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| Born: between 980 and 1020 presumably at Saint-Côme-du-Mont (www.tudorplace.com
shows three generations of Henry following Richard de Mary without shows
a descent from the latter. The first Henry was born before 975; . but includes
all the other early details and variant spellings without deviation. As
Humphrey II was born in 1020 to 25, only the date of birth below can be
accepted, especially as this Humphrey became Willliam I's godfather and
accompanied him to hastings and nearly two decades thereafter, unless there
were two brothers, Henry the elder by some 30 years and Humphrey. There
may also be a generation missing between the legendary Richard mentioned
in The Orgins below. Considering the considerable physical strength and
condition that this Humphrey still must have had in the years from 1066
to 1078 to be up to this career we must assume his birth was after 1000
or that he enjoyed miraculous longevity. For poetic reasons both shall
be assumed: Conceived 1 January 1000 o:oo h, born 30 Sept. 1000, baptised
1 Nov. 1000 making him almost 65 at the Battle of Hastings)
Married: 1st 2nd 3rd Died: 1080 - 93
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Humphrey de Bohon was Godfather of William the Conqueror, who was born
in 1027, which would place his birth at about 1010 or before, nearly too
late to have been fighting at Hastings, unless the christening may have
been at an age when it became clear that the Conqueror's father was not
going to a legitimate heir and that the Conqueror would have to be groomed
as successor.
The present dwellers of the townships of St. Andre and St. Georges de Bohon for a longtime neglected their ancestors of the ducal era. However, a young girl in Bohon was told by her mother of a beautiful country girl there who long before had married the King of England. Without exaggeration it can be said that the Bohons and their descendents played a major role in beginning the Anglo-Norman fusion and guiding it at the height of the power struggle and after France reclaimed Normandy as well as in the birth of modern England under Parliamentary law. |
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(Bo29-1) Robert BOHUN (d. young) (Bo29-2) Richard BOHUN (1070 - 1113) began another branch, whose descendents include (in France) Enjuger de Bohon and Richard de Bohon, Bishop of Coutances, and (in England) the Bohons of Midhurst, Joscelin, Bishop of Salisbury, and Reginald and Savary, bishops of Bath. Dau. BOHUN (and heir carried his Norman barony to Engeler and Angevin. From him descended also in the female line the Bohuns of Midhurst in Sussex). (Bo29) Humphrey de Bohun "The
Great" (2nd Baron Bohun of Taterford) succeeded his
father as lord of Taterford. He was Sheriff of Wiltshire and Bearer of
the Royal Standard in 1120 in the battle of Benneville in Normandy. Humphrey
married Maud (Mathilda or Mahaut, who died 1142), daughter of Edward de
Salisbury, between 1087 and 1100. The dowry gave him important estates
in the Wiltshire area and the barony of Trowbridge. This was the first
of a series of marriages which benefitted the Bohons.
(Bo29-4) Enguerrand de Bohun (Monk at Marmoutier) (Bo29-5) Adela de Boun (Nun) (Bo29-6) Dau. de BOUN (Nun) (Bo29-7) Ellen de Bohun (1089 - ), married Henry de Grey of Croy, issue John de Grey of Water Eaton |
HUMPHREY THE OLD (Bo30)(died before 1093) was a modest Norman nobleman.
He gained his fortune at an early age by accompanying William the Conqueror
on his grand adventure (As Godfather he would have been more than ten years
older than William). He founded the Bohon priory in Normandy and gave birth
to two branches of the family.
SAINT-COME-DU-MONT Manche - 3 km nord de Carentan
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| A Benedictine Abbey, in the Diocese of Avranches, Normandy, France. It is unquestionably the finest example both of French medieval architecture and of a fortified abbey. The buildings of the monastery are piled round a conical mass of rock which rises abruptly out of the waters of the Atlantic to the height of 300 feet, on the summit of which stands the great church. This rock is nearly a mile from the shore, but in 1880 a causeway was built across the dangerous quicksand that occupies this space and is exposed at low water, so that there is now no danger in approaching the abbey. The monastery was founded about the year 708 by St. Aubert, Bishop of Avranches, and according to the legend, by direct command of the Archangel Michael himself, who appeared to the bishop in a dream on three separate occasions. About 966, Richard the Fearless, third Duke of Normandy, finding the community in a relaxed condition, installed Benedictines from Monte Cassino at Mont-St-Michel. A few years later, in 1017, Abbot Hildebert II began the colossal scheme of buildings all round the rock which should form a huge platform level with the summit, on which the abbey church might stand. In spite of the enormous difficulties involved in the design, difficulties increased by fire and the collapse of portions of the edifice, the great scheme was persevered in during five centuries and crowned by the completion of the flamboyant choir in 1520. Even among religious communities, such an instance of steadfast purpose and continuity of plan stands unrivalled; but the completion was only just in time. In 1523 the abbey was granted in commendam to Cardinal Le Veneur and the series of commendatory Abbots continued until 1622 when the abbey, its community reduced almost to the vanishing point, was united to the famous Congregation of St-Maur. At the French Revolution the Maurist monks were ejected and the splendid building became a prison for political offenders while, with unconscious irony, the name of the place was changed from Mont St-Michel to Mont Libre. In 1863 the prison was closed and for a few years the abbey was leased to the Bishop of Avranches, but in 1872 the French Government took it over as a national monument and undertook, none too soon, the task of restoration. The work has gone on almost continually ever since, and the restorers must be praised for the skill with which the great pile has been saved from ruin, and the good taste with which the whole has been done. | |||
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Humphrey I (originally de Mary assumed the name de Bohon)
(Honfroy, Onfrei, Onfroi, Unfridus, Humfridus)
Humphrey I, also called The Old, was the founder of the house of Bohon.
