Humphrey VII de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford was a member of a powerful Anglo-Norman family of the Welsh Marches and was one of the Ordainers who opposed Edward II's excesses.
Nineteenth-century drawing of effigy of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, Hereford Cathedral
Counter seal of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, showing the so-called "Bohun swan" above the escutcheon
Humphrey VI de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, 2nd Earl of Essex was an English nobleman known primarily for his opposition to King Edward I over the Confirmatio Cartarum. He was also an active participa
Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford
…opposed Edward II's excesses. Humphrey de Bohun's birth year is uncertain although several contemporary sources indicate that it was 1276. His father was Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford and his mother was Maud de Fiennes, daughter of Enguerrand II de Fiennes, chevalier, seigneur of Fiennes and Isabella of Conde. He was born at Pleshey…
Bohun and Bigod confront King Edward. Early 20th-century imaginary illustration
The earthwork remains of Pleshey Castle where Humphrey de Bohun died.