John De Bohun and Cecily Filliol

John De Bohun was born on 14 Nov 1301 in Todham, Easebourne, Sussex, England as the first child of James De Bohun and Joan De Braose. He died on 05 Dec 1367. When he was 24, He married Isabel de Trego Tregoz before 1326. When he was 40, He married Cecily Filliol,daughter of JOHN FILLIOL and MARGERY, before 06 Nov 1342.

John De Bohun lived in Ballymadden.. He was known by the title of Lord of Midhurst.

John De Bohun and Cecily Filliol had the following children:

1. John De Bohun was born on 06 Jan 1359/60 in Cowdray, Sussex, England. He died on 25 Jan 1430/31. He married Anne Joan Halsham before 25 Oct 1429. He married Alice before 1432.

John De Bohun and Isabel de Trego Tregoz had the following children:

1.Elizabeth.
2.John.
3.Eve.
4.Joan.
5.Edward.

Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition (, 2011).


  The father of Sir John II, John I was born Jan 6, 1300/01 and died Dec. 5, 1367. After the death of his first wife, Isabel de Trego, Sir John married, Cicely Filliol, mother of SirJohn II and daughter of Sir John Filliol, before 1361. Sir John de Bohun I was a Baron by writ of lands in England and Ireland. ie., He was Lord of Midhurst, Ford, Sussex, and Rustington in England and inherited his grandmother’s lands in Ballymadd Co. Kildar, Ireland. In retinue of Earl of Arundel in French Wars. Member Parliament as Baron of Midhurst. Sir John’s parents were James de Bohun II and Joan de Braose. Accompanied King Edward III to Ireland, 1331, & to France, 1346. Created Lord Bohun by writ 10 OCT 1359 --- SIR JOHN DE BOHUN, of Midhurst, &c., son and heir born and baptized 14 November 1301 at Todham in Easebourne, Sussex. Having proved his age, he did homage, and had livery of his lands in England and Ireland, 20 May 1323. In July 1346, he, in the retinue of the Earl of Arundel, accompanied the King in his French campaign, returning to England before 14 May 1347. He was summoned to three Councils from 10 October 1359 to 10 February 1361/2, and to Parliament from 1 June 1363 to 20 January 1365/6, by writs directed Johanni de Bohun de Midhurst, whereby he may be held to have become LORD BOHUN, but none of his descendants were ever summoned to Parliament in respect of this Barony. He married, 1stly, before 1326, Isabel, perhaps daughter of Sir Henry DE TREGOZ, of Goring, Sussex. He married, 2ndly, before 6 November 1342, Cicely, only daughter and eventual heir of Sir John FILLIOL, of Kelvedon, Little Oakley, and Little Baddow, Essex, by his 2nd wife Margery. He died 5 December 1367, aged 66. His widow, who was aged 22 and more in October 1346, died 9 or 13 August 1381. [CP 2:200-01] --- In 1428 it is stated that the 1/2 fee in Todham, formerly of William Chamberlayn and others, 'is divided between three persons equally', these being Thomas Tawke, John Strode, and John Bown. Tawke represents the St. George estate, Strode was perhaps a tenant of the Arundel lands, and John 'Bown' or Bohun represents a third division. This seems to have been in the hands of the family in 1300, as John son of James de Bohun was born at the manor of Todham in that year. In 1381 Cecily widow of Sir John de Bohun died seised of Hetfeldlond, held of Robert Tawke as of his manor of Todham. This may perhaps be the 100 acres in Todham, valued at £10, which was in the hands of Viscount Montague at his death in 1629.  0 May 1323 he did homage and had livery of his lands in England and Ireland.1 In July 1346 he accompanied the King to France, as part of the retinue of the Earl of Arundel, and returned ot England 14 May 1347.1 He was created  1st Lord Bohun [England by writ] on 10 October 1359, although none of his descendants were ever summoned to Parliament.1 He lived in Midhurst, Sussex, England.1  Citations  1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 200. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. 2. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 201. Sir John de Bohun/Cicely Filliol Baron by writ of lands in England and Ireland. He was in the retinue of the Earl of Arundel during the French Wars. He was a member of Parliament as Baron of Midhurst. http://www.garylavergne.com/boone.htm  From a post on Gen-Medieval mailing list at yahoo On Jul 12, 4:55 pm, Douglas Richardson   Dear Ken ~  Thank you for your good post.  Much appreciated.  In answer to your excellent question, yes, Sir John de Bohun, of  Midhurst, Sussex, was born at Todham (in Easebourne), Sussex 14 Nov.  1301.  Sir John de Bohun was married twice, his second wife being  Cecily Filiol, who was born about 1324 (aged 22 in 1346).  And, yes, their son and heir was John de Bohun the younger, born at Cowdray,  Sussex 6 Jan. 1362/3.  The record below which is taken from the National Archives catalogue bears that out:  C 136/34/15  Record Summary  Scope and content  John son and heir of John de Bohun, knight, of Midhurst and of Cecily  his wife: Sussex (writ only, proof of age missing)  Covering dates  7 Rich II [1383-1384].  END OF QUOTE. The above record may be viewed at the following weblink:  http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails....  Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah  Magna Carta Ancestry  By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham John Bohun, Knt., of Midhurst, Ford, and Rustington, Susse, and Ballymadden, co., Kildare, Ireland, son and heir, born at Todham (in Easebourne), Susse 14 Nov. 1301. He married (1st) before 1326 Isabel_____, perhaps daughter of Henry de Tregoz, Knt., of Goring, Susse. They had two sons, Edward and John, and three daughters, Joan (wife of John de Lisle), Eve, and Elizabeth (wife of Henry Hussey). On 23 July 1329 he had livery of the inheritance of Joan, widow of his grandfather, John de Bohun. He married (2nd) before 6 Nov. 1342 Cecily Filoll (or Fillioll), daughter and eventual heiress of John Filoll, Knt., of Kelvedon, Little Oakley, and Little Baddow, Essex, by his 2nd wife, Margery. She was born about 1324 (aged 22 in 1346). They had one son, John, Knt. In the retinue of the Earl of Arundel, he accompanied the King in July 1346 in his French campaign. He was summoned to three Councils from 10 Oct. 1359 by writs directed Johanni de Bohun de Midhurst. Sir John Bohun died 5 Dec. 1367. His widow, Cecily, died 9 (or 13) August 1381. MANORS It has already been suggested that Easebourne, of which Midhurst was originally part, may have been a demesne manor of Earl Roger accidentally omitted in the Domesday Survey. (fn. 43) At the beginning of the 12th century MIDHURST was given by Henry I, to whom the honor of Arundel had escheated, to Savaric fitz Cane, to hold with its appurtenances as 3 knights' fees. (fn. 44) He married Muriel, apparently daughter of Richard de Meri who had married Lucy eventual heiress of the seigneurie of Bohun. Savaric left three sons: Ralph died without surviving issue in 1159; his brothers Savaric and Geldewin in 1158 made an agreement by which Midhurst passed to the latter. On the death of Savaric fitz Savaric early in, or shortly before, 1187 Geldewin inherited the whole of his father's lands and also those of his mother's brother Enjuger de Bohun, who had died in 1180. Geldewin died about the end of 1187 and was succeeded by his eldest son Frank de Bohun, who incurred the enmity of Henry II, probably through his support of the king's son Richard, as the latter in 1190 annulled an agreement which King Henry had forced Frank to make with Ralph de Arderne and confirmed him in possession of his estates, including Midhurst. (fn. 45) Frank died in 1192 and his widow Rohese paid 300 marks to have the custody of his lands and of his sons. (fn. 46) The elder of these, Enjuger, was marshal for Normandy in 1213 and died at the end of 1218, when he was planning a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. (fn. 47) His brother and heir Savaric died in 1246, about which time his son Sir Frank married Sibyl daughter of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby; (fn. 48) he married secondly Nichole widow of Bartholomew de la Chapelle, to whom the manor of Midhurst was allotted after his death in 1273. Sir John, his eldest son by his first wife, married Joan, his step-sister, daughter of Bartholomew and Nichole, and died in 1284, leaving three sons, of whom the eldest was only 9. Shortly before his death Sir John had granted Midhurst to Anthony Beck, Bishop of Durham, for life, with remainder to his own children. The bishop survived until 1311, by which time Sir John's eldest son John had died (c. 1296), as had the second son James (fn. 49) (1306). The latter's son John, born at Todham, was still a child when the bishop died, and custody of 2/3 of the manor of Midhurst (the other ⅓ being held by Sir John's widow) was granted to Sir Henry Percy. (fn. 50) John died in 1367, leaving a son John, born at Cowdray in 1363, who lived till 1433. His son Sir Humphrey died in 1460, and his son John Bohun, who died in 1492, was the last male of his line. He left two daughters, of whom the younger, Ursula, married Sir Robert Southwell and died without issue, so that Midhurst and the other Bohun estates passed to Mary and her husband Sir David Owen, a bastard son of Owen Tudor, the grandfather of Henry VII. