The Glegge Family of Cheshire



The Bohun Family, Earls of Hereford

In 1538, Arthur Glegge, the direct ancestor of Michael Gregory, married Eleanor Massey in Cheshire. Eleanor’s father, John Massey, married Catherine Venables, whose father was William Venables[1]. William was born in Kinderton and died in July 1544. His mother was Cicely Stanley, born in Weever, Cheshire. Cicely’s grandfather was Thomas Stanley who married Joan Goushill in 1401. Joan’s father’s wife was Elizabeth FitzAlan[2] born in 1361 in Derbyshire. Elizabeth married Robert Goushill in Arundel Castle, Sussex. The father of Elizabeth was Richard FitzAlan 11th Earl of Arundel. He married Elizabeth de Bohun, whose father William de Bohun was the Earl of Northampton. Elizabeth Bohun was born ca 1350 in Derbyshire and died on 3 April 1385. Her grandfather was Humphrey VIII de Bohun, the Earl of Hereford. He married Princess Elizabeth, daughter of Edward I, Bohun Family Shield

King of England.

Michael Gregory’s line therefore has a further Royal connection to one of England’s medieval rulers. The father and grandfather of Humphrey were both also called Humphrey and they had married respectively, Maud de Fiennes and Eleanor de Braose. The elder Humphrey’s father was also called Humphrey – a popular family

name clearly. He married Maud de Lusignan who was a descendant of William the Conqueror. This Humphrey’s father was Henry de Bohun. He was one of the signatories of the Magna Carta that was

signed by King John in 1215. He married Maud de FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville. The father of Henry was again called Humphrey. He married Margaret of Huntington (whose grandfather was King David of Scotland). His father was again called Humphrey de Bohun and he had married Margaret de Pitres, a descendant of Lady Godiva[3].

The 8th Earl had a number of children in addition to Elizabeth de Bohun, Michael Gregory’s ancestor. Alianore de Bohun married James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde; and another sibling, Margaret de Bohun married Hugh de Courteney, 2nd Earl of Devon.

The illustration above is of William de Bohun, Knight of the Garter and the fifth son of Humphrey de Bohun and Princess Elizabeth of England. In 1340 he took part in the naval Battle of Sluys. In 1342, he became the King’s Lieutenant and Captain General in Brittany and defeated the French at Morlaix. At Crecy in 1346 he led the second division and a year later served at the Siege of Calais. He was the direct ancestor of Michael Gregory, as of course was Princess Elizabeth and her father, King Edward I of England. An entry is made about him in Beltz, (1861), “Memorials of the Most Noble Order of the Garter”, and this is summarised below.

Illustrious by birth, eminent abilities and undaunted prowess were qualities signally united by William de Bohun. He was the fifth son of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and Essex, Constable of England, by the Princess Elizabeth, seventh daughter of King Edward I. Having mainly assisted in the overthrow of the rebel Mortimer, and given other proofs of loyalty and courage, he was, on the occasion of conferring the Dukedom of Cornwall upon the Black Prince, in 1337, created Earl of Northampton and endowed with extensive grants for the support of that dignity. In the same year, he was appointed one of the Commissioners to treat with Philip of Valois, touching the right to the French Crown, and also to negotiate a peace with David Bruce. He was one of the Marshalls in the third battalia of King Edward III’s army, drawn up at Virontosse in 1339, and, in the following year, bore a part in the naval victory of Sluys. In 1342, William was constituted the King’s Leutenant and Captain General in Brittany, with power to receive fealty and homage from the inhabitants on behalf of his master under his assumed title of King of France.. Whilst upon that high service, he defeated the enemy at Morlaix and took the town of Roch-Dirien by assault. In 1343 he was in the expedition of the Earl of Lancaster into Scotland and was appointed Governor of Lochmaben Castle; and in the same year, was again in Brittany. In 1346, he had the chief command of the second division of the army at the Battle of Crecy. In 1347, he is particularly mentioned by the King in his letter to the Archbishop of York, detailing the events before Calais. He was again most actively employed, in 1348, beyond the sea. He was elected to the most noble Order of the Garter after September 1349 and succeeded to the choir stall of his nephew, Sir Hugh Courteney, at St George’s Chapel, Windsor. According to the custom upon the admission of the early Knights of that order, he executed a deed of gift, dated London, 4th May following, of the advowson of Dadington to the canons of the said chapel.

The public records attest the constant employment of this Earl in military and diplomatic transactions of the highest importance down to the period of his death, which happened on the 16th September 1360. His remains were interred in the Abbey of Walden (Essex), on the north side of the presbytery.

The Earl of Northampton married Elizabeth (who died in 1356), widow of Edmund, Lord Mortimer, and sister and co-heir of Giles, Lord Badlesmere, by whom he left issue, Humphrey, heir to his dignity and, upon the decease of the latter’s uncle, also Earl of Hereford and Essex.

As Earl Northampton, William Bohun was Commander of the English army at the Battle of Morlaix, which was fought on 30 September 1342.

On August 14, 1342, a fleet of 260 ships transported Northampton’s army about 3,000 strong to Brest, where it arrived four days later. Charles de Blois, who had now overrun nearly all the provinces, was besieging the port, so the English army had to land on the open shore near by. But only light resistance was offered and Northampton entered the town amid scenes of rejoicing.  

Charles immediately raised the siege and fell right back to Guingamp 40 miles to the east, leaving the country open to the invaders. Western Brittany was strongly pro Montfort, and some Bretons may be presumed to have joined the English army.

Once he had secured Brest, his main object was to capture a harbour on the north coast of Brittany. This was to be an abiding preoccupation of English commanders in Brittany for years. Montfort’s forces did not securely hold any territory on the north coast and until they did it would be necessary for ships carrying supplies and reinforcements to make the perilous passage through the reefs off Finistere and Ushant.  

Northampton was advised to march on Morlaix, a small walled town with a good natural harbour, about 30 miles north east. Advancing without impediment, the army arrived within sight of Morlaix on September 3 and at once attempted to take it by storm. The attempt lasted all day, but failed, and Northampton sat down to besiege it methodically. This did not seem likely to be successful as the town was strongly fortified and amply supplied.

Meanwhile de Blois was vigorously strengthening his army and enlisting local levies, until it attained prodigious numbers for those days. The careful French historian of Brittany, A. de La Bordie, estimates these numbers at 30,000, which seems quite impossible. If they did not pass 15,000, it would have still outnumbered the little English army by more than four to one, a proportion that seems very substantial. With his large army, Charles approached to lift the siege of Morlaix.

Northampton, receiving the news of the approaching enemy, decided it would be foolish to allow himself get caught between the two forces. He immediately broke up the siege and at night marched towards Charles.  

By dawn a suitable position had been reached. This position strides the road, and is just on the beginning of a gentle slope into a dip about 300 yards in front. The road then ascends an equally gentle slope and disappears some 500 yards from the position. Immediately in the rear is a wood. The English army took up position just in front of the wood, in a line astride the road, and perhaps 600 yards in length. The selection of a position with a wood in the rear was popular with English troops in those days, because it could not be effectively attacked in flank by cavalry, and formed a useful baggage park. Some one hundred yards in front of it, on a line now marked approximately by a hedge and a cottage, they dug a trench and covered it with grass and other herbage as a booby-trap for the horsemen of the enemy. It was only 30 years since the battle of Bannockburn and the English troops had not forgotten the lesson taught by the pots of the Scots.   The dismounted men-at-arms occupied the centre of the line; the archers were stationed on the flanks. During that morning the French army was apparently stationary a league away, which would seem to indicate billets in the village of Lanmeur – at least for the mounted troops – and it may be supposed that the foot arrived the next morning. This would account for the fact that the French did not attack until three o’clock in the afternoon.

The Count of Blois drew up his army in three huge columns, one behind the other, with an appreciable space between each. The leading column consisted of irregulars, presumably local levies. These were all dismounted troops. On the order being given they advanced straight to their front, descending the hill into the slight dip and up the other side. When they got within effective range, the English archers drew bow, and a hail of arrows dispersed the column before it had got into close contact with the men-at-arms. The contest was short; the Bretons went reeling down the hill.  

