See also

John of BOHUN (1306-1336)

Name: John of BOHUN
Sex: Male
Father: Humphrey VIII + of BOHUN (1275-1321)
Mother: Elizabeth + of RHUDDLAN (1282-1316)

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth 23 Nov 1306 St. Clement's, Oxford
Death 20 Jan 1336 (age 29)

Individual Note

John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford (23 November 1306 – 20 January 1336) was born in St Clement's, Oxford to Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, a daughter of Edward I of England.

 

 

Counter seal of John de Bohun, 5th Earl of HerefordAfter his father's death at the Battle of Boroughbridge, the family lands were forfeited. It was not until after the fall of the Despensers that John was permitted to succeed to his inherited position as Earl of Hereford and Essex and hereditary Constable of England.

 

married firstly in 1325 to Alice FitzAlan, daughter of Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel and secondly on 19 February 1331 to Margaret Basset (she died 1355).

 

DeathHe did not play much of a public role, despite his high titles and offices, most likely because he had some sort of incapacity.[1] His younger brothers were often deputed to fulfill his duties as Constable.

 

He died at Kirkby-Thore, Westmorland.

 

BurialHe was buried in Stratford Langthorne Abbey, London.