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41704 As early as 1384 dower was assigned to Cecily widow of Sir John de Bohun in 'the manor of Midhurst called Coderay'. (fn. 51) From the time when Sir David Owen began the building of the great house the manor, as distinct from the borough, of Midhurst was often called COWDRAY. In 1528 Sir David sold the Bohun estates to Sir William Fitzwilliam, reserving the right to live at Cowdray, but permitting Sir William to build there, provided he was not inconvenienced by the work. (fn. 52) His son Sir Henry Owen pointed out that Sir David had only a life interest, but himself conveyed the reversion to Sir William. (fn. 53) The latter, created Earl of Southampton in 1537, died in 1542 and left the estates to his half-brother Sir Anthony Browne. He died in 1548 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Sir Anthony, who was created Viscount Montague in 1554 and lived until 1592. His eldest son having died shortly before him, Midhurst and Cowdray passed to his grandson Anthony Maria and from him in unbroken succession to George Samuel, 8th Viscount Montague, who was drowned in 1793 when rashly attempting to shoot the rapids of the Rhine. As he left no issue the estates passed to his sister Elizabeth Mary, who married William Stephen Poyntz. He died in 1840, leaving three daughters, by whom the property was sold to the 6th Earl of Egmont. From the 8th Earl it was bought in 1908 by Sir Weetman Pearson, created Baron Cowdray in 1910 and Viscount in 1917, and is now held by the 3rd Viscount. Tenements in Midhurst and land in neighbouring parishes were granted to the Knights Hospitallers, presumably by one of the Bohuns. (fn. 54) Accordingly, in 1278 the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem successfully claimed for his tenants here a long list of liberties and exemptions, except that it was found that they were at scot and lot with the other men of the town in matters pertaining to the Crown. (fn. 55) In 1338 the Hospitallers had a grange in Midhurst with 50 acres of arable and a rood of meadow, let for 13s. 4d., and pasturage for 100 sheep, worth 8s. 4d. (fn. 56) The estates were under the Commandery of Poling and constituted the LIBERTY OF ST. JOHN. A chapel was built, and this with its estates was leased in 1515 for forty-one years to Robert Gybrisshe at a rent of 33s. 4d., he doing all repairs and finding a priest to celebrate four times in the year. (fn. 57) He was also responsible for the ornaments, which included a silvergilt chalice and paten, and vestments. Before the lease expired the Hospital had been suppressed, and in June 1561 the manor and chapel, with tenements in West and North Streets, &c., were granted to the Earl of Southampton. (fn. 58) The manor of St. John's then descended with the manor of Midhurst, each being valued at £20 in 1629. (fn. 59)    BOHUN-BARONS BOHUN OF MID- HURST. By Writ of Summons, dated 1st June, 1363. 37th Edward III. Lineage. In addition to the illustrious house of Bohun, Earls of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, there was another family of the same name, and probably descended from the same source, whose chief seat was at Midhurst, in the county of Sussex. In the reign of King Henry III. SAVARIE DE BOHUN held three knights'fees in Ford and Midhurst, and had to wife, , sister of John Fitz Geffrey, Justice of Ireland, by whom he had issue, FRANCO DE BOHUN, whom. Sibel, one of the daughters of William de Ferrars, Earl of Derby, by Sibel, his wife, daughter to William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, and sister and co-heiress of Anselm, Earl of Pembroke, by whom he had a son and successor, JOHN DE BOHUN, serjeant of the king's Chapel, and spigumel, that is, sealer of the writs, temp. Edward I. In the twelfth year of which reign he  d., leaving with other children, his successor, JAMES DE BOHUN, whom, one of the daughters and co-heiresses of William de Braose, of Gower, and was s. by his son, JOHN DE BOHUN, who making proof of his age, and doing homage, had livery of his lands in the 16th Edward II. " This is he, (says Dugdale.) who for his great services in Flanders, and elsewhere beyond sea, in 14th Edward III., (when the king first laid claim to the crown of France,) as also in that famous expedition into France, 19th Edward III., (shortly after which, the king obtained that glorious victory at Cressey, whereof our historians make ample mention.) became afterwards one of the Barons of the realm, being summoned to sit in parliament, in 37th, 38th, and 39th of that king's reign." His lordship m. first, Isabel , by whom he had two daughters,  viz. Joane, m. to John de L'Isle, of Gatcombe. Åvå. The baron m, secondly, Cecely, daughter and heiress of John Filllol, of Essex, and left a son and heir, JOHN DE BOHUN, who attaining majority in the 7th Richard II., and doing his homage, had livery of his lands; but he does not appear ever to have been summoned to parliament as a baron, neither were his descendants considered as such. He was s. by his son, Humphrey  A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and ...‎ - Page 63 by John Burke - History - 1831  BOHUN-BARONS BOHUN OF MID- HURST. By Writ of Summons, dated 1st June, 1363. 37th Edward III. Lineage. In addition to the illustrious house of Bohun, Earls of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, there was another family of the same name, and probably descended from the same source, whose chief seat was at Midhurst, in the county of Sussex. In the reign of King Henry III. SAVARIE DE BOHUN held three knights'fees in Ford and Midhurst, and had to wife, , sister of John Fitz Geffrey, Justice of Ireland, by whom he had issue, FRANCO DE BOHUN, whom. Sibel, one of the daughters of William de Ferrars, Earl of Derby, by Sibel, his wife, daughter to William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, and sister and co-heiress of Anselm, Earl of Pembroke, by whom he had a son and successor, JOHN DE BOHUN, serjeant of the king's Chapel, and spigumel, that is, sealer of the writs, temp. Edward I. In the twelfth year of which reign he  d., leaving with other children, his successor, JAMES DE BOHUN, whom, one of the daughters and co-heiresses of William de Braose, of Gower, and was s. by his son, JOHN DE BOHUN, who making proof of his age, and doing homage, had livery of his lands in the 16th Edward II. " This is he, (says Dugdale.) who for his great services in Flanders, and elsewhere beyond sea, in 14th Edward III., (when the king first laid claim to the crown of France,) as also in that famous expedition into France, 19th Edward III., (shortly after which, the king obtained that glorious victory at Cressey, whereof our historians make ample mention.) became afterwards one of the Barons of the realm, being summoned to sit in parliament, in 37th, 38th, and 39th of that king's reign." His lordship m. first, Isabel , by whom he had two daughters,  viz. Joane, m. to John de L'Isle, of Gatcombe. Åvå. The baron m, secondly, Cecely, daughter and heiress of John Filllol, of Essex, and left a son and heir, JOHN DE BOHUN, who attaining majority in the 7th Richard II., and doing his homage, had livery of his lands; but he does not appear ever to have been summoned to parliament as a baron, neither were his descendants considered as such. He was s. by his son, Humphrey
 The father of Sir John II, John I was born Jan 6, 1300/01 and died Dec. 5, 1367. After the death of his first wife, Isabel de Trego, Sir John married, Cicely Filliol, mother of SirJohn II and daughter of Sir John Filliol, before 1361. Sir John de Bohun I was a Baron by writ of lands in England and Ireland. ie., He was Lord of Midhurst, Ford, Sussex, and Rustington in England and inherited his grandmother’s lands in Ballymadd Co. Kildar, Ireland. In retinue of Earl of Arundel in French Wars. Member Parliament as Baron of Midhurst. Sir John’s parents were James de Bohun II and Joan de Braose.
 Accompanied King Edward III to Ireland, 1331, & to France, 1346.
 Created Lord Bohun by writ 10 OCT 1359
 ---
 SIR JOHN DE BOHUN, of Midhurst, &c., son and heir born and baptized 14 November 1301 at Todham in Easebourne, Sussex. Having proved his age, he did homage, and had livery of his lands in England and Ireland, 20 May 1323. In July 1346, he, in the retinue of the Earl of Arundel, accompanied the King in his French campaign, returning to England before 14 May 1347. He was summoned to three Councils from 10 October 1359 to 10 February 1361/2, and to Parliament from 1 June 1363 to 20 January 1365/6, by writs directed Johanni de Bohun de Midhurst, whereby he may be held to have become LORD BOHUN, but none of his descendants were ever summoned to Parliament in respect of this Barony.
 He married, 1stly, before 1326, Isabel, perhaps daughter of Sir Henry DE TREGOZ, of Goring, Sussex.
 He married, 2ndly, before 6 November 1342, Cicely, only daughter and eventual heir of Sir John FILLIOL, of Kelvedon, Little Oakley, and Little Baddow, Essex, by his 2nd wife Margery.
 He died 5 December 1367, aged 66.
 His widow, who was aged 22 and more in October 1346, died 9 or 13 August 1381.
 [CP 2:200-01]
 ---
 In 1428 it is stated that the 1/2 fee in Todham, formerly of William Chamberlayn and others, 'is divided between three persons equally', these being Thomas Tawke, John Strode, and John Bown. Tawke represents the St. George estate, Strode was perhaps a tenant of the Arundel lands, and John 'Bown' or Bohun represents a third division. This seems to have been in the hands of the family in 1300, as John son of James de Bohun was born at the manor of Todham in that year. In 1381 Cecily widow of Sir John de Bohun died seised of Hetfeldlond, held of Robert Tawke as of his manor of Todham. This may perhaps be the 100 acres in Todham, valued at £10, which was in the hands of Viscount Montague at his death in 1629.