Charles was disconcerted by this sudden disaster and took council with his chief captains regarding the next step. Eventually it was decided to launch the second column, the men-at-arms, in a mounted attack. This was, of course, exactly what Northampton wished and had prepared for. His stratagem worked admirably. The French horsemen, who had not been warned of the concealed trench by the irregulars for the simple reason that they had not reached it, rode forward impetuously and unsuspectingly. Men and horse plunged into the concealed trench; archers plied them with arrows to add to their confusion, and the attack practically came to a standstill. A few horsemen did manage to negotiate the trench and indeed to penetrate the line. But local reserves came up and they were cut off and captured, including their commander Geoffrey de Charni.

The second attack had ended as disastrously as the first, and again there was a considerable pause while the attackers licked their wounds and consulted on what to do next. Northampton waited to see if there were any signs of a general retreat. But there was none. His archers were by this time short of ammunition. Had time allowed, the archers would doubtless have run forward to recover their arrows, but the final column was now on the move, and the sight of the huge mass of fresh troops approaching must have discouraged the English. The trench was by this time battered in or filled with corpses; it was no longer a defence.

The third French column was so large that it extended beyond the flanks of the position and thus threatened the flanks. Seeing the weight of all this, the Earl decided on a novel manoeuvre. If he did not retreat, he could not prevent the enemy surrounding him if they willed. He decided to adopt a course of action in battle that is almost unprecedented in that era: he would fall back into the woods less than hundred yards in rear, and form what is now called a hedgehog, a defensive line along the edge of the wood and facing in all directions. No doubt he had this eventuality in mind when he selected a position immediately in front of a wood. So into the wood his victorious troops fell back in good order, taking with them their prisoners, and a new position, facing all ways, was taken up.

The details of what happened next are scanty and rather puzzling. What seems clear is that the English held their fire, thus reserving their ammunition, and that the French came on and engaged, but failed to penetrate the woods. 

Charles was at his wits’ end. Many of his troops had fled the field, including the Genoese crossbowmen; the English position was still intact and unbroken, and there seemed to be no means of getting at it. Night was coming on, and Charles decided to abandon the contest, to give up his goal of relieving Morlaix, and to beat a retreat.

The Battle of Morlaix was the first pitched battle on land of the Hundred Years’ War, and it made a deep impression at the time. The tactics pursued by the English were evidently founded on lessons learnt at Bannockburn and Halidon hill. The men-at-arms were used dismounted; trenches were dug and a defensive position was selected on a ridge. The firepower of the archers was a feature in both battles, and lastly the two arms cooperated in defeating the mounted enemy. It is not a surprise that Edward’s first great victory should form the prototype for all other great battles of the Hundred Years War – except the last.  

He also fought in the Battle of Sluys, which took place on Saturday the 24th of June 1330. The battle was one of the two sea-fights in which King Edward III of England commanded in person, the other being that called Espagnols-sur-Mer (q.v.). The place of the encounter was in front of the town of Sluis, Sluys, or in French Ecluse, on the inlet between West Flanders and Zeeland. In the middle of the 14th century, this was an open roadstead capable of holding large fleets. It has now been silted up by the river Eede. A French fleet, which the king, in a letter to his son Edward the Black Prince, puts at 190 sail, had been collected in preparation for an invasion of England. It was under the command of Hue Quiret, admiral for the King of France, and of Nicholas Bhuchet, who had been one of the King's treasurers, and was probably a lawyer. Part of the fleet consisted of Genoese galleys serving as mercenaries under the command of Barbavera. Although English historians speak of King Edward’s fleet as inferior in number to the French. It is certain that he sailed from Orwell on the 22nd of June with 200 sail, and that he was joined on the coast of Flanders by his admiral for the North Sea, Sir Robert Morley, with 50 others. Some of this swarm of vessels were no doubt mere transports, for the king brought with him the household of his Queen, Philippa of Hainault, who was then at Bruges. As, however, one of the Queen’s ladies was killed in the battle, it would appear that all the English vessels were employed. Edward

Image of the Battle of Sluys anchored at Blankenberghe on the afternoon of the 23rd and sent three squires to reconnoiter the position of the French. The Genoese Barbavera advised his colleagues to go to sea, but Bhuchet, who as Constable exercised the general command, refused to leave the anchorage.

He probably wished to occupy it in order to bar the King’s road to Bruges. The disposition of the French was made in accordance with the usual medieval tactics of a fleet fighting on the defensive. Quiret and Bhuchet formed their force into three or four links, with the ships tied to one another, and with a few of the largest stationed in front as outposts. King Edward entered the roadstead on the morning of the 24th, and after maneuvering to place his ships to windward, and to bring the sun behind him, attacked. In his letter to his son he says that the enemy made a noble defence all that day and the night after. His ships were arranged in two lines, and it may be presumed that the first attacked in front, while the second would be able to turn the flanks of the opponent. The battle was a long succession of hand-to-hand conflicts to board or to repel boarders. King Edward makes no mention of any actual help given him by his Flemish allies, though he says they were willing, but the French say that they joined after dark. They also assert that the king was wounded by Bhuchet, but this is not certain, and there is no testimony save a legendary one for a personal encounter between him and the French commander, though it would not be improbable. The battle ended with the almost total destruction of the French. Quiret was slain, and Bhuchet is said to have been hanged by King Edward’s orders. Barbavera escaped to sea with his squadron on the morning of the 25th, carrying off two English prizes. English chroniclers claim that the victory was won with small cost of life, and that the loss of the French was 30,000 men. But no reliance can be placed on medieval estimates of numbers. After the battle, King Edward remained at anchor several days, and it is probable that his fleet had suffered heavily[4]. The British Library holds an image of the Battle of Sluys, which is reproduced below. A commemorative coin was issued (shown above) to celebrate the victory.

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Although the ensuing campaign accomplished little, the victory at Sluys greatly improved the English situation in the early Hundred Years' War. It ruined French plans to invade England and greatly facilitated the transport of the English troops whose chevauchées (mounted raids) brought Edward victory in the first phase of the war.

Humphrey De Bohun, the only son of William, Earl of Northampton, succeeded to his father's estates and dignity in 1360, and to the Earldoms of Hereford and Essex, and the office of Constable of England, upon the demise, in the following year, of his distinguished uncle, Earl Humphrey Senior. Being only nineteen years of age at the date of the former event, he was committed to the guardianship of Richard, Earl of Arundel, and had license from King Edward III to travel.

Upon his return and his accession to the estates and ancient honours of his family, Humphrey married Joan FitzAlan, the fourth daughter of his guardian. His exalted rank and his consanguinity with the sovereign gave him a prominent station at the Royal Court; he is found, in 1363, at the head of the noble cortege which was sent to conduct the King of Cyprus from Dover to the capital. In 1365, he was honoured with his appointment to the Most Noble Order of the Garter, upon the death of Sir Miles Stapleton, one of the original knights. In the embassy to Galeas, Duke of Milan, in 1366, Humphrey was the principal person employed to treat for the marriage between Prince Lionel, Duke of Clarence, and Violanta, the daughter of that Lord; and, in 1369, he had a command in John of Gaunt's inglorious military expedition against France. On the 5th of November 1370, the Earl was present at Westminster, as one of the witnesses to the King's public letters touching the complaints of the people of Aquitaine.

The only military achievement in which, during his short life, he is recorded to have taken a part, occurred on his being appointed, in 1371, Ambassador to the Duke of Brittany. The English flotilla, commanded by Sir Guy De Bryan, encountered, in a small bay on the Breton coast, a number of vessels under the then hostile Flemish colours and the orders of Jan Peterson. The conflict lasted three hours and, the ships being lashed together with iron chains, the loss of men on both sides was considerable. The English, at length, prevailed and Peterson, with many other prisoners, and twenty-five vessels laden with salt, was conducted to England.

The Earl of Hereford did not long survive this victory. He made his will on 12th December 1372 and died on 16th January following, at the age of only thirty-one. Some say that the King had Humphrey secretly hanged, for he appears to have been under something of a cloud in the last years of his life and rumours abounded that, during his service in France, he had been involved in the supposed poisoning of the 3rd Earl of Warwick. He was buried at the feet of his father, on the north side of the presbytery, in the church of Walden Abbey (Essex); leaving issue, by his countess, Joan FitzAlan (who survived him and died 7th April 1419), two daughters, his co-heiresses: Eleanor, who became the wife of Prince Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester; and Mary, the first consort of Henry, Earl of Derby, afterwards King Henry IV. 

He was, of course, not the direct ancestor of Michael Gregory. His sister, Elizabeth de Bohun was. She married Richard FitzAlan, the line from which Michael Gregory is descended through marriage into the Bohun family.

