Henry the Surety de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford^[1]

Bef 1176 - 1220  (~ 44 years)

• Name	Henry the Surety de Bohun
  Suffix	1st Earl of Hereford
  Birth	Bef 1176
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	28 Apr 1200
  Death	1 Jun 1220	On a Journey to Holy Land
  Burial	Llanthony Priory, Gloucester
  Notes	One of the 25 sureties of the Magna Carta, excommunicated by the Pope. The Complete Peerage vol.V,p134. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal13051 http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BOHUN.htm#Henry%20The%20Surety%20De%20BOHUN%20(1°%20E.%20Hereford) 5th Earl of Hereford, Sheriff of Kent. Created by «b»John I«/b», dated Apr 28, 1199; but the office of Lord High Constable of England he inherited from his father. He was one of the leaders of the barons who forced «b»King John«/b» to sign the Magna Charta, and he was one of the twenty-five sureties, in 1215. He had his lands sequestered, but they were restored at the signing of the Magna Charta, at Runnemede. He was subsequently excommunicated by the «b»Pope«/b», and did not return to his allegiance on the death of «b»King John«/b», but was one of the commanders in the army of «b»Louis le Dauphin«/b», at the battle of Lincoln. He was taken prisoner by «b»William Marshall«/b» at the battle of Lincoln, in the 1st year of «b»Henry III«/b». After this defeat he joined «b»Saire De Quincy«/b», and other Magna Charta barons in a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in Jun, 1220. His body was brought home and buried in the chapter-house of Llanthony Abbey, in Gloucestershire. He was also Sheriff of Kent.
  Person ID	I8134	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Humphrey de Bohun, Constable of England,   b. Abt 1150   d. 1182 (Age ~ 32 years)
  Mother	Margaret of Huntingdon, Countess of Hereford   d. 1201
  Marriage	1175
  Family ID	F3308	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Maud de Mandeville, Countess of Essex,   b. Bef 1177   d. 27 Aug 1236 (Age ~ 59 years)
  Children	1. Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford and 1st of Essex,   b. 1208   d. 24 Sep 1275 (Age 67 years)   2. Henry de Bohun   d. Young   3. Ralph de Bohun   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Robert de Bohun   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3307	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Alice de Harcourt, Countess Hereford,   b. Bef 1176   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F551610728	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).