 0 May 1323 he did homage and had livery of his lands in England and Ireland.1 In July 1346 he accompanied the King to France, as part of the retinue of the Earl of Arundel, and returned ot England 14 May 1347.1 He was created  1st Lord Bohun [England by writ] on 10 October 1359, although none of his descendants were ever summoned to Parliament.1 He lived in Midhurst, Sussex, England.1

 Citations

 1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 200. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
 2. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 201.
 Sir John de Bohun/Cicely Filliol Baron by writ of lands in England and Ireland. He was in the retinue of the Earl of Arundel during the French Wars. He was a member of Parliament as Baron of Midhurst.
 http://www.garylavergne.com/boone.htm


 From a post on Gen-Medieval mailing list at yahoo

 On Jul 12, 4:55 pm, Douglas Richardson
 Dear Ken ~

 Thank you for your good post.  Much appreciated.

 In answer to your excellent question, yes, Sir John de Bohun, of
 Midhurst, Sussex, was born at Todham (in Easebourne), Sussex 14 Nov.
 1301.  Sir John de Bohun was married twice, his second wife being
 Cecily Filiol, who was born about 1324 (aged 22 in 1346).  And, yes,
 their son and heir was John de Bohun the younger, born at Cowdray,
 Sussex 6 Jan. 1362/3.

 The record below which is taken from the National Archives catalogue
 bears that out:

 C 136/34/15

 Record Summary
 Scope and content
 John son and heir of John de Bohun, knight, of Midhurst and of Cecily
 his wife: Sussex (writ only, proof of age missing)
 Covering dates  7 Rich II [1383-1384].  END OF QUOTE.

 The above record may be viewed at the following weblink:
 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails....

 Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah


 Magna Carta Ancestry
 By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
 John Bohun, Knt., of Midhurst, Ford, and Rustington, Susse, and Ballymadden, co., Kildare, Ireland, son and heir, born at Todham (in Easebourne), Susse 14 Nov. 1301. He married (1st) before 1326 Isabel_____, perhaps daughter of Henry de Tregoz, Knt., of Goring, Susse. They had two sons, Edward and John, and three daughters, Joan (wife of John de Lisle), Eve, and Elizabeth (wife of Henry Hussey). On 23 July 1329 he had livery of the inheritance of Joan, widow of his grandfather, John de Bohun. He married (2nd) before 6 Nov. 1342 Cecily Filoll (or Fillioll), daughter and eventual heiress of John Filoll, Knt., of Kelvedon, Little Oakley, and Little Baddow, Essex, by his 2nd wife, Margery. She was born about 1324 (aged 22 in 1346). They had one son, John, Knt. In the retinue of the Earl of Arundel, he accompanied the King in July 1346 in his French campaign. He was summoned to three Councils from 10 Oct. 1359 by writs directed Johanni de Bohun de Midhurst. Sir John Bohun died 5 Dec. 1367. His widow, Cecily, died 9 (or 13) August 1381.

 MANORS

 It has already been suggested that Easebourne, of which Midhurst was originally part, may have been a demesne manor of Earl Roger accidentally omitted in the Domesday Survey. (fn. 43) At the beginning of the 12th century MIDHURST was given by Henry I, to whom the honor of Arundel had escheated, to Savaric fitz Cane, to hold with its appurtenances as 3 knights' fees. (fn. 44) He married Muriel, apparently daughter of Richard de Meri who had married Lucy eventual heiress of the seigneurie of Bohun. Savaric left three sons: Ralph died without surviving issue in 1159; his brothers Savaric and Geldewin in 1158 made an agreement by which Midhurst passed to the latter. On the death of Savaric fitz Savaric early in, or shortly before, 1187 Geldewin inherited the whole of his father's lands and also those of his mother's brother Enjuger de Bohun, who had died in 1180. Geldewin died about the end of 1187 and was succeeded by his eldest son Frank de Bohun, who incurred the enmity of Henry II, probably through his support of the king's son Richard, as the latter in 1190 annulled an agreement which King Henry had forced Frank to make with Ralph de Arderne and confirmed him in possession of his estates, including Midhurst. (fn. 45) Frank died in 1192 and his widow Rohese paid 300 marks to have the custody of his lands and of his sons. (fn. 46) The elder of these, Enjuger, was marshal for Normandy in 1213 and died at the end of 1218, when he was planning a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. (fn. 47) His brother and heir Savaric died in 1246, about which time his son Sir Frank married Sibyl daughter of William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby; (fn. 48) he married secondly Nichole widow of Bartholomew de la Chapelle, to whom the manor of Midhurst was allotted after his death in 1273. Sir John, his eldest son by his first wife, married Joan, his step-sister, daughter of Bartholomew and Nichole, and died in 1284, leaving three sons, of whom the eldest was only 9. Shortly before his death Sir John had granted Midhurst to Anthony Beck, Bishop of Durham, for life, with remainder to his own children. The bishop survived until 1311, by which time Sir John's eldest son John had died (c. 1296), as had the second son James (fn. 49) (1306). The latter's son John, born at Todham, was still a child when the bishop died, and custody of 2/3 of the manor of Midhurst (the other ? being held by Sir John's widow) was granted to Sir Henry Percy. (fn. 50) John died in 1367, leaving a son John, born at Cowdray in 1363, who lived till 1433. His son Sir Humphrey died in 1460, and his son John Bohun, who died in 1492, was the last male of his line. He left two daughters, of whom the younger, Ursula, married Sir Robert Southwell and died without issue, so that Midhurst and the other Bohun estates passed to Mary and her husband Sir David Owen, a bastard son of Owen Tudor, the grandfather of Henry VII.

 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41704

 As early as 1384 dower was assigned to Cecily widow of Sir John de Bohun in 'the manor of Midhurst called Coderay'. (fn. 51) From the time when Sir David Owen began the building of the great house the manor, as distinct from the borough, of Midhurst was often called COWDRAY. In 1528 Sir David sold the Bohun estates to Sir William Fitzwilliam, reserving the right to live at Cowdray, but permitting Sir William to build there, provided he was not inconvenienced by the work. (fn. 52) His son Sir Henry Owen pointed out that Sir David had only a life interest, but himself conveyed the reversion to Sir William. (fn. 53) The latter, created Earl of Southampton in 1537, died in 1542 and left the estates to his half-brother Sir Anthony Browne. He died in 1548 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Sir Anthony, who was created Viscount Montague in 1554 and lived until 1592. His eldest son having died shortly before him, Midhurst and Cowdray passed to his grandson Anthony Maria and from him in unbroken succession to George Samuel, 8th Viscount Montague, who was drowned in 1793 when rashly attempting to shoot the rapids of the Rhine. As he left no issue the estates passed to his sister Elizabeth Mary, who married William Stephen Poyntz. He died in 1840, leaving three daughters, by whom the property was sold to the 6th Earl of Egmont. From the 8th Earl it was bought in 1908 by Sir Weetman Pearson, created Baron Cowdray in 1910 and Viscount in 1917, and is now held by the 3rd Viscount.

 Tenements in Midhurst and land in neighbouring parishes were granted to the Knights Hospitallers, presumably by one of the Bohuns. (fn. 54) Accordingly, in 1278 the prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem successfully claimed for his tenants here a long list of liberties and exemptions, except that it was found that they were at scot and lot with the other men of the town in matters pertaining to the Crown. (fn. 55) In 1338 the Hospitallers had a grange in Midhurst with 50 acres of arable and a rood of meadow, let for 13s. 4d., and pasturage for 100 sheep, worth 8s. 4d. (fn. 56) The estates were under the Commandery of Poling and constituted the LIBERTY OF ST. JOHN. A chapel was built, and this with its estates was leased in 1515 for forty-one years to Robert Gybrisshe at a rent of 33s. 4d., he doing all repairs and finding a priest to celebrate four times in the year. (fn. 57) He was also responsible for the ornaments, which included a silvergilt chalice and paten, and vestments. Before the lease expired the Hospital had been suppressed, and in June 1561 the manor and chapel, with tenements in West and North Streets, &c., were granted to the Earl of Southampton. (fn. 58) The manor of St. John's then descended with the manor of Midhurst, each being valued at £20 in 1629. (fn. 59)



 BOHUN-BARONS BOHUN OF MID-
 HURST.

 By Writ of Summons, dated 1st June, 1363.
 37th Edward III.

 Lineage.

 In addition to the illustrious house of Bohun, Earls of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, there was another family of the same name, and probably descended from the same source, whose chief seat was at Midhurst, in the county of Sussex. In the reign of King Henry III.