Both William and Humphrey Bohun were Knights of the Garter. The Order of the Garter is the most senior and the oldest British Order of Chivalry and was founded by Edward III in 1348. The Order, consisting of the King and twenty-five knights, was intended by Edward III to be reserved as the highest reward for loyalty and for military merit. Like The Prince of Wales (the Black Prince), the other founder-knights had all served in the French campaigns of the time, including the battle of Crécy - three were foreigners who had previously sworn allegiance to the English king: four of the knights were under the age of 20 and few were much over the age of 30.

The origin of the emblem of the Order, a blue garter, is obscure. It is said to have been inspired by an incident which took place whilst the King danced with Joan, Countess of Salisbury. The Countess's garter fell to the floor and after the King retrieved it he tied it to his own leg. Those watching this were apparently amused, but the King admonished them saying, 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' (Shame on him who thinks this evil). This then became the motto of the Order. Modern scholars think it is more likely that the Order was inspired by the strap used to attach pieces of armour, and that the motto could well have referred to critics of Edward's claim to the throne of France.

It is appropriate at this point, having outlined some of the facts about the life of one of the most illustrious of the Bohun family members, to return to discover the origins of the family.

Following tradition, the Mary family lived in the community of St. Come du Mont (Normandy). There was a Mary Street named after Ralph, first sire de Mary, friend of the sire of Sainte Marie du Mont and the Dukes of Denmark “in our country”. According to legend, Ralph was secretly married to the daughter of the Lord of Mont Haguez. They had a son, Richard I de Mary, or Richard the Old, who is attributed with the founding of the churches of Sainte Come du Mont, de Bohon, and de Meautis in 950.

Richard de Mary (Mari or Meri) married Billeheude (Billeheust). This information comes from a document concerning the Bohon priory. Billeheude is sometimes considered the daughter of a certain Richard de Billeheust or Richard de Saint Sauveur. In the family we find a Bileud or Bilelde, but at a later date she is considered the daughter of Neel II of Saint Saveur, one of the principal barons who revolted against William the Bastard during his youth.

Because of the uncertain relations with the Norsemen who landed at Contentin and their chief, Rollo, there was a strong desire to unite the conquering and native peoples. The Mary family also desired to hold onto their Christian origins and remain loyal to the Dukes of Normandy. Richard de Mary had three sons: Richard, Humphrey, and Enjuger.

Humphrey I, (Honfroy, Onfrei, Onfroi, Unfridus, Humfridus) also called The Old, was the founder of the House of Bohon. He is mainly known as a companion of William the Conqueror at the conquest of England and as the founder of the Bohon priory. Old English books designate him Humfridus cum Barba or Humphrey with the Beard. His beard distinguished him from other Norman knights of the period because they habitually shaved.

Humphrey was the godfather of William and was certainly close to him because the names of William, Duchess Mathilde, and their children associated with Humphrey's children are recorded in documents. The oldest mention of Humphrey that is known of is in William's journals. It confirms a donation made at the abbey of St. Trinite du Mont at Rouen by Gilbert, Osbern's vassal. William's signature is accompanied by that of Humphrey, son of Richard, listed with the rest of William's men.

In 1062 Humphrey is again found with William at the Hogue de Biville, along with Roger de Montgomery and William, son of Osbern. At a meal in the middle of the road, William said they should be free like the common people of the neighboring priory of Heauville. In recounting the story, a monk said that a fellow diner criticized William's liberalism. Not taking too kindly to criticism, William threatened to strike him with a shoulder of pork.

According to a paper from about 1060, the Knight Humphrey, a rich and noble man, granted the priory he founded, St. Georges de Bohon, to the abbey of St. Martin of Marmoutier. Humphrey tells us with the inspiration of God and the patronage of Lord Earl William for the relief of my soul, and those of the late Richard of Mary, my father, and of the late Billeheude, my mother...in the octave of the Pentecost before the venerable father Geoffrey, Bishop of Coutances... I protect the abbey of St. Martin, the servants Arnouf, Heribert, and Roger, and the other people whose names are inscribed here. The authenticity of this act, of which the original documents were unfortunately destroyed, does not seem to bear to be contested.

The latest dates proposed for the founding of the priory come from dates of estate foundings (from Martene and Miss Gantier 1068; Gerville and the Bernard abbey 1092; L. Musset between 1066 & 1087). However, the title of Earl was given to William before 1066 and the founding of the priory was earlier. Originally the priory was settled by four secular canons. The act of including the priory with the abbey was precisely to entrust it with the lands of a knight. (A knight cared for and protected his lands and those who lived there from thieves, warring lords, etc).

In later years St. Martin became very popular. It was at Marmoutier that William himself joined the Battle Abbey, founded to commemorate the Battle of Hastings where it was fought.

A document signed by Sir William, Duke of the Normans, before 1066 shows that Humphrey de Bohon gave a garden from his fief (holdings) in Puchay to the nuns of St. Amand in Rouen for the repose of his soul and those of his three wives when one of his daughters became religious.

The monastery of St. Leger in Preaux was given the deeds to Barbeville, St. Marie's Church, the town of Carentan, and the neighboring rectory. Later Humphrey bequeathed the monastery a convent that his second daughter entered. Humphrey's sons Robert and Richard agreed with his actions.

By 1066 Humphrey had been married three times; two daughters had entered the convent, and sons Robert and Richard were old enough to assume their inheritance. Humphrey was a senior citizen. Wace cited among the soldiers of Hastings: E de Bohon the older Humphrey. Humphrey's name, a bit distorted, is seen on a majority of other lists of William's battle companions. As Wace's poem was written more than a hundred years after the events happened, some feel that Humphrey was not among the people at the Battle of Hastings. Taking into account the type of document (poem), it is very probable that Humphrey did participate in the battle. He was also with several neighbors of Cotentin and probably vassals, whose names were associated with his. On the Bayeux tapestry, in a meal scene presided over by Bishop Odo, a bearded man is sitting to William's right (see image below). It is possible that this is Humphrey de Bohon - with the Beard - who would occupy a place of honor at the table out of respect for his age.

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Ten years after Hastings, William was in England, so Queen Mathilda was left in charge of the government in Normandy. We know Humphrey was also in Normandy because of the Act of Cherbourg, about 1076. Under the King's orders, he rendered justice with the monks at the Heauville priory against Bertram de Bricquebec, Viscount of Cotentin, who had levied unfair taxes on his people.

Humphrey is mentioned in the Domesday Book (a great census taken of all the lands and people in England as ordered by William, between 1080 and 1086) as a champion and defender of the throne, and as Lord of Taterford in Norfolk. Much of his wealth is attributed to the goodwill of William and the spoils of the campaigns, which was not a unique situation. However, the possession of large estates and properties in England was not all fun; they were hard to protect from raiders and warring lords. Humphrey probably also benefited from Normandy's continued growth and profits from his holdings.

Humphrey's signature is on:

• A Treaty at Bayeaux. The King presided over the treaty between the abbey of Mont St. Michel and William Paynel.

• Two documents of Boscherville on 30 January 1080, with the signatures of his son Richard, and William, Mathilda, and their two sons. One is the endowment of the church of St. Georges de Boscherville; the other documents a gift of St. Gervais Church and St. Portais to St. Florent de Saumur with other revenues by William de Briouze.

• A document of William the Conqueror at Caen confirming the foundation of the Lessay Abbey on 14 July 1080.

• Another document for the foundation of the Montebourg Abbey.

Humphrey's decision to combine the priory with the abbey was contested by Geoffrey (son of Nervee) who reclaimed the priory. The case was settled in favor of Humphrey by a judgment of the King's Court on 27 December 1080 at Cherbourg. Among the witnesses were Humphrey de Bohon, his son Richard, and Torchetil de Bohon.

Continually, Humphrey added his border lands to his holdings. In answer to his request, he received a formal deed from King William at Bernouville, probably at the end of 1081. Other religious establishments benefited from his generosity.

Humphrey died between 1080 and 1093. He had four sons that are known of: Robert, Humphrey, Richard, and Enguerran, and two daughters. Robert died young, before his father. Enguerran became a monk at Marmoutier in the Bohon priory. Richard began another branch, whose descendents include (in France) Enjuger de Bohon and Richard de Bohon, Bishop of Coutances, and (in England) the Bohons of Midhurst; Jocelin, Bishop of Salisbury; and Reginald and Savary, Bishops of Bath. Humphrey became the illustrious ancestor of the Earls of Hereford.

