regesta 100" in W. H. Bliss (1895). Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2, 1305-1342.
  2. ^ "Regesta 106" in W. H. Bliss (1895). Calendar of Papal Registers Relating To Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2, 1305-1342.
  3. ^ Given-Wilson, Chris (1996). The English Nobility in the Late Middle Ages. p. 34. ISBN 0-415-14883-9. https://archive.org/details/englishnobilityl00give. 


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