 SAVARIE DE BOHUN held three knights'fees in Ford and Midhurst, and had to wife, , sister of John Fitz Geffrey, Justice of Ireland, by whom he had issue,

 FRANCO DE BOHUN, whom. Sibel, one of the daughters of William de Ferrars, Earl of Derby, by Sibel, his wife, daughter to William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, and sister and co-heiress of Anselm, Earl of Pembroke, by whom he had a son and successor,

 JOHN DE BOHUN, serjeant of the king's Chapel, and spigumel, that is, sealer of the writs, temp. Edward I. In the twelfth year of which reign he  d., leaving with other children, his successor,

 JAMES DE BOHUN, whom, one of the daughters and co-heiresses of William de Braose, of Gower, and was s. by his son,

 JOHN DE BOHUN, who making proof of his age, and doing homage, had livery of his lands in the 16th Edward II. " This is he, (says Dugdale.) who for his great services in Flanders, and elsewhere beyond sea, in 14th Edward III., (when the king first laid claim to the crown of France,) as also in that famous expedition into France, 19th Edward III., (shortly after which, the king obtained that glorious victory at Cressey, whereof our historians make ample mention.) became afterwards one of the Barons of the realm, being summoned to sit in parliament, in 37th, 38th, and 39th of that king's reign." His lordship m. first, Isabel , by whom he had two daughters,
 viz.

 Joane, m. to John de L'Isle, of Gatcombe.
 ?v?.

 The baron m, secondly, Cecely, daughter and heiress of John Filllol, of Essex, and left a son and heir,

 JOHN DE BOHUN, who attaining majority in the 7th Richard II., and doing his homage, had livery of his lands; but he does not appear ever to have been summoned to parliament as a baron, neither were his descendants considered as such. He was s. by his son, Humphrey


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 BOHUN-BARONS BOHUN OF MID-
 HURST.

 By Writ of Summons, dated 1st June, 1363.
 37th Edward III.

 Lineage.

 In addition to the illustrious house of Bohun, Earls of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, there was another family of the same name, and probably descended from the same source, whose chief seat was at Midhurst, in the county of Sussex. In the reign of King Henry III.

 SAVARIE DE BOHUN held three knights'fees in Ford and Midhurst, and had to wife, , sister of John Fitz Geffrey, Justice of Ireland, by whom he had issue,

 FRANCO DE BOHUN, whom. Sibel, one of the daughters of William de Ferrars, Earl of Derby, by Sibel, his wife, daughter to William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, and sister and co-heiress of Anselm, Earl of Pembroke, by whom he had a son and successor,

 JOHN DE BOHUN, serjeant of the king's Chapel, and spigumel, that is, sealer of the writs, temp. Edward I. In the twelfth year of which reign he  d., leaving with other children, his successor,

 JAMES DE BOHUN, whom, one of the daughters and co-heiresses of William de Braose, of Gower, and was s. by his son,

 JOHN DE BOHUN, who making proof of his age, and doing homage, had livery of his lands in the 16th Edward II. " This is he, (says Dugdale.) who for his great services in Flanders, and elsewhere beyond sea, in 14th Edward III., (when the king first laid claim to the crown of France,) as also in that famous expedition into France, 19th Edward III., (shortly after which, the king obtained that glorious victory at Cressey, whereof our historians make ample mention.) became afterwards one of the Barons of the realm, being summoned to sit in parliament, in 37th, 38th, and 39th of that king's reign." His lordship m. first, Isabel , by whom he had two daughters,
 viz.

 Joane, m. to John de L'Isle, of Gatcombe.
 ?v?.

 The baron m, secondly, Cecely, daughter and heiress of John Filllol, of Essex, and left a son and heir,

 JOHN DE BOHUN, who attaining majority in the 7th Richard II., and doing his homage, had livery of his lands; but he does not appear ever to have been summoned to parliament as a baron, neither were his descendants considered as such. He was s. by his son, Humphrey

John De Bohun and Avelina De Ros

John De Bohun was born about 1433 in Wales or Midhurst, Sussex, England as the first child of John De Bohun and Anne Joan Halsham.

John De Bohun and Avelina De Ros had the following children:

       1. Geoffrey Boone De Bohun was born in 1450 in Penmynydd, Anglesey, Wales. He died on 07 May 1472 in Penmynydd, Anglesey, Wales.
       2.  Humphrey De Bohun was born on 05 Jun 1418 in of Midhurst. He died in Nov 1468.





  The father of Geoffrey Bohun I, Sir John, was born ca.1433 in Wales. He married Avelina de Ros, daughter of Sir Robert Ros of Rockingham Castle, Northants. (Avelina was his step-sister.) Their first child was Sir Humphrey de Bohun (who married Margaret Estfield and had a son named John). John de Bohun III as a younger son had not inherited the family title, which goes to Wales sessein knight under one of the de Brasoe landholders. Sir John’s parents were Sir John de Bohun II and Anne Halsham.  Some sources sat that the Avelina De Ros who married John De Bohun was the daughter of Robert de Ros, 1st Baron de Ros (c. 1223 - May 13, 1285), was an English nobleman and the first holder of the ancient title Baron de Ros. If you do the math, it is not possible for him to have a daughter born almost 200 years after he died. There has to be more than one married into the Ros or Bohun lines.
 The father of Geoffrey Bohun I, Sir John, was born ca.1433 in Wales. He married Avelina de Ros, daughter of Sir Robert Ros of Rockingham Castle, Northants. (Avelina was his step-sister.) Their first child was Sir Humphrey de Bohun (who married Margaret Estfield and had a son named John). John de Bohun III as a younger son had not inherited the family title, which goes to Wales sessein knight under one of the de Brasoe landholders. Sir John’s parents were Sir John de Bohun II and Anne Halsham.

 Some sources sat that the Avelina De Ros who married John De Bohun was the daughter of Robert de Ros, 1st Baron de Ros (c. 1223 - May 13, 1285), was an English nobleman and the first holder of the ancient title Baron de Ros. If you do the math, it is not possible for him to have a daughter born almost 200 years after he died. There has to be more than one married into the Ros or Bohun lines.


For Avelina De Ros's ancestry back to William The Lion click.

John De Bohun and Anne Joan Halsham

John De Bohun was born on 06 Jan 1359/60 in Cowdray, Sussex, England as the first child of John De Bohun and Cecily Filliol. He died on 25 Jan 1430/31. When he was 69, He married Anne Joan Halsham,daughter of John Halsham and Maud Mawley, before 25 Oct 1429. When he was 71, He married Alice before 1432.

John De Bohun was buried in Easebourne Priory, England. He lived in Rockingham Castle, Northants, England.. He was known by the title of 2nd Lord Bohun.

John De Bohun and Alice had the following children:

Beatrice De Bohun was born in 1416 in Sussex, England. She died in 1446.
Humphrey De Bohun was born in 1418. He died in 1469.

John De Bohun and Anne Joan Halsham had the following children:

John De Bohun was born about 1433 in Wales or Midhurst, Sussex, England.

The Peerage, http://www.thepeerage.com/p13746.htm#i137458.

  The father of Sir John III, Sir John II was born Jan.6, 1361/62 and died Jan. 25, 1431/32. After his first wife, Alice, died, Sir John married Anne Halsham (d.1448), the mother of SirJohn III, before 1361. Anne’s parents were John Halsham and Maud Mawle. Sir John de Bohun II  Sir John de Bohun succeeded to the title of  2nd Lord Bohun [E., 1359] on 5 December 1367, by writ, although he was never summoned to Parliament.1 On 2 February 1383/84 he had livery of his inheritance.1 He lived in Midhurst, Sussex, England.1 Citations  1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 201. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. Sir John de Bohun/Anne Halsham Resided in Rockingham Castle, Northants, England. He was never called to Parliament in recognition of his Barony. http://www.garylavergne.com/boone.htm  Magna Carta Ancestry  By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham John Bohun, Knt., of Midhurst, Sussex, etc., 1st surviving son and heir, by his father's 2nd marriage, born 6 June 1362/3. He married (1st) Alice_____. They had one son, Humphrey, Knt., and one daughter, Beatrice. She was living 14 Dec 1419, and was buried in Easebourne Priory.   He married (2nd) before 25 Oct 1429 Anne Halsham, daughter and in her issue heiress of John Halsham, of West Grinstead and Applesham, Sussex, by his 2nd wife, Maud Mawley. Sir John De Bohun died 25 Jan 1432/3, and was buried in Easebourne Priory. His widow, Anne, married (2nd) in 1433 Robert Roos, Knt., of More End, Northamptonshire, Keeper of Rockingham Castle (died 30 Dec 1448). She was living 24 Nov 1449  Notes and Queries - Google Books Result by William White - 1879  Shows a tree for Joan Halsham and spells Johns name as Bowne
 The father of Sir John III, Sir John II was born Jan.6, 1361/62 and died Jan. 25, 1431/32. After his first wife, Alice, died, Sir John married Anne Halsham (d.1448), the mother of SirJohn III, before 1361. Anne’s parents were John Halsham and Maud Mawle. Sir John de Bohun II


 Sir John de Bohun succeeded to the title of  2nd Lord Bohun [E., 1359] on 5 December 1367, by writ, although he was never summoned to Parliament.1 On 2 February 1383/84 he had livery of his inheritance.1 He lived in Midhurst, Sussex, England.1

 Citations

 1. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 201. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

 Sir John de Bohun/Anne Halsham Resided in Rockingham Castle, Northants, England. He was never called to Parliament in recognition of his Barony. http://www.garylavergne.com/boone.htm