Humphrey II was his son and Michael Gregory’s ancestor. The sources for this branch of the Bohons, Earls of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, are all English. The name Bohon was changed to Boun, Boon, Bowne, etc. It was later considered to signify master or boss. Humfridus, Onfroi, and Honfroy are translated as Humphrey.

The frequent repetition of the first name Humphrey causes a lot of confusion. The English begin their line with the first Humphrey born in Great Britain, who is Humphrey II, the ancestor of Michael Gregory. Humphrey II, known as Humphrey the Magnificent or Humphrey the Great, benefited from the favor of King William Rufus (son of William the Conqueror). His signature is on a number of papers of Henry I. Thus he can be followed around England (1103-1109), then in Normandy at Avranches (1113) and Rouen (1119), then in England (1121), back to Rouen (1125), and back to England (1128). Humphrey II gave the church of Bishop Street in Salisbury (Wiltshire) to the Lewes Abbey (next to Newhaven) and the church of Cheleworth to the St. Dennis priory (Southampton). He was a witness at the founding of Savigney Abbey by Ralph de Fougeres. Humphrey married Maud (Mathilda or Mahaut, who died 1142), daughter of Edward de Salisbury, between 1087 and 1100. The dowry gave him important estates in the Wiltshire area and the barony of Trowbridge. This was the first of a series of marriages which benefitted the Bohons. They had a daughter, Maud, and a son, Humphrey III. Humphrey II died around 1129.

Edward de Salisbury or Saresbury, Lord of Chittern (Wiltshire), is often considered like a son of William d'Evreux, Earl of Rosmare or Roumare and companion of William the Conqueror. He possessed very important lands at Salisbury and other areas. He wore the banner of Henry I at the Battle of Bremule where he fought against King Louis VI of France (20 August 1119). Besides his daughter Maud, he had a son, Walter (died 1147). Edward died 1130.

The son of Humphrey II was Humphrey III, Lord of Trowbridge and Constable of England. He was very close to Henry I and later Henry II. He assisted Empress Mathilda against King Stephen. Michael Gregory is descended from him. Born in 1109, Humphrey died 6 April 1187. He married Margery (Marguerite, Margaret), eldest daughter of Milo of Gloucester, from whom he received the hereditary right to the title of Constable of England.

Milo of Gloucester (Milon, Miles Fitz Walter) inherited the title of Constable of England and later that of Earl of Hereford. He was the grandson of Roger de Pitres, contemporary of William the Conqueror and sheriff of Gloucester, and the son of Walter (Gautier), Constable of Henry I. Milo possessed a considerable honor from the inheritance of his father's lands in Gloucestershire and his marriage in 1121 to Sybil, sole heiress of Bernard de Newmarch (he conquered the ancient kingdom of Brychan in Breconshire, Wales, including Talgarth, Chatellenie de Hay, Ystradvy forest, and the mini-kingdom of Brecon or Brecknock, and died in 1125. Empress Mathilda gave Bernard Abergavenny castle and St. Briavel Castle.) Milo became Earl of Hereford in 1141. His family should not be confused with the Earls of Gloucester. Milo died of a hunting accident on 25 December 1143, leaving four sons: Roger, who died childless in 1155; Walter, Henry, and Mahel, who all died childless before 1166. His inheritance was split among his daughters: Margery; Bertha, who married Philip de Brause; and Lucy.

Humphrey III was Steward and Chancellor to Henry I, perhaps following his father. He shared this post with Hugh Bigot/Bigod, Robert Haye, and Simon de Beauchamp. Sometimes he is confused with his father. Humphrey III can be followed in the entourage of King Henry I by the documents he signed at Arques and Dieppe (1131), various English towns (1131-1133), in Normandy at Rouen (1133 & 1134), and at Argentan (about the same time). When Steven of Blois, Earl of Mortain, grandson of William the Conqueror and Adele, was crowned King of England after Henry I died (1135), Humphrey kept his duties as steward presiding over charters. Two were written at Evreux in 1137. One concerned infractions against God; the other gave land in Bramford (Suffolk) to St. Mary d'Evreux. In 1139 Empress Mathilda arrived in Sussex with her half-brother, Robert of Gloucester, to reclaim the inheritance of the latter’s father. Humphrey, at the instigation of his father-in-law, Milo de Gloucester, rallied with Mathilda and defended Trowbridge against King Steven. During the troublesome years of the anarchy that followed, Humphrey passionately fought with Mathilda's loyal and true followers. He witnessed Milo being named Earl of Hereford in recognition of his (Milo's) services on 25 July 1141.

Humphrey's signature is found on several documents in many English villages. After initial success, the Battle of Winchester (1141) marked a turnaround and Humphrey was taken prisoner. In 1143 in Devizes (Wiltshire), Mathilda reinstated possession of lands and the office of Chancellor of England to Henry in a written document. She also gave him new wealth and land: Melchesam, Boczam, Malmesbury, and Stokes-Wiltshire. (Humphrey had been relieved of his duties after the reign of Henry I). Humphrey signed a document of Prince Henry in 1149/1150 at Devizes and another in 1150/1151 at Argentan. In 1150 Trowbridge Castle was taken by Stephen.

When the Abbey Church of Montebourg was dedicated in 1152, Humphrey consented to the gift of the church of St. Gregoire de Catz by Ildebert de Catz and Steven de Magneville.

After the death of his father, Geoffrey Plantagenet (1153), King Henry was in England leading the army. Henry made an agreement with Stephen when Eustache, Stephen's son, died, whereby Henry would succeed him to the throne when he died (the next year). Henry II then confirmed Humphrey's inheritances in England and Normandy and his titles.

Because of his role as Lord Chancellor and his signatures on numerous documents, we are able to account for Humphrey's whereabouts. He was in England with the King (1153-1154); in Normandy (1156) at Argentan, Falaise, and Quevilly (1174); with his peers in Chinon (1170-1173); back in England (between 1174-1179); and again in Normandy at Valognes, Cherbourg, and Bonneville-sur-Touques (1180 & 1182). In January 1164 Humphrey was one of the barons summoned to the Council of Clarendon where the constitutions were drawn up.

In April 1173, when Prince Henry rebelled against his father, King Henry II, Humphrey stood by the King. With Richard de Lucy he invaded Scotland in an attack against King William the Lion who supported Prince Henry and the destruction of the Bishop's Palace at Durham. Humphrey and company burned Berwick and penetrated deeply into Scotland. But when they learned of the landing of Robert de Beaumont (Earl of Leicester and friend of Prince Henry) in Suffolk (29 September 1173), they made a truce with William the Lion and marched against Beaumont. Humphrey battled with the help of the peasants and was taken prisoner with his wife at Fornham St. Geneviere near Bury St. Edmond (Suffolk) on 16 October 1173. The prisoners were taken to Falaise castle. On 1 December 1174/5 in Falaise, Humphrey witnessed a peace accord between Henry II and William the Lion recognising the sovereignty of England over Scotland.

Humphrey's fortune considerably increased with the death of his father- in-law, Milo of Gloucester, who without male heirs left a third of his wealth to each daughter. Humphrey also inherited the position of Constable of England that was held by his father-in-law. In 1166 Humphrey inherited 3 1/2 parts of a knight's fees (rent) from his grandfather's provinces and 9 1/2 parts "de novo." His wife received 17 parts from Milo's provinces and 3 3/4 parts of her brothers' land. He kept in Normandy a part of the inheritance from Humphrey I, particularly land at Carentan and Pont D'Ouve. A document confirmed the gifts of his ancestors and the men of the Bohon priory. Among the witnesses of this act were Enjuger de Bohon, Robert of Bohon priory, Duchess Margaret, and Henry de Bohon. A letter from Humphrey de Bohon to the men of Normandy and England stated that Humphrey and his son gave to the Blanchelande Abbey the title of Moulin de Biard with Pont D'Ouve. In 1181 with Alexander de Bohon he witnessed the foundation of Barbery Abbey. Across the Channel, Humphrey founded the Priory of Monkton Farley (Wiltshire) with his wife, supported by the Lewes Abbey. Near the beautiful forests and streams in England, his rich endowment provided them with a large yearly income. Among the benefactors associated with this foundation are Mathilda de Bohon (his mother), Ildebert de Catz (Chaz), Robert de Carentan, and his vassals; among the witnesses were William de Beuzeville and Humphrey de St. Vigor. Humphrey died 6 April 1187. He was buried at the Lanthony Abbey (Gloucestershire) founded by his father-in-law.

