Bohun, THE FAMILY OF, was founded by the Norman Humphrey de Bohun, and in 1199 the head of the house became Earl of Hereford. The then Earl of Hereford was taken prisoner at Bannockburn, and a kinsman was slain in single combat by Bruce. In 1380 the heiress of the earldoms of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, married Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV.).
Bohun, THE FAMILY OF
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