 Magna Carta Ancestry
 By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham

 John Bohun, Knt., of Midhurst, Sussex, etc., 1st surviving son and heir, by his father's 2nd marriage, born 6 June 1362/3. He married (1st) Alice_____. They had one son, Humphrey, Knt., and one daughter, Beatrice. She was living 14 Dec 1419, and was buried in Easebourne Priory.
 He married (2nd) before 25 Oct 1429 Anne Halsham, daughter and in her issue heiress of John Halsham, of West Grinstead and Applesham, Sussex, by his 2nd wife, Maud Mawley. Sir John De Bohun died 25 Jan 1432/3, and was buried in Easebourne Priory. His widow, Anne, married (2nd) in 1433 Robert Roos, Knt., of More End, Northamptonshire, Keeper of Rockingham Castle (died 30 Dec 1448). She was living 24 Nov 1449


 Notes and Queries - Google Books Result
 by William White - 1879

 Shows a tree for Joan Halsham and spells Johns name as Bowne


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7. JOHN DE BOHUN, Knt, of Midhurst, Climping, Ford, Tewtimber, Rustington, and Todham (In Easebourne), Sussex, Weston Corbett, Hampshire, and Ballymadden, Berton and Glasseely. co. Kildare and Castlecomber, co. Kilkenny, Ireland, and, in right of his 2nd wife, of Great Crawley(in New Crawley) Buckinghamshire, Kelvedon, Essex, etc., son and heir, born at Todham (in Easebourne) Sussex 14 Nov. 1301. He married (1st) before 1326 ISABEL _____, perhaps daughter of Henry de Tregoz, Knt., of Goring, Sussex. They had two sons, Edward and John, and three daughters, Joan, Elizabeth, (wife of Henry Hussey. Knt.), and Margaret. In 1329 he had livery of the lands held in dower by Joan, widwo of his grandfather, John de Bohun. In 1331 he granted land at Shoddesden (in Kimpton) Hampshire to Easebourne Priory, Sussex. In 1332 he a grant of land in Sturminster Marshal, Dorset to Easebourne Priory, Sussex. This same year he transferred his share of the manor of Luton, Bedfordshire to his cousin, Hugh de Mortimer. In 1332-3 the manor of Rustington, Sussex was settled on him and his wife, Isabel, and the heirs male of his body, with successive remainders to the heirs male of the body of the said John, to Joan, Elizabeth and Margaret, sisters of Edward, and the heirs male of their bodies, or to the right heirs  of John. He married (2nd) before 6 Nov. 1342 CECILY FILOLL (or FILIOL, FILIOLL, FILLIOLL), daughter of John Filioll, Knt., of Kelvedon, Little Oakley, and Little Baddow, Essex, Great Crawley (in North Crawley), Buckinghamshire, etc., by his 2nd wife, Margery. She was born about 1324 (aged 22 in 1346). They had one son, John, Knt. He accompanied the king in July 1346 in his French campaigne, he being in the retinue of the Earl of Arundel. In 1347 he and his wife, Cecily, had license to settle the manor of Kelvedon, Essex on themselves and their heirs, with successive remainders, if they die without issue, to the heirs of the body of the said Cecily, Ralph  Filiol for life, William son of John de Sutton, Knt., in tailn male, Richard brother of the said William, in tail male, and John brother of the said Richard and his heirs in fee. In 1354 he had license to settle the manors of Ballymadden, Berton, and Glasseely, co. Kildare, and the manor and advowson of the church of Castlecomber, co. Kilkenny, Ireland, held in chief,on himself and Cecily his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, with remainder to his right heirs. He was summoned to three Councils from 10 Oct. 1359, by writs directed, Johanni de Bohun de Midhurst. SIR JOHN DE BOHUN died 5 Dec. 1367. In 1359 his widwo Cecily, had letters nominating John de Bodyton as her attorney in Ireland for three years, she then staying in England. In 1371, again staying in England, she had letters nominating Nicholas Menes and another as her attorneys in Ireland for one year. Cecily died 9 (or 3) Aug. 1381.
Child of John de Bohun, Knt., by Isabel_____:
i. Joan De Bohun, married John De Lisle, of Gatscombe, Hampshire
Chile of John De Bohun, Knt. by Cecily Filioll:
i. John Bohun, Knt.

8. JOHN BOHUN, Knt., of Midhurst, Ford, Newtimber, etc., Sussex, Great Crawley (in North Crawley), Buckinghampshire, Weston Corbett, Hampshire, Filliols Hall (in Kelvedon) Essex, eldest surviving son and heir by his father's 2nd marriage, born at Cowdray, Sussex, 6 Jan. 1362/3. He married (1st) ALICE_____. They had two sons, Humphrey, Knt., and Hugh, and one daughter, Beatrice. His wife, Alice, was living 14 Dec. 1419, and at her death was buried in Easebourne Priory. He married (2nd) before 25 Oct. 1429 ANNE HALSHAM, daughter of John HAlsham, Esq., of West Grinstead, Applesham, and Coombes, Sussex, by his 2nd wife Maud Mauley (see ATHOLL 7. ii). In 1430 he had sued Giles, Prior of Caldwell, and another for the next presentation of the church of Great Crawley, Buckinghamshire. Sometime before his death, he granted the manor of Filliols Hall (in Kelvedon), Essex to Thomas Dale, cler, and John Leget, chaplain, without the king's leave. SIR JOHN BOHUN died 25 Jan. 1432/3, and was buried in Easebourne Priory. His widow, Anne, married (2nd) ROBERT ROOS, Knt., of Moor End (in Potterspur), Northampshire, King's carver, King's knight, Keeper of Rockingham Castle, 1443-8, Chamberlain and Customer of Berwick-on-Tweed, 1445, 4th son of William Roos, K.G., 6th Lord Roos of Helmsley, by Margaret, daughter of John de Arundel, Knt., 1st Lord Arundel (see ROOS7 for his ancestry). He was born about 1409 or 1410. They had two sons, Henry, Knt., and John, and one daughter, Eleanor (wife successively of Robert Lovell, Thomas Proute, (or Proude), Esq., and Richard Haute, Knt.). He was a legatee in the 1412 will of his father. He was the older brother of Richard Roos, Knt., the Lancastrian poet. In 1438 he was granted the issues of the manor of Beckford, Gloucestershire for life, which grant he surrendered in 1445. In 1440 he was appointed one of the ambassadors to negotiate a peace with France. In 1442 he was sent to treat for the king's marriage. The same year he and his wife, Anne, were granted an annuity of L60 for the term of their lives. In 1443 he performed the office of Chamberlain to John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury, at his instalation, as proxy for his minor nephew, Thomas Roos. In 1445 he and his wife, Anne, were granted an annuity of 100 marks for the terms of their lives, upon his surrender of another grant. In 1446 he and Anne his wife, Humphrey Bohun, Richard Wakehurst, William  Sydeny, John Lelye, and Walter Urry had license to grant land by the church of Midhurst, Sussex to Castle, manor and lordship of Moor End (in Potterpury), Northamptonshire by the king. His wife, Anne, presented to the church of Weston Corbett, Hampshire in 1447. In 1448 he was sent to conclude a truce with France, SIR ROBERT ROOS died 30  Dec. 1448. He left a will dated 28 Dec. 1448, proved 28 Jan. 1448/9, requesting burial in St. Mary's church at Pipewell, Northamptonshire. On 3 Jan. 1449 custody of his lands and his heir were granted to his widow, Anne, and his executors. His widow, Anne, presented to the church of Weston Corbett, Hampshire in 1486.
Children of John Bohun, Knight, by Alice_____:
i. Humphrey Bohun, Knt.
ii. Beatrice Bohun, married Stephen Popham, Knt.
9. HUMPHRY BOHUN, Knt., of Midhurst, Ford, Newtimber, etc., Sussex, Kelvedon, Essex, Weston Corbett, Hampshire, etc., Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordhire, 1454-5, son ahd heir by his father's 1st marriage, born 6 May 1418. He married MARGARET ESTFIELD

Geoffrey Boone De Bohun and Petroline Petrolina De Arderne

Geoffrey Boone De Bohun was born in 1450 in Penmynydd, Anglesey, Wales as the first child of John De Bohun and Avelina De Ros. He had one sibling, namely: Humphrey. He died on 07 May 1472 in Penmynydd, Anglesey, Wales.

Geoffrey Boone De Bohun and Petroline Petrolina De Arderne had the following children:

1.Geoffrey Boone De Bohun was born in 1471 in Gwynned, North Wales. He died in 1530 in Devonshire, England. He married Anne Maggerly in 1489 in , , , Wales.