He had a son, Humphrey IV, and a daughter Margaret, first wife of Waleran, Earl of Warwick. According to the Chronicle of Lanthony, Humphrey IV was Earl of Hereford and Constable of England. But he died before his father, probably in 1182 in France while serving Henry the Younger, so he never had the titles. Humphrey was married to Margaret of Scotland (who died 1201), daughter of Henry, Earl of Huntington, and sister of King William the Lion of Scotland, and widow of Conan le Petit, Earl of Brittany and Richmond (who died 1171). After Humphrey's death, his widow confirmed the gift of a marketplace to the priory of Bradenstoke that he had specified in his will.

His son was Henry de Bohon (1176-1220), Earl of Hereford, who played an important role in the revolt of the Barons against King John. Born in 1176, he succeeded his grandfather honorably. Henry married Maud (Mathilda, died 1236), daughter of Geoffrey (Geoffrey Fitz Piers de Mandeville), son of Pierre de Mandeville, Earl of Essex. She was sister and heiress of William de Mandeville who died childless in 1189 and was appointed the Barony of Pleshey (Essex). The Mandeville family descended from Geoffrey, companion of William the Conqueror. His son was constable of the Tower of London. His grandson, also named Geoffrey, was strong and ambitious. Later he was dispossessed of his lands and excommunicated for having pillaged the church lands, so he revolted against Stephen and was mortally wounded in his attack of Burwell castle.

Geoffrey (the grandson) left three sons. The oldest, Ernald, shared in his father's revolt and was exiled. The second, Geoffrey, succeeded his father and died in 1166. The third, William, Third Earl of Essex and earl of Aumale, succeeded his brother. He was Grand Chamberlain to Henry II and played an important role in the wars between Louis VII of France and Philip Auguste. He accompanied Philip, Earl of Flanders, on the Crusade. He was also called the Grand Justicier. William died childless at Rouen on 14 November 1189, leaving his wealth to his sister, Maud.

The reign of King John (1199-1216) started out well for Henry when he was created Earl of Hereford on 28 April 1199. Henry was the first of the Bohons to have the title, which included an annual income. The following year, Henry and other nobles summoned his uncle in Scotland, William the Lion, to appear at Lincoln to do homage.

In 1203 Henry witnessed a document where King John confirmed the dowry of Queen Isabelle. The principal interests of the Bohons were in England. Henry paid taxes of 50 marks and a groom, corresponding to 20 parts of a knight's fee, on the Huntington land he inherited from his mother. In Normandy, Henry kept his more modest holdings (from Humphrey I) at Carentan and Pont D'Ouve. After the first time France reclaimed Normandy (1204), Henry stayed loyal to John. His lands in Normandy were confiscated by Philip Auguste. Then King John imposed a heavy tax to maintain the campaign of 1213-1214 to prevent the crushing of a coalition formed at Bouvines on 27 July 1214 by England, Flanders, and the German Empire. The King was discredited and there was general discontent. The forces were dissatisfied that the King awarded certain barons without their having to go through the regular tests and examinations.

Then there was a revolt of Barons in which Henry took an active part. The revolt ended with the signing of the Magna Carta at Runnymede (Surrey) on 12 July 1215. The lands that had been confiscated from Henry were returned and the 25 lords took it upon themselves to make sure the charter was enforced.

The Bohons enjoyed being in possession of great lands at the frontier of the Welsh country which was always threatened. The other marcher lords enjoyed it, too, because their military importance and independence was greater than that of other royal lords. Politically they were stronger by being closer to the king. The lull was cut short when the war restarted. The following year John had Pope Innocent III excommunicate the Earl of Hereford, which only increased the opposition to the King. John joined forces with the army of Prince Louis of France (the future Louis VIII) when barons from the north landed in England. John died on October 19, 1216, but Henry de Bohon did not ally himself with the new King, Henry III. He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Lincoln on 20 May 1217, where Louis of France was defeated.

Henry gave the churches of Boxe and Wilsford (Lincolnshire) to the Priory of Monkton Farley, and gave a pension to St. Nicolas Hospital in Salisbury.

Henry de Bohon died 1 June 1220 while on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. His body was returned to Lanthony abbey. He had four sons: Humphrey V, who succeeded him; Henry, who died young; Ralph, benefactor of the Abbey of Grendon who married Lora; and Robert, mentioned in the Book of Walden.

Humphrey V, from whom Michael Gregory is descended, was the second Earl of Hereford, first Earl of Essex, and Constable of England. He was known as the “Good Earl of Hereford”. He was a contemporary of Henry III and died 24 September 1274/5. Born before 1208, Humphrey married twice. His first wife was Maud (Mathilda), daughter of Ralph of Lusignan, count d'Eu (who died 1219). His second wife was Maud (Mathilda) of Avebury, daughter and heiress of Roger of Tosny (who died 1264).

The Tosny (Tony, Toeni) family was a very important one originating in France. Hugh de Tosny, Archbishop of Rouen, was the source of their fortune. Roger I de Tosny fought the Muselmans in Catalogne. Robert de Toeni was on the list of companions of William the Conqueror at Hastings and was Lord of Stafford with the possessions of seven earls. His brothers, Roger II and Beranger, also had considerable domains. The former (Roger II) was builder of Clifford Castle (Herefordshire). Their sister, Alice, married William, son of Osborn. The following generation, Ralph III married the daughter of Walthof, the sister of Baldwin, Earl of Boulogne. In 1204, the Tosnys, like the Bohons, supported John and lost their lands in Normandy. He was Constable of England; the King took his homage, at the instance of the King of Scots and the magnates of England, whereby he had livery of Caldicot (Monmouthshire) and of Walton in Surrey, ca 1221. He sided with the Earl of Cornwall in his quarrel with the King in 1227. He had livery of his mother's lands 9 Sep 1236, thus becoming, in addition to Earl of Hereford, the Earl of Essex. In 1237 he went on pilgrimage to Santiago, and in Feb 1238/39, was appointed Constable of Dover Castle, also serving, during these years, as Sheriff of Kent. He was present at the Great Council of 1248, and, in 1250, he was among those who took the Cross. A protection was granted to him 15 Nov 1253, for as long as the King remained in Gascony, and was with him there in 1254, but withdrew (with the King's permission) after failing to obtain satisfaction in a matter relating to his jurisdiction as Constable. In 1257, he was appointed to keep the marches between Montgomery and the land of the Earl of Gloucester, and had a protection 22 Oct on staying in Wales in the service of Prince Edward. The following year he was one of the 24 councillors to draw up the Provisions of Oxford, being chosen among the Barons' twelve, and was thereafter one of the fifteen chosen to advise the King on all points; and was also one of the twelve elected by the Barons to represent the community in three annual parliaments. In 1259 he was the King's representative, with the Count of Aumale, for the preservation of peace between France and England, later being one of the Commissioners to ratify the treaty between the two Kingdoms. On 18 Jul 1262, he had a grant of the custody of the lands of the late Earl of Gloucester. In the struggle of 1263/64, he took the side of the King, and served as one of the keepers of the City of London 9 Oct 1265.

Humphrey succeeded his father on 1 June 1220, then came into possession of his lands and was confirmed Earl of Hereford. After the death of his maternal uncle, William of Mandeville, he inherited the title of Earl of Essex (28 April 1228).

In 1227 Humphrey V helped solve a quarrel between Henry III and his brother, Richard, Earl of Cornwall (whom Humphrey supported). He declared his intentions to postpone the judgment of the King's court and royal lords. The King refused and ordered him to submit or give up his titles. With other important Barons, Humphrey took the side of Richard. The conspirators raised an army, and at Stamford (Lincoln) they demanded the reinstatement of the Earl's duties, an apology, and the confirmation of the liberties guaranteed by the document. The King conceded. Humphrey was reinstated as Marshall of the King's house. He served at the marriage of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence (1236), and was one of nine godfathers at the christening of the future Edward I (1239).

From 1239-1241 Humphrey was Sheriff of Kent and Constable of Dover Castle. He also distinguished himself in the Welsh and French wars. In 1242, Henry II led an expedition to reconquer Poitou, which was occupied by Louis VIII of France. Humphrey accompanied him in Gascogny, but became irritated by the influence of the strangers/counselors under the King. He returned to England with the Duke of Cornwall. The expedition later ended as a loss. Two years later with the Earl of Clare, Humphrey took part in the suppression of a Welsh revolt. After an initial success, they were defeated, partly because the Earl had been accused of embezzling part of the inheritance of his sister-in-law, Isabelle (wife of David who was son of Llewelyn).