He is mainly known as a companion of William the Conqueror at the conquest
of England and as the founder of the Bohon priory. Old English books designate
him Humfridus cum Barba or Humphrey with the Beard. His beard distinguished
him from other Norman knights of the period because they habitually shaved.
Humphrey was the godfather of William and was certainly close to him
because we see the names of William, duchess Mathilde, and their children
associated with Humphrey's children.
The oldest mention of Humphrey that we know of is in William's journals. It confirms a donation made at the abbey of St. Trinite du Mont at Rouen by Gilbert, Osbern's vassal. William's signature is accompanied by that of Humphrey, son of Richard, listed with the rest of William's men.
In 1062 we find Humphrey again with William at the Hogue de Biville, along with Roger de Montgomery and William, son of Osbern. At a meal in the middle of the road, William said they should be free like the common people of the neighboring priory of Heauville. In recounting the story, a monk said that a fellow diner criticized William's liberalism. Not taking too kindly to criticism, William threatened to strike him with a shoulder of pork.
According to a paper from about 1060, the knight Humphrey, a rich and
noble man, granted the priory he founded, St. Georges de Bohon, to the
abbey of St. Martin of Marmoutier. Humphrey tells us
"with the inspiration of God and the patronage of Count William for
the relief of my soul, and those of the late Richard of Mary, my father,
and of the late Billeheude, my mother...in the octave of the Pentecost
before the venerable father Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances... I protect
the abbey of St. Martin, the servants Arnouf, Heribert, and Roger, and
the other people whose names are inscribed here."
The authenticity of this act, of which the original documents were
unfortunately destroyed, does not seem to bear to be contested.
The latest dates proposed for the founding of the priory come from
dates of estate foundings (from Martene and Miss Gantier 1068; Gerville
and the Bernard abbey 1092; L. Musset between 1066 & 1087). However,
the title of Count was given to William before 1066 and the founding of
the priory was earlier. Originally the priory was settled by four secular
canons. The act of including the priory with the abbey was precisely to
entrust it with the lands of a knight. (A knight cared for and protected
his lands and those who lived there from thieves, warring lords, etc.)
In later years St. Martin became very popular. It was at Marmoutier that William himself joined the Battle Abbey, founded to commemorate the Battle of Hastings where it was fought.
A document signed by Sir William, Duke of Normandy, before 1066 shows that Humphrey de Bohon gave a garden from his fief (holdings) in Puchay to the nuns of St. Amand in Rouen for the repose of his soul and those of his three wives when one of his daughters became religious.
The monastery of St. Leger in Preaux was given the deeds to Barbeville, St. Marie's Church, the town of Carentan, and the neighboring rectory. Later Humphrey bequeathed the monastery a convent that his second daughter entered. Humphrey's sons Robert and Richard agreed with his actions.
By 1066 Humphrey had been married three times, two daughters had entered the convent, and sons Robert and Richard were old enough to assume their inheritance. Humphrey was a senior citizen.
Wace cited among the soldiers of Hastings: E de Bohon the older Humphrey.
Humphrey's name, a bit distorted, is seen on a majority of other lists of William's battle companions. As Wace's poem was written more than a hundred years after the events happened, some feel that Humphrey was not among the people at the Battle of Hastings. Taking into account the type of document (poem), it is very probable that Humphrey did participate in the battle. He was also with several neighbors of Cotentin and probably vassals, whose names were associated with his.
On the Bayeux tapestry, in a meal scene presided over by Bishop Odo, a bearded man is sitting to William's right. It is possible that this is Humphrey de Bohon--with the Beard--who would occupy a place of honor at the table out of respect for his age andf as William's Godfather.
Ten years after Hastings, William was in England, so Queen Mathilda was left in charge of the government in Normandy. We know Humphrey was also in Normandy because of the act of Cherbourg, about 1076. Under the king's orders, he rendered justice with the monks at the Heauville priory against Bertram de Bricquebec, Viscount of Cotentin, who had levied unfair taxes on his people.
Humphrey is mentioned in the Domesday Book (a great census taken of all the lands and people in England as ordered by William, between 1080 and 1086) as a champion and defender of the throne, and as lord of Taterford in Norfolk. Much of his wealth is attributed to the goodwill of William and the spoils of the campaigns, which was not a unique situation. However, the possession of large estates and properties in England was not all fun; they were hard to protect from raiders and warring lords. Humphrey probably also benefitted from Normandy's continued growth and profits from his holdings.