Petronela is obviously of some descent from Peter or Piers De Arderne.  The folowing is a history of that family.    Parentalia, genealogical memoirs. [With] Genealogical essays illustrative of ...‎ - Page 89 by George Ormerod - 1851 Arderne, of Over Alvanley  After the Alienation of Aldford and Elford viii. Peter De Arderne has been proved to have been surviving son and heir of Sir John Arderne in 1349, by the direct evidence of his father's Inquisition post mortem. Eighteen years before this, in Feb. 5 Edward III, 1331, when he would be about six years old, he is named in his marriage covenant, an indenture between Mons. John de Arderne et Adam de Brcdbury et Cecile sa feme et Piers le fil/ de dit Mons. John et Cecile sa feme. By this deed Adam de Bredbury enfcofls William de Stokeport, Chaplain, with half his manor of Romilegh and seven parts of Bredbury, to himself and the heirs male of his body, with remainder to Piers and Cecilia, and the heirs of their bodies, with other rent-charges on Bredbury, Romilegh, and lands in Macclesficld. John de Arderne also settles a rent-charge of forty marks from his manor of Aldford on the same parties. This is followed by a fine at Chester before William de Clynton (Just. Cost. 1331-37) and other deeds between the Trustee and the Grantor.1 The Bredbury Estate, obtained by this marriage, included Harden, a subsequent principal seat of this family, and Alvanley was afterwards recovered. Randle Holmes gives an imperfect date of the claim and successful suit, which may be corrected from 2 to 28 or 29 Edward III. It took place on a Thursday next after Trinity, the presiding Justice being Bartholomew Burghersh, whose predecessor, Hillary, retired in August, 27 Edward III.3 The two dates given fill up the period from this time to 30 Edward III, when Peter de Arderne must have been in possession, since his payment of arrears of quitrent to Vale Royal, as " Lord of Alvandelegh", in 33 Edward III, included that year. The plea was against Thomas de Bulkeley, most probably Trustee and father-in-law of Thomas Arderne, the illegitimate brother of the plaintiff Peter de Arderne who claimed the manor as settled by Sir John de Arderne on John his son, and Alice daughter of Hugh Venables, and the heirs of their bodies, himself being son and heir of that John, son of John and Alice, and the decision was in his favour.1 From this period Ai/vawley and Harden became the eeate of this branch of Arderne, an ancient mansion within Stockport itself subsequently becoming their Cheshire residence. The family of Bredbury, which merged in Arderne at this early period, was represented between 1208 and 1229 by Jordan de Bredbury, witness to Sir Robert de Stokeport's grant of Marple to the Vernons at that period.3 A later Jordan de Bredbury had release from Hamon de Massey from suit to his court in the time of the first Sir Peter de Arderne, witness to it, and was father of Adam above mentioned, who had a release from Nicolas and Joan de Eton, as " Adam son of Jordan de Bredbury", temp. Edward I,3 and who besides Cicely de Arderne, had a daughter, Catherine, not known to have married. The name of Harden in Bredbury (locally pronounced, like that of its Lords, Arden) has necessarily led to much confusion. Whitaker's Manchester (4to. I, 26, 348) may be consulted as to its derivation from the site of British forests, as well as a memoir by the author on the connexion of the Cheshire Ardernes and Warwickshire Ardens.4 Local conjecture will doubtless continue to overlook the certain inheritance of this place from the Bredbury family, and to consider it as the parent locality of the Arderne name, but this is clearly an error. It is, however, doubtful whether a Richard de Harderna was not identical with that Sir Richard de Aldford, to whom the first Sir John Arderne was successor and probably son-in-law, and whether, in such case, the variation of the i Abstract of Arderne Deeds, Harl. MSS. 2074, 135, b. 133, and 134, taken from the originals at Harden in or about 1652, by B. Holme and John Booth of Twemlow. The last deed of Peter de Arderne that has occurred, is a grant of the manor of Alvandelegh in trust to John de Scolhall, 2 Jan., 42 Edward III. ix. Hugh Arderne of Harden and Alvanley, erroneously called son of Sir John de Arderne in the Visitation of 1566, succeeded as son of Piers and Cecilia, and is expressly so styled in a precept to Maud, wife of Sir William Carrington, respecting the manor of Bothomes,3 somewhat later than 47 Edward III, in which year Sir William was living. He was contracted husband of Agnes, daughter of Robert de Hulme, 29 Edward III, and was husband of Cecilia, daughter of Ralph Hyde, 2 Richard II, and survived in 6 Henry V, when he granted his lands in Alvanley to his surviving son, Ralph Ardern, and his wife Catherine,3 having also had issue Peter, Ralph, and John. 2 Leycester's List of Justiciaries of Chester. Hist. Chesh. i, p. 57. 3 The plea, etc., from the Record preserved in Harl. MSS. 2074, is in Hist. Chesh. ii, p. 39. House of Warren ii, 226. Earlier generations of this house, which seems to have been a collateral of Massey and Stokeport, bore the local name in the time of Hen. II. They occur in the persons of Alexander, son of Hamo de Bredburi, Jordan, Ralph, and Adam, sons of Alexander, Walthcof and John de Bredburi, and Stephen brother of John, all witnesses to the confirmatory Charter granted by the third Hamo de Masci to Robert Fitz-Walthcof, the supposed male ancestor of the Stokeports. Hist. Chesh. i, p. 399, iii, p. 384. The Arms of Bredbury, satte three buckles, argent, occur in Ordinaries, but want official allowance. :> Arderne Deeds, 135, b. 134. 4 In remarks on Mr. Drummond's Arden Pedigree. Topographer I, 208. name as " de Harderna" did not regard the parts of Aldford Fee which entered into the sylvan district round Harden,' and are supposed to have borne such name in the British period. This, however, is only matter of speculative curiosity, and in no way connected with the derivation of the family name of Arderne or Arden, now indisputably traced from a Northamptonshire family.  A List of the Sepulchral Brasses of England Alphabetically Arranged in Counties‎ - Page 24 Justin Simpson - History - 2009 - Latton Chief Baron Sir Peter Arderne, Judge, and lady, 1467. On this brass are four shields of arms, that at the upper dexter corner bears paly of 6 or. and gu. (az.?) on a chief ar., 3 lozenges of the 2nd, the centre one charged with a chess rook of the 1st, Arderne, the one at the upper sinister, a bend cotised between 6 lions ramp., a mullet for diff. (Bohun?); the one at the lower dexter, on a bend 3 mullets, and one at the lower sinister, a chev. engrailed between 3 chess rooks. A knight and lady, c. 1485: over the lady is a shield bearing (vert.?) a lion ramp. (or? Arderne?), imp. paly of 6 or. and gu. (az.?), on a chief ar., 3 lozenges of the 2nd, the center one charged with a chess rook of the 1st, Arderne Francis Franklin, 1604: above are 2  shields; 1 ar., on a bend az., 3 dolphins of the field, Franklin, imp. quart 1st and 4th, ar., 3 pheons sa.; on a chief of the 2nd, a greyhound courant of the 1st, collared gu, Roberts; 2nd and 3rd, paly per fesse 3 demi-lions crowned, the colours counterchanged; 2 Franklin. A knight and his lady, c. 1510. An ecclesiaste unknown, c. 1500. A lady, 1560. A civilian and wife, 1600 Francis Frankelin, 1604. Testamenta eboracensia: a selection of wills from the registry at ..., Volume 53‎ - Page 102York (England) District probate registry - 1869 For an account of him see Foss's Judges iv. 408-9. I give some extracts from his invaluable will at Doctors Commons. Peter Arderne, miles, nuper capitalis baro scaccarii. Sep. in eccl. B.M. de Latton, co. Essex. Dame Kateryn, my wife, myn owne daily Prymer; a cuppe of silver pounced with son bemes, for swete wyne; by boke of Legends Sanetorum in English; and my boke of Englissh called Bonnaventure de Vita & Passione Christi. To my son, John Bohun, my booke of English of Boys de Consoloatione Philosophiae, with the booke of Huntyng therein. Dau. Anne Bohun a par of salsulers, conterfete dragon, the oon covered, ye terrages enameled; & my Frensshe booke, Giles de Regimine Principum. Dou. Eliz. Skreene. Sone John Skreen, myne owne paire of olde Statutez with the Registree, & ye newe tables therein; my newe Statutez, & a boke of Termes, of parcheymyn; and a goode boke compiled of Lawe; a grete boke of Lawe of Termes of Second Edward, in parchemyn; a grete booke of Gramer, with the Sege of Troy, borded; a grete boke callid Catholicon, bordered; & a goode newe bounden faire litle boke compiled of Assisez. To Thomas Bibbesworth, my ward, my best Registre of Lawe; my booke of Assises of Lawe; my owne grete compiled booke of Lawe covered with reed leddir & horn upon itt; a boke of Lawe of parchemyn, compiled & bokeled; a boke of Termes of Lawe of paper with a xxxij, a xxxix, and other yeres therein. To my cousyn, Brian Rocliff, a covered cuppe of silver, chased, both the cuppe & the covering. & a murrey cloke furred with calaber. To my nece Margarete Newporte, a table of ivory, with the Salutacion of our Lady in ymages of silver gilt upon the plate of silver enamelett. Brot. Master Thomas Arderne my booke of Florarium Barth'i; his owne booke of Lucerna Conscienciae; his Sawter glosed; my booke of ye Lyfe of Sinte Thomas of Caterbury. My cousyn, Maister John Rocliff, my white amber beys. Nephew Sir Guy Arderne. A peyr of my tarteryn clothes to Bushop Wilton churche in Yorkshire. To the church of Litle Drifeld a newe vestement val. xxxiij s. iiij d. Writen with myn owne hand. My londes & tentez in the forest of Galtresesse in Yorkshire, in the townes & feldes of Howby and Esingwold, to be sold to pay my dettes, etc. [Pr. 10 July 1467.] (Reg. Godyn, 160b.) The above will shows that a Peter Arderne had a daughter named Anne who married a John Bohun. Also a Peter Arderne had a wife who was a Bohun. Sir Peter Arderne was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer and also a Justice of the Common Pleas in 1448. He died in 1467. The brasses above are his and his wife's.
 Petronela is obviously of some descent from Peter or Piers De Arderne.  The folowing is a history of that family.