In 1246 Humphrey joined in a letter to Pope Innocent IV denouncing the oppression exercised over England by the court of Rome.

In 1248 Humphrey was presented to Parliament. In 1250 he took the cross and went to the Holy Land. In the meantime the Queen was lavishing favors on the French in her entourage and the king increased his spending, causing discontent among the Barons. In 1253 Humphrey participated in a grand remonstrance made to the King at Westminster Hall with the "bell, book, and candle" for violations against the Magna Carta, a prelude to the revolt.

The same year he founded the church of the Augustin Brothers on Broad Street in London. In 1254 he was in Gascogny with the King. From 1256-1258 "Mr. Humphrey de Boun" participated in many battles with the Welsh. In 1259 he was one of the Barons who worked to re-establish a truce between King Henry III and Llewelyn, Prince of Wales. But the following year there were again hostilities between the two. The king summoned Richard of Clare and Humphrey de Bohon to the army with other lords, Humphrey de Boun Jr. and Frank de Boun.

Humphrey was one of the councillors to draw up the Provisions of Oxford in 1258 which affirmed the Magna Carta and reformed its misuse. He was one of the Council of Fifteen that advised the King. The next year he was commissioner to ratify a treaty between France and England. In 1260 Humphrey was a traveling judge for the counties of Hereford, Gloucester, and Worcester. In 1262, he negotiated peace with Llewelyn of Wales.

Humphrey V's attitude toward the new conflicts between the King and the Barons has been confused with that of his son. When the barons divided their confederation Humphrey sided with Simon de Montfort. In 1263, he was one of the important Barons who supported the King while his son was on the opposite side. Humphrey was taken prisoner at the Battle of Lewes.

Humphrey V was chosen one of 12 arbitrators to bring peace between the King and Simon. He died 24 September 1275 on the way to Kenilworth (Warwick). There the King stated the principles he was willing to compromise on to end the revolt surrounding Kenilworth Castle. Humphrey was buried with his ancestors at Lanthony.

He had one son from his first wife, Humphrey VI, his successor, and four daughters: Mathilda (Maud) who married Anselme Marshall, Earl of Pembroke (died 1245); Cecilia or Alicia, who married Ralph de Toni; a third who married Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester; and a fourth. From his second marriage he had one son, John, Lord of Haresfield, who participated in the Battle of Evesham as one of the rebels.

Humphrey VI became Earl of Hereford and Essex and was born about 1228. Constable of England, the King took his homage, whereby he had livery of his father's lands 16 Feb 1298. He attended the marriage of Edward I to Queen Margaret at Canterbury 9 Sep 1299, and served in Scotland, being present at the siege of Caerlaverock on 1 Jul 1300.

In 1302, prior to his marriage to the King's daughter, he surrendered his castles, towns, manors, and lands in Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Huntingdonshire, Buckinghamshire, Wiltshire, the cos. Gloucester and Hereford, and Wales, and made a further surrender of his right, honour and dominion, by virtue of the name of Earl in cos. Hereford and Essex, as well as the Constableship of England. After his marriage, these were again restored to him and his wife as to be held as fully as he held them before quitclaiming to the King. On 11 Apr 1306, he had a grant of Annandale with all of its liberties in arms of the sea with the Castle of Lochmaben, late of Robert de Bruce, Earl of Carrick, escheated to the King by his felony in slaying John Comyn of Bad Enoch before the high altar of the Friars Minor at Dumfries. He took part in the proceedings leading up to the appointment of the Lords Ordainers in 1310 (of which he was one), and having been deprived of the Constableship, he had restoration thereof 28 Aug 1311. He fought at Bannockburn and was taken prisoner, whereupon he was exchanged for Elizabeth (de Burgh), wife of King Robert de Bruce. On 11 Feb 1315/16, he was appointed captain of all forces against Llewelyn (ap Rhys) in Glamorgan. When summoned to attend the Council at Gloucester in 1321, he sent word that he could not do so while Hugh le Despenser (the younger) was in the King's comitiva; he was then ordered to attend at Oxford, and, preparing to attack the said Despenser, was ordered to abstain, 1 May 1321. But during May and June the Despenser lands were ravaged. His lands were taken into the King's hand by writs dated 25 Dec 1321, and 4 and 23 Jan and 8 Feb 1321/22, and various orders for his arrest issued. He was killed at the battle of Boroughbridge the following month, when endeavoring to force his way across the bridge. By his will, dated at Gosforth 11 Aug 1319, he made many pious bequests and remembered those in his employ. His wife, Elizabeth, daughter of King Edward I, predeceased him.

He died in Beeston Castle, Gloucestershire on 20 Feb 1313. He married Eleanor de Braose about 1245 in Wales. She was the daughter of Sir William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny and Eve Marshal (from whom Michael Gregory also has a direct line of ancestry)[5]. Children of Humphrey and Eleanor were Sir Humphrey VII, born about 1246. He was Michael Gregory’s direct ancestor. Eleanor de Bohun, born around 1250 and who died 20 February 1313. She married Sir Robert de Ferrers, Earl of Derby on 26 June 1269. Robert was the son of Sir William de Ferrers and Margaret de Quincy. Michael Gregory also has a direct line of descent from Sir Robert de Ferrers[6]. The last child was Margery de Bohun born about 1252 and who died before 1304.

Sir Humphrey VII was born about 1246 and died 31 December 1298 in Pleshey, England. His wife was Maud de Fiennes, who he married in 1275. She was the daughter of Enguerrand de Fiennes, and whose wife was the daughter of de Conde. It was his son, William who became Earl of Northampton and whose details have been outlined above.

Date of Report: 8 January 2008

The Line of Descent of Michael Gregory From Humphrey de Bohun

Lord Mont Hageuz = [---?---]

Ralph, Sire de Meri = [---?---]

Richard I de Meri = Billeheude

b. ca 1032 Bohun, Normandy b. ca 1036

d. Bef 1068 m. 1052

Humphrey “The Bearded” = Adelaide

Godfather to King William I b. 1074 Normandy

With William at the

Battle of Hastings (1066)

Mentioned in the Domesday

Book 1086

Humphrey de Bohun = Maud of Salisbury, dau of Edward Salisbury, Sheriff of Wiltshire and Maud de Reims Robert

“The Great” b. ca 1084 Richard

b. 1129 d. 1142 See “Ancient Kings of Scotland Enguerren (a Monk)

Family History Report

Humphrey de Bohun = Margaret de Pitres dau of David I, “The Saint”, King of Scotland = Matilda dau of

b. 1120 Miles de Pitre and Waltheof, Earl of

d. 6 Apr 1187 Sybil de Neumarcher Northampton

b. 1122

m. 1149

d. 1197

Henry, Earl of Huntingdon = Ada de Warenne

b. 1114 dau of William de Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey

d. 1152 and Isabella (died 1178), dau of Hugh, Count of Vermandois

m. 1139

Humphrey de Bohun = Margaret of Huntington King William Geoffrey FitzPiers = Beatrice de Saye

b. ca 1144 b. 1154 “The Lion” Earl of Essex

d. ca 1182 Princess of Scotland King of Scotland

bur. Sawtrey Abbey, d. 1201

Hunt’s See de Warenne Family Report

Henry de Bohun = Maud FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville

1st Earl of Hereford Countess of Essex

b. 1176 m. ca 1199

d. 1 June 1220 on d. 27 Aug 1236

Pilgrimage to the Holy

Land Sheriff of Kent

Hereditary Constable Of

England

Humphrey V de Bohun = Maud de Lusignan dau of Ralph de Lusignan and Alice D’Eu of Hastings Ralph de Bohun = Lora

6th Earl of Hereford = 2). Maud of Avebury dau of Roger de Tosny Robert de Bohun

d. 24 Sep 1275

Humphrey VI de Bohun = Eleanor de Braose Alice de Bohun = Roger de Toeni John de Bohun

b. 1220 (Combomere dau of William de Braose b. ca 1233 Son of Sir Ralph de Toeni Lord of Harefield

