Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford

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Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, 6th Earl of Essex and 2nd Earl of Northampton (1342 – 1373) was an important medieval English noble during the reign of King Edward III of England.

[edit] Lineage

He was the son of William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton, and grandson of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford. He was the last of this de Bohun line.

[edit] Inheritance

On his death, his great estates were divided between his two daughters: Mary de Bohun, who married Henry Bolingbroke, the future Henry IV and Eleanor de Bohun, who married Thomas of Woodstock. Gilbert de Bohun, Hereford's second cousin was considered by many to be the next true and only heir to all the de Bohun lands and titles. His daughter continued to press the monarch for this right to be upheld until her death in 1411, and she had male issue.

Henry IV was created Duke of Hereford before he usurped the throne.

Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Hereford and Essex	Lord High Constable 1361–1372	Succeeded by The Duke of Gloucester
Peerage of England
Preceded by Humphrey de Bohun	Earl of Hereford	Succeeded by Extinct
	Earl of Essex	Succeeded by Thomas of Woodstock
Preceded by William de Bohun	Earl of Northampton	Succeeded by Abeyant

[edit] References

Hazlitt, William Carew , and Thomas Blount. Tenures of Land & Customs of Manors. 4th. London: Ballentine and Company, 1874. ad

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