 Parentalia, genealogical memoirs. [With] Genealogical essays illustrative of ...? - Page 89
 by George Ormerod - 1851

 Arderne, of Over Alvanley
 After the Alienation of Aldford and Elford

 viii. Peter De Arderne has been proved to have been surviving son and heir of Sir John Arderne in 1349, by the direct evidence of his father's Inquisition post mortem. Eighteen years before this, in Feb. 5 Edward III, 1331, when he would be about six years old, he is named in his marriage covenant, an indenture between Mons. John de Arderne et Adam de Brcdbury et Cecile sa feme et Piers le fil/ de dit Mons. John et Cecile sa feme. By this deed Adam de Bredbury enfcofls William de Stokeport, Chaplain, with half his manor of Romilegh and seven parts of Bredbury, to himself and the heirs male of his body, with remainder to Piers and Cecilia, and the heirs of their bodies, with other rent-charges on Bredbury, Romilegh, and lands in Macclesficld. John de Arderne also settles a rent-charge of forty marks from his manor of Aldford on the same parties.

 This is followed by a fine at Chester before William de Clynton (Just. Cost. 1331-37) and other deeds between the Trustee and the Grantor.1

 The Bredbury Estate, obtained by this marriage, included Harden, a subsequent principal seat of this family, and Alvanley was afterwards recovered. Randle Holmes gives an imperfect date of the claim and successful suit, which may be corrected from 2 to 28 or 29 Edward III. It took place on a Thursday next after Trinity, the presiding Justice being Bartholomew Burghersh, whose predecessor, Hillary, retired in August, 27 Edward III.3 The two dates given fill up the period from this time to 30 Edward III, when Peter de Arderne must have been in possession, since his payment of arrears of quitrent to Vale Royal, as " Lord of Alvandelegh", in 33 Edward III, included that year.

 The plea was against Thomas de Bulkeley, most probably Trustee and father-in-law of Thomas Arderne, the illegitimate brother of the plaintiff Peter de Arderne who claimed the manor as settled

 by Sir John de Arderne on John his son, and Alice daughter of Hugh Venables, and the heirs of their bodies, himself being son and heir of that John, son of John and Alice, and the decision was in his favour.1

 From this period Ai/vawley and Harden became the eeate of this branch of Arderne, an ancient mansion within Stockport itself subsequently becoming their Cheshire residence.

 The family of Bredbury, which merged in Arderne at this early period, was represented between 1208 and 1229 by Jordan de Bredbury, witness to Sir Robert de Stokeport's grant of Marple to the Vernons at that period.3 A later Jordan de Bredbury had release from Hamon de Massey from suit to his court in the time of the first Sir Peter de Arderne, witness to it, and was father of Adam above mentioned, who had a release from Nicolas and Joan de Eton, as " Adam son of Jordan de Bredbury", temp. Edward I,3 and who besides Cicely de Arderne, had a daughter, Catherine, not known to have married.

 The name of Harden in Bredbury (locally pronounced, like that of its Lords, Arden) has necessarily led to much confusion. Whitaker's Manchester (4to. I, 26, 348) may be consulted as to its derivation from the site of British forests, as well as a memoir by the author on the connexion of the Cheshire Ardernes and Warwickshire Ardens.4 Local conjecture will doubtless continue to overlook the certain inheritance of this place from the Bredbury family, and to consider it as the parent locality of the Arderne name, but this is clearly an error. It is, however, doubtful whether a Richard de Harderna was not identical with that Sir Richard de Aldford, to whom the first Sir John Arderne was successor and probably son-in-law, and whether, in such case, the variation of the
 i Abstract of Arderne Deeds, Harl. MSS. 2074, 135, b. 133, and 134, taken from the originals at Harden in or about 1652, by B. Holme and John Booth of Twemlow.

 The last deed of Peter de Arderne that has occurred, is a grant of the manor of Alvandelegh in trust to John de Scolhall, 2 Jan., 42 Edward III.

 ix. Hugh Arderne of Harden and Alvanley, erroneously called son of Sir John de Arderne in the Visitation of 1566, succeeded as son of Piers and Cecilia, and is expressly so styled in a precept to Maud, wife of Sir William Carrington, respecting the manor of Bothomes,3 somewhat later than 47 Edward III, in which year Sir William was living. He was contracted husband of Agnes, daughter of Robert de Hulme, 29 Edward III, and was husband of Cecilia, daughter of Ralph Hyde, 2 Richard II, and survived in 6 Henry V, when he granted his lands in Alvanley to his surviving son, Ralph Ardern, and his wife Catherine,3 having also had issue Peter, Ralph, and John.

 2 Leycester's List of Justiciaries of Chester. Hist. Chesh. i, p. 57.
 3 The plea, etc., from the Record preserved in Harl. MSS. 2074, is in Hist. Chesh. ii, p. 39.

 House of Warren ii, 226. Earlier generations of this house, which seems to have been a collateral of Massey and Stokeport, bore the local name in the time of Hen. II. They occur in the persons of Alexander, son of Hamo de Bredburi, Jordan, Ralph, and Adam, sons of Alexander, Walthcof and John de Bredburi, and Stephen brother of John, all witnesses to the confirmatory Charter granted by the third Hamo de Masci to Robert Fitz-Walthcof, the supposed male ancestor of the Stokeports. Hist. Chesh. i, p. 399, iii, p. 384. The Arms of Bredbury, satte three buckles, argent, occur in Ordinaries, but want official allowance.

 :> Arderne Deeds, 135, b. 134.

 4 In remarks on Mr. Drummond's Arden Pedigree. Topographer I, 208. name as " de Harderna" did not regard the parts of Aldford Fee which entered into the sylvan district round Harden,' and are supposed to have borne such name in the British period. This, however, is only matter of speculative curiosity, and in no way connected with the derivation of the family name of Arderne or Arden, now indisputably traced from a Northamptonshire family.


 A List of the Sepulchral Brasses of England Alphabetically Arranged in Counties? - Page 24
 Justin Simpson - History - 2009 -

 Latton
 Chief Baron Sir Peter Arderne, Judge, and lady, 1467. On this brass are four shields of arms, that at the upper dexter corner bears paly of 6 or. and gu. (az.?) on a chief ar., 3 lozenges of the 2nd, the centre one charged with a chess rook of the 1st, Arderne, the one at the upper sinister, a bend cotised between 6 lions ramp., a mullet for diff. (Bohun?); the one at the lower dexter, on a bend 3 mullets, and one at the lower sinister, a chev. engrailed between 3 chess rooks. A knight and lady, c. 1485: over the lady is a shield bearing (vert.?) a lion ramp. (or? Arderne?), imp. paly of 6 or. and gu. (az.?), on a chief ar., 3 lozenges of the 2nd, the center one charged with a chess rook of the 1st, Arderne Francis Franklin, 1604: above are 2
 shields; 1 ar., on a bend az., 3 dolphins of the field, Franklin, imp. quart 1st and 4th, ar., 3 pheons sa.; on a chief of the 2nd, a greyhound courant of the 1st, collared gu, Roberts; 2nd and 3rd, paly per fesse 3 demi-lions crowned, the colours counterchanged; 2 Franklin. A knight and his lady, c. 1510. An ecclesiaste unknown, c. 1500. A lady, 1560. A civilian and wife, 1600 Francis Frankelin, 1604.
 Testamenta eboracensia: a selection of wills from the registry at ..., Volume 53? - Page 102York (England) District probate registry - 1869
 For an account of him see Foss's Judges iv. 408-9. I give some extracts from his invaluable will at Doctors Commons.
 Peter Arderne, miles, nuper capitalis baro scaccarii. Sep. in eccl. B.M. de Latton, co. Essex. Dame Kateryn, my wife, myn owne daily Prymer; a cuppe of silver pounced with son bemes, for swete wyne; by boke of Legends Sanetorum in English; and my boke of Englissh called Bonnaventure de Vita & Passione Christi. To my son, John Bohun, my booke of English of Boys de Consoloatione Philosophiae, with the booke of Huntyng therein. Dau. Anne Bohun a par of salsulers, conterfete dragon, the oon covered, ye terrages enameled; & my Frensshe booke, Giles de Regimine Principum. Dou. Eliz. Skreene. Sone John Skreen, myne owne paire of olde Statutez with the Registree, & ye newe tables therein; my newe Statutez, & a boke of Termes, of parcheymyn; and a goode boke compiled of Lawe; a grete boke of Lawe of Termes of Second Edward, in parchemyn; a grete booke of Gramer, with the Sege of Troy, borded; a grete boke callid Catholicon, bordered; & a goode newe bounden faire litle boke compiled of Assisez. To Thomas Bibbesworth, my ward, my best Registre of Lawe; my booke of Assises of Lawe; my owne grete compiled booke of Lawe covered with reed leddir & horn upon itt; a boke of Lawe of parchemyn, compiled & bokeled; a boke of Termes of Lawe of paper with a xxxij, a xxxix, and other yeres therein. To my cousyn, Brian Rocliff, a covered cuppe of silver, chased, both the cuppe & the covering. & a murrey cloke furred with calaber. To my nece Margarete Newporte, a table of ivory, with the Salutacion of our Lady in ymages of silver gilt upon the plate of silver enamelett. Brot. Master Thomas Arderne my booke of Florarium Barth'i; his owne booke of Lucerna Conscienciae; his Sawter glosed; my booke of ye Lyfe of Sinte Thomas of Caterbury. My cousyn, Maister John Rocliff, my white amber beys. Nephew Sir Guy Arderne. A peyr of my tarteryn clothes to Bushop Wilton churche in Yorkshire. To the church of Litle Drifeld a newe vestement val. xxxiij s. iiij d. Writen with myn owne hand. My londes & tentez in the forest of Galtresesse in Yorkshire, in the townes & feldes of Howby and Esingwold, to be sold to pay my dettes, etc. [Pr. 10 July 1467.] (Reg. Godyn, 160b.)