Abbey) and Eve Marshall (dau m. ca 1245 and Petronella de Lacy

d. 27 Oct 1265 (Belston of William Earl Marshall) d. 1255, Glouc

Castle, Chester) Matilda = Anselme Marshal Earl of Pembroke

Humphrey VII de Bohun = Maud de Fiennes Eleanor = Sir Robert de Ferrers Margery

b. 1248 b. ca 1250 Son of Sir William de Ferrers b. ca 1252

d. 31 Dec 1298 d. 20 Feb 1313 and Margaret Quincy

m. 26 June 1269

Humphrey VIII de Bohun = Princess Elizabeth (Plantagenet)

4th Earl of Hereford dau of King Edward 1st of England and Eleanor of Castile

b. 1276 (Pleshey Castle) b. 7 Aug 1282 (Rhuddland Castle, Caernavon)

d. 13 Mar 1321 (Battle of m. 14 Nov 1302

Boroughbridge) d. ca 5 May 1316 (Quendon, Essex)

bur. Walden Abbey

William de Bohun = Elizabeth de Badlesmere John de Bohun Sir Humphrey IX de Bohun

Earl of Northampton m. 1338 Earl of Hereford Earl of Hereford

b. 1310 d. 1356 b. 24 Nov 1305 b. ca 1305

Crecy (1346) Bur Walden Abbey d. 15 Oct 1361 unmarried d. 15 Oct 1361 unmarried

Commander of the Agnes Sir John de Bohun

Battle of Morlaix b. Nov 1309 Caldecott Eleanor = James Butler Earl of Ormonde

(1342) Margaret = Hen Courteney b. 1304 m. 17 Oct 1326

d. 16 Sep 1366 b. 3 Apr 1311 d. 7 Oct Son of Sir Edmund

Bur Walden Abbey a d.11 Dec 1391 1363 Butler and Joan FitxGerald

a

Richard FitzAlan = (1) Philippa de Mortimer

11th Earl of Arundel

b. 1346 = (2) Elizabeth de Bohun Alianore = James Butler

d. 21 Sep 1397 b. 1350 Derbyshire 1st Earl of Ormond

m. 28 Sep 1365

d. 3 Apr 1385

Robert Goushill = Elizabeth FitzAlan Joan Fitzalan = William Beauchamp

b. Heveringham, Nott’s. b. ca 1366 Derbyshire 1st Baron Abergavenny

m. ca 1384 Arundel Castle, Sussex

d. 8 Jul 1425, Heveringham, Nott’s.

Thomas Stanley = Joan Goushill Elizabeth Goushill = Sir Robert Wingfield

b. Latham, Lanc’s b. Haveringham, Notts.

m. ca 1401

John Stanley = Elizabeth Weever

b. Weever

Thomas Venables = Cicely Stanley

b. 1469, Golborne b. Weever, Cheshire

d. 1513 Battle of

Flodden Field

William Venables = Ellen Cotton

b. Kinderton b. Kinderton

John Massey = Catherine Venables

b. ca 1496, Puddington b. ca 1498, Puddington

d. 15 July 1551, m. ca 1496, Puddington

Burton-in-Wirral,

Cheshire

Arthur Glegge = Eleanor Massey

b. ca 1522, Puddington, Cheshire

m. 23 Nov 1538 in Burton-in-Wirral,

Cheshire

d. Gayton

See: Gregory Pedigree

Glegg(e) Family

Thomas Family

Blake Family

Gregory family

Edward Glegg of Grange, Margaret Glegg of Gayton, their descendants to Arthur Glegg, who Married Eleanor Massey (Reproduced from Ormerod’s History of Cheshire, p.492)

ARTHUR GLEGGE of Gayton = ELEANOR, daughter

esq, finally heir to his nephew of John Massy of

William Glegg, living [13 Puddington, esq

Hen. 8, and] 1566

THOMAS GLEGG, second ELIZABETH, eldest WILLIAM GLEGG = MARY, daughter and coheiress KATHERINE GLEGG.

Son, bur. At Heswall, daughter, o.s.p. of Gayton, esq. of Edward Plankeney, of ELIZABETH, wife of John

Jan 18, 1616 [MARGERY] wife bur. At Heswall, Chester, buried at Prescot, Aldersey, alderman of the

EDWARD GLEGG, third of Peter Bold of Dec 6 1629 co. Lancaster, May 12, 1597. City of Chester.

Son Upton, gent ELEANOR GLEGG.

MARY GLEGG, ELIZABETH GLEGG, baptized EDWARD GLEGG of Gayton, = ISABELLA, dau of Robert JOHN GLEGG, 2d son, bapt at

Baptized at at Heswall, Sep 14, 1576. esq. bapt. At Heswall, Aug. Mainwaring of Merton Heswall, Jul 14, 1575, bur. There, Jan

Heswall, July JANE GLEGG, baptized at 1, 1568, and there buried, Sands, bur at Heswall, 4, 1619, represented on a brass plate

30, 1570 Heswall, Feb 21, 1581 Feb 29 [sic], 1623 Feb. 17, 1623 now affixed to the east wall of the

chancel, 1816.

JOHN GLEGG, second EDWARD GLEGG, bap- WILLIAM GLEGG = CICELY, dau of Robert Sephton, MARGARET, wife of ELIZABETH, wife

son, bapt. At White- tized at Heswall, of Gayton, esq. of Mollington, eldest sister and Ralph Morgell of of Valentine

Gate, Jul 24, 1591. Nov 30, 1593 bapt. At White- coheiress of Thomas Sephton of Moston Hall, esq. Whitmore of

GEORGE GLEGG, bap- ARTHUR GLEGG, bap- gate, Jan 29, Mollington, baptized at Back- baptized at Hes- Thurstanton,

tized at Heswall, tized at Heswall, 1589-90, bur. at ford, Mar. 3, 1593, died at wall, Oct. 28, 1587, married at Hes-

Sep 29, 1592 Apr. 1, 1600 Heswall, Oct. Thurstanston, buried at died Oct 12, 1627, wall, May 1646.

24, 1656. Heswall, Ap. 3, 1662. bur. at Backford.

BARTHOLOMEW GLEGG, ARTHUR GLEGG, KATHERINE = EDWARD GLEGG = ELIZABETH, ELIZABETH, bapt. At ANNE, wife of …..

Eldest son and heir apparent baptized Jan 10, daughter of of Gayton, esq. daughter of Heswall, Feb. 16, 1614. Rose, co. Derb.

Born 1611, baptized at 1628, buried at Hes- sir Henry 2d son and heir, Edward ANNE, bapt at Heswall gent. Bap. Jan 24

Heswall, Aug 28, bur May wall , Jan 25, 1629. Delves of baptized at Pickford, Aug 19, 1629 obs inf 1629

23, 1612. CHARLES GLEGG, Doddington; Heswall, Aug. citizen of bapt. At Heswall, Nov. MARY, bap. at

JOHN GLEGG, married baptized at Heswall, bart. Married 24, 1615, mar- London, 9, 1620. Heswall, Dec. 2,

….., dau of ….. Mandrake, Jan 28, 1631. July 22, ried 3rdly, at o.s.p. CICELY, wife of Thos. 1632, ob. inf.

citizen of London, died in WILLIAM GLEGG, 1650, buried Heswall, Sep. 1649. Browne of Upton, gent. HANNAH, bap at

Ireland, s.p. baptized at Heswall, at Heswall, 20, 1671, Judith 1st wife. Bap. At Heswall, May 23, Heswall, Jan 1,

RALPH GLEGG, baptized Oct 10, 1633. Aug. 1666. Hughes of Dis- 1624, bur. at the same 1634, ob. inf.

At Heswall, Jan 28, 1621, ROBERT GLEGG, 2d wife. serth; died May place, Oct. 1661. MARGERY, bap

Buried Mar 3, 1621. married ……, dau of 26, 1687, buried ANNE, bapt. At Hes- at Heswall, Sep

Sir …. Sherlock, died Jun. 1, at wall, Aug. 19, 1629, 13, 1635, bur

in Ireland, s.p. Heswall. Ob. infans. there Oct 12 1635

HESTER ROGER = MARTHA, ANNE, only = EDWARD GLEGG = MARGARET, dau. HANNAH

GLEGG. GLEGG. daughter daughter of of Caldey William Glegg GLEGG, bur.

of …. Roger Grange, esq. of Gayton, esq by at West

Moss, Lowndes of aged 42 at the Cicely, daughter Kirkby

Obiit Sept. Overton Visitation of to Robert Sephton Aug. 2

2, 1697 co. Cest. 1664, born 1622, of Mollington, 1663.

