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Bohun, Humphrey de (1342 - 1372/3)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1342-03-25
Death Date: 1373-01-16

Notes

Heir of uncle of Humphrey de Bohun, 10th Earl of Hereford and 10th Earl of Essex

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1359-9-19
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

  • 11th Earl of Hereford

Titles

  • 11th Earl of Hereford
    Assumed: 1361-10-15
    Vacated: 1372/3-01-16
  • 7th Earl of Northampton
    Assumed: 1360-09-16
    Vacated: 1372/3-01-16
  • 12th Earl of Essex
    Assumed: 1361-10-15
    Vacated: 1372/3-01-16
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1365
    Vacated: 1372/3-01-16

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable of England, England 1361 -10 -15 1372/3 -01 -16 Hereditary office
JP, Essex 1365 1372/3
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1367 1368
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1370

Lands

  • Essex
  • Kent
  • London (city-county)
  • Middlesex
  • Surrey

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Earl of Hereford's Entertainers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Hereford's Entertainers Bohun, Humphrey de (1342 - 1373) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.