 The above will shows that a Peter Arderne had a daughter named Anne who married a John Bohun. Also a Peter Arderne had a wife who was a Bohun. Sir Peter Arderne was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer and also a Justice of the Common Pleas in 1448. He died in 1467. The brasses above are his and his wife's.

Geoffrey Boone De Bohun and Anne Maggerly

Geoffrey Boone De Bohun was born in 1471 in Gwynned, North Wales as the first child of Geoffrey Boone De Bohun and Petroline Petrolina De Arderne. He died in 1530 in Devonshire, England. When he was 18, He married Anne Maggerly,daughter of Piers Magerly, in 1489 in , , , Wales.

Geoffrey Boone De Bohun and Anne Maggerly had the following children:

1. Gregory Boone was born in 1517 in Gwynned, North Wales. He died in 1589 in Exeter, Devon, England.


Ancestry Family Trees (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network.  Original data:  Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Database online. 

Gregory Boone and Constance Ap Comyn

Gregory Boone was born in 1517 in Gwynned, North Wales as the first child of Geoffrey Boone De Bohun and Anne Maggerly. He died in 1589 in Exeter, Devon, England.

Gregory Boone and Constance Ap Comyn had the following children:

1. George Boone was born in 1561 in England. He died in Devonshire, England. He married Ann Fallace on 21 Jun 1635 in St.Andrew, Ipplepen, England. He married Joanne Healle on 21 Jun 1635 in St. Andrew, Ipplepen, Devonshire.


Gregory Bohun (Boon)--The father of George Bohun (Boon I), Gregory Bohun was born in 1517 in Gwynned, North Wales and died in Devonshire, England in 1589. He married Constance Comyn, also of North Wales (her parents are unknown). The couple removed to Devonshire, England as vassals of the de Clares, Earls of Devon. Gregory’s parents were Geoffrey de Bohun (Bohn) and Anne Magerly.


Larry Bone, Dr Robert G. Bone, History of the Bone Family of America, Vol. II (, 1972).

George Bohun and Catherine Morgan

George Bohun was born in 1610 in Devon, England, United Kingdom as the first child of George Boone and Ann Fallace. He died in 1676 in Devon, England, United Kingdom.

George Bohun and Catherine Morgan had the following children:

1. George Boone was born on 17 Nov 1646 in Exeter, Berks Co., Pennsylvania, USA. He died in May 1696 in Devonshire, England. He married Sarah Uppey in 1665 in , Devon, , England.




  *The Boone family dates back to the time of the Norman Conquests in the tenth century and the name is likely of Norman origin. The Boones of NC, TN & KY are of Scotch-Irish descent. The name "Boon" is thought to be anglicized from the French word bon, meaning "good" or is a place name meaning one from Bohun in the Northwest corner of France. Normative American research, based on the authority of Boone researchers such as Sarah Rockenfield (Our Boone Families), Hazel Spaker and a brief list of his known ancestors written down in 1788 by Squire Boone’s brother, James, identifies George Boone II and his putative father, George Boone I of Exeter, as the earliest known verified ancestors in the Boone line (according to some, no dates or wife are known or verifiable for George Boone I). However there are statements made by several early Boones that the family is thought to be of royal descent, possibly from a family and/or place in Normandy called (De) Bohun. Though controversial and not definitely proven, there is other English research, done by genealogist Vivienne George and recorded in the Sierra Boone Echoes which connects the Boone line with the (De) Bohun lineage, claiming to take the line back as far as the early medieval Norse/Norman ancestor, Sveide the Viking (ca.760 AD). Vivienne says she located, quite by accident, an obscure book in Canterbury, England, written in 1515, that records the line from Sir Humphrey of de Bohun (1418-1468), who married Margaret Estfield, daughter of the Mayor of London, back to Ralph de Bohun (b. ca 1208). From obscure, hard-to-read Welsh records, she was able to connect and bring the line forward from Sir Humphrey to George Boone III (1666-1744), who married Mary Maugridge. (Dr. R.N. Mayfield, connected directly with the family of Daniel Boone, claims great antiquity for the Boone line and asserts that it may be traced back to the fourteenth century, or even beyond, when the Bohuns of Norman origin, settled in Lincolnshire, and afterwards in Devonshire, England. Also, A History and a Genealogy, by Rev. J. W. Early, Reading, Pa. tells us, that in the sixteenth century, both spellings, Bohun and Boone, are found in the same documents.     The family appears to date back to a Norman-English family of nobility called de Bohun, probably originating from a French settlement of that name. This family arrived in England along with William the Conqueror, having probably fought alongside him at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The earliest record of a de Bohun can be found in the Norfolk section of the Domesday book, where a Humphrey de Bohun was recorded as owning land. Over the next three centuries they grew to become one of the most powerful English dynasties of the middle ages. The de Bohun family appears to have gathered power during the mid 12th century. Throughout the 13th and 14th centuries, various members of the family claimed Earldoms of many English counties including Herefordshire, Northamptonshire and Essex, plus minor seats in Midhurst and Brecon. The most powerful dynasty of all lasted 174 years from 1200 until 1373. They were known as the Earls of Hereford, Constables of all England and were heavily involved in the 'Braveheart' story. At Falkirk, Robert de Bruce apparently fought and killed a Humphrey de Bohun tangential to our immediate line. At one time, the Earl of Hereford was possibly the third most powerful man in England, carrying the banners of 17 knights to the Siege of Caerlaverock in July 1300, this compared to King Edward's 33 and 23 for the King's son. The de Bohuns' coat of arms was an azure blue shield with a thick diagonal white or silver band and six rampant gold lions, three in each half of the blue. The Bohun line, through various marriages, connects to Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, a line of Scottish kings and tentatively, back to Persia’s Cyrus the Great and Ramses II of Egypt.     The name de Bohun would probably have been pronounced with a silent 'h' as the family had Norman-French origins and the French would not sound it. In fact, most 13th and 14th century documents that contain information about the family omit the letter 'h' altogether. The Matthew Paris shields roll I c.~1240 lists one Henricus de Boun, comes Herefordie, the St. George's roll c.1285 lists one Fraunc d'Boun. Most interesting of all, a copy of Thevet's version of the Falkirk roll c.1298, held at the British Museum, lists as second in command of the English at the Battle of Falkirk, one Humfray de Bown, Counte de Hereford, Constable de Engleterre. This final spelling of the surname would suggest that Bohun may actually have been pronounced Bown. Boon could be the Scottish and medieval northern English pronunciation, i.e. brown being pronounced broone.
 *The Boone family dates back to the time of the Norman Conquests in the tenth century and the name is likely of Norman origin. The Boones of NC, TN & KY are of Scotch-Irish descent. The name "Boon" is thought to be anglicized from the French word bon, meaning "good" or is a place name meaning one from Bohun in the Northwest corner of France. Normative American research, based on the authority of Boone researchers such as Sarah Rockenfield (Our Boone Families), Hazel Spaker and a brief list of his known ancestors written down in 1788 by Squire Boone’s brother, James, identifies George Boone II and his putative father, George Boone I of Exeter, as the earliest known verified ancestors in the Boone line (according to some, no dates or wife are known or verifiable for George Boone I). However there are statements made by several early Boones that the family is thought to be of royal descent, possibly from a family and/or place in Normandy called (De) Bohun. Though controversial and not definitely proven, there is other English research, done by genealogist Vivienne George and recorded in the Sierra Boone Echoes which connects the Boone line with the (De) Bohun lineage, claiming to take the line back as far as the early medieval Norse/Norman ancestor, Sveide the Viking (ca.760 AD). Vivienne says she located, quite by accident, an obscure book in Canterbury, England, written in 1515, that records the line from Sir Humphrey