Obiit June married Anne, [gent., not] A daughter,

5, 1675 dau. of … esq., sister and co- and four

aged 51 Thelwall, esq. heir to Thomas younger

years. 3d. wife, who Sephton. 1st wife sons

died s.p.

HANNAH, only daugh. = JOHN GLEGG of JANE, daughter of John Scorer = EDWARD GLEGG of Irby, WILLIAM GLEGG of = ?…. MARGARET

Obiit Sept 19, 1729, Tranmore, gent. Of Westminster, gent. Buried esq. 2d son, obiit Dec Grange, esq. son dau of GLEGG

Bur. At West Kirby, 3d son, living at Thurstanston, Mar 7, 1720 15, 1703, a aetat. 45; and heir, aged 11 ….

a aet. 41 Had iss. 1703 a aet 46 buried at Thurstanston years 1664.

PRUDENCE, ROGER, died ANNE, wife of the JOHN GLEGG of = FRANCES, eldest dau EDWARD GLEGG of = ELIZ, dau MARGARET,

SILENCE, unmarried Rev John Urmson Irby, esq. Eldest of Henry Birkenhead Caldey Grange, esq. and heiress wife of …

Died young Decem. 7, of Neston, ob. Feb. son and heir, ob. Of Backford, and co- obiit Aug 4, 1714, of John Becket,

1777 6, 1769, aged 61 May 14, 1768 heiress of her uncle aged 33 years, buried Kent of buried at

Vide Backford Thomas Birkenhead at West Kirby Tranmore Haselwall,

1715

GLEGGS of DEBORAH, 2d dau. And coheiress = WILLIAM GLEGG of Grange, esq EDWARD GLEGG, JOHN GLEGG = MARY, dau ABIGAIL,

Backford of Henry Birkenhead of Backford baptized at West Kirby, Dec 28, baptized at West of Grange, esq. … Carr of bapt. 1708

Esq re-married to Lt Colonel 1704, died Dec 21, 1739, without Kirby, July 1706, born 1712, ob. Liverpool SILENCE

Charles Crosbie, o.s.p. surviving issue o.s.p. April 23, 1749 ob. Feb 28, bapt. 1710

1758, aet 39

FRANCES, daugh. of = WILLIAM GLEGG, esq. only son = SIDNEY, dau of … MARY. MARGARET, obiit CATHERINE,

Thomas Jennings, and heir, who sold the estate Lloyd, living at Parkgate, FRANCES. Nov. 2, 1749 obiit, March 1746

1st wife 1814

The Glegge Family (Ancestors of Michael Gregory)

Sidney Lloyd = William Glegge = Frances Jennings

b. 1752/53 b. ca 1750

m. 1774 d. 1785

d. 27 Mar 1822

bur Neston

Admon. 1822

Emily

b. 1775

d. 20 Feb 1843 (Cheshire)

Thomas Glegge = Catherine Davies Francis Glegge Frances William [-?-] [-?-]

b. ca 1775 dau of Wm Davies d. By 1851?

Mariner (1800) (Ropemaker)

Mariner (1806) b. 1777 (St John’s Liverpool)

d. 4 Feb 1818 m. Nov 1793

d. 4 Nov 1859

Living at Elm Terrace

Tranmere (1851) Proprietor of Houses

Thomas Glegge = Mary Miller Mary Glegge = Humphrey Thomas William

b. 1800 (Liverpool) b. 1808 (Liverpool) b. 22 May 1806 b. 1 Jan 1807 b. 12 July 1803

Master Mariner Living 5 Osborne m. 3 Jan 1828 m. 3 Jan 1828 d. By 1836?

d. 18 Aug 1848 Terrace Liverpool d. 7 Jan 1885 d. 13 Jan 1877

(1851)

William Glegge Emily Thomas Glegge Thomas = Eliza Catherine George

b. 1838 (Liverpool) b. 1834 (Liverpool) architect b. 9 Sep 1826

Living at 5 Osborne Living at 5 Osborne b. 11 Jun 1829 m. 25 Sep 1851

Terrace, Liverpool (1851) Terrace, Liverpool Tranmere, Cheshire Walton on the Hill

(1851) d. 18 Nov 1881 Lancashire

Tranmere (age 52)

See Below

Line of Descent from Thomas Glegge Thomas to Michael Gregory

THOMAS GLEGGE THOMAS = ELISA CATHERINE GEORGE

b. 11 Jun 1829 b. 9 Sep 1828

Architect m. 25 Sep 1851

Walton-on-the-Hill

Lancashire

RALPH ABRAHAM BLAKE = MARY CATHERINE THOMAS GEORGE THOMAS HENRY THOMAS ELIZA

Shopkeeper b. 30 Oct 1853 Tranmere b. 1 Nov 1855 Tranmere GLEGGE THOMAS b. 14 Apr 1865

b. 1854 bp. 13 Jul 1854 ALFRED THOMAS b. 1 Nov 1855 (Tranmere) MARTHA EMILY

St Nicholas’ Church, Liverpool b. ca 1856 Tranmere b. ca 1862

m. 11 May 1878 TYSILIO THOMAS WILLIAM ARTHUR THOMAS Tranmere

b. ca 1857-60 b. 20 Jan 1871

WILLIAM ARTHUR Tranmere

See Blake Family History THOMAS WALTER AUBREY THOMAS = MAUD PARIS

Report and Genealogy Chart b. ca 1858 b. 14 Dec 1863 b. ca 1868 (Chester)

No 8 Architect (1881) d. 30 Nov 1945

d. aged 75 (?) in 1934

Frederick John Hall Gregory = Annie Blake

b. 29 Oct 1884 b. 8 Apr 1886 in Mold, Clwyd

Glen Parva Barracks, Leicester m. 5 Nov 1906 St James RC DORRIT M EDWARD THOMAS

Church, Colchester b. ca 1890 (Neston) b. ca 1892 (Neston)

HUMPHREY THOMAS OLIVER G THOMAS

b. ca 1897 (Neston) b. ca 1895 (Neston)

LOUISA E THOMAS WALTER G THOMAS

b. ca 1888 (Neston) b. ca 1887 (Birkenhead)

Frederick William Gregory = Margaret Mary O’Neill WINSOME WINIFRED C THOMAS

Colchester m. 26 December 1929, St Chad’s Church, b. ca 1890 b. ca 1894 (Neston)

b. 25 Dec 1906 Colchester Cheetham Hill, Manchester AUBREY GLEGGE THOMAS

d. 1 March 1975 Blackburn d. 10 July 1989 in Wigan b. after 1881 b. after 1881

See O’Neill Family

History Report and Genealogy Chart No 3

Malcolm Peter Gregory = Bernadette Caffrey

b. 26 February 1935 b. 13 April 1934, Blackburn

Hayfield, Manchester m. 21 July 1956, St Peter’s RC Church, See Caffrey Family History Report and Genealogy Chart No 2

Blackburn d. 2001 Blackburn

d. 2001 Blackburn

Michael Peter Gregory See Gregory Family History Report and Genealogy Chart No 1

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[1] See: Gregory, M.P., (2007), “The Venables Family of Venables and Other Families Interconnected by Marriage Including the Orreby Family of Gawsworth and the Arderne Family of Aldford.

[2] See Gregory, M.P., (2007), “The FitzAlan Family: Earls of Arundel”, Personal Family History Report.

[3] See: Gregory, M.P., (2007), “The Families of Blois and Chartres, and Rognwalder, Earl of Mercreand and the Orcades and of Lady Godiva of Coventry, with a Line Leading to King Alfred “The Great” of England.

[4] The story of the Battle of Sluys is told from the English side by Sir Harris Nicolas, in his History of the Royal Navy, vol. ii. (London, 1847); and from the French side by M. C. de la Roncire, Histoire de la marine francaise, vol. i. (Paris, 1899). Both make copious references to original sources.

[5] See: Gregory, M.P., (2007), “The de Braose Family of Normandy, Sussex and Wales: Barons, Warriors and Crusaders, Together With Some Medieval Family Connections by Marriage”, Personal Family History Report.

[6] See: Gregory, M.P., (2007), “The de Ferrers and de Lathom Families, Including Lines of Marriage Leading To Henry I, King of England, Aethelred the Unready, King of England and Malcolm III, King of Scotland, Including the Families of de Braose, de Quincy, de Muscegros, Galloway and McDonald”, Personal Family History Report.

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