Humphrey's signature is on:
A treaty at Bayeaux. The king presided over the treaty between the abbey
of Mont St. Michel and William Paynel.
Two documents of Boscherville on 30 January 1080, with the signatures
of his son Richard, and William, Mathilda, and their two sons. One is the
endowment of the church of St. Georges de Boscherville; the other documents
a gift of St. Gervais Church and St. Portais to St. Florent de Saumur with
other revenues by William de Briouze.
A document of William the Conqueror at Caen confirming the foundation
of the Lessay Abbey on 14 July 1080.
Another document for the foundation of the Montebourg Abbey.
Humphrey's decision to combine the priory with the abbey was contested
by Geoffrey (son of Nervee) who reclaimed the priory. The case was settled
in favor of Humphrey by a judgment of the king's court on 27 December 1080
at Cherbourg. Among the witnesses were Humphrey de Bohon, his son Richard,
and Torchetil de Bohon.
Continually Humphrey added his border lands to his holdings. In answer to his request, he received a formal deed from King William at Bernouville, probably at the end of 1081.
Other religious establishments benifitted from his generosity.
Humphrey died between 1080 and 1093. He had four sons that we know of: Robert, Humphrey, Richard, and Enguerran, and two daughters. Robert died young, before his father. Enguerran became a monk at Marmoutier in the Bohon priory. Richard began another branch, whose descendents include (in France) Enjuger de Bohon and Richard de Bohon, bishop of Coutances, and (in England) the Bohons of Midhurst, Jocelin, bishop of Salisbury, and Reginald and Savary, bishops of Bath. Humphrey became the illustrious ancestor of the earls of Hereford.
Sources: http://users.legacyfamilytree.com/northerneurope/f254.htm
http://www.rand.org/about/contacts/personal/Genea/bohon.html
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BOHUN.htm
http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/
The first source listed above and included in detail below seems to have the the most accurate data and fits in rather neatly with the theory of Millenium Conception for Humphrey I
Born: at: Of, Saint Come Du Mont, Normandy, France Christened: at: Died: at: Buried: at:
Married: Place: Of, Saint Come Du Mont, Normandy, France
Born: at: Of, Saint Come Du Mont, Normandy, France Christened: at: Died: at: Buried: at:
Born: at: Of, Saint Come Du Mont, Normandy, France Christened: at: Died: at: Buried: at:
Born: Abt 967 at: Normandy, France Christened: at: Died: Bef 1060 at: Buried: at: Bapt.(LDS): Submitted 2 May 2001 (18) #1 at:
Father: Richard De Meri, I The Old-[124935] ( - ) Mother:
Married: Place: Normandy, France
Born: Abt 1018 at: Aubigny, Normandy, France Christened: at: Died: Bef 1060 at: Buried: at: Bapt.(LDS): Submitted 2 May 2001 (18) #1 at:
Father: Richard De St. Sauveur-[124937] ( - ) Mother:
SealP (LDS): Submitted 2 May 2001 (23) #9 Temple:
Father: Neil III De St. Sauveur, Vct De St. Sauveur-[129000] (1016-1045) Mother: Adele D' Eu-[132703] (Abt 0996- )
SealP (LDS): Submitted 2 May 2001 (18) #2 Temple:
Born: Abt 994 at: Normandy, France Christened: at: Died: at: Buried: at: Bapt.(LDS): Submitted 2 May 2001 (18) #1 at: SealP (LDS): Submitted 2 May 2001 (18) #1 at:
Born: Abt 996 at: Normandy, France Christened: at: Died: at: Buried: at: Bapt.(LDS): Submitted 2 May 2001 (18) #11 at: SealP (LDS): Submitted 2 May 2001 (18) #11 at:
Born: Abt 998 at: Normandy, France Christened: at: Died: at: Buried: at: Bapt.(LDS): Submitted 2 May 2001 (18) #11 at: SealP (LDS): Submitted 2 May 2001 (18) #11 at:
AKA: Onfroy De Bohun The Old Born: 1000-1020 at: Normandy, France Christened: at: Died: 1080-1093 at: Buried: at: Bapt.(LDS): Submitted 2 May 2001 (18) #11 at: SealP (LDS): Submitted 2 May 2001 (18) #11 at:
Born: at: Of, Saint Come Du Mont, Normandy, France Christened: at: Died: at: Buried: at:
Father: Ralf De Meri, Sn De Meri-[146885] ( - ) Mother: Mrs. De Mont Haguez-[146886] ( - )
Married: Place:
Possibly Founded Churches Of Sainte Come Du Mont, DE Bohon, And DE Meautis
Born: at: Christened: at: Died: at: Buried: at:
Born: Abt 967 at: Normandy, France Christened: at: Died: Bef 1060 at: Buried: at: Bapt.(LDS): Submitted 2 May 2001 (18) #1 at:Spouse: Billeheude De St. Sauveur-[146878] (Abt 1018-Bef 1060) Marr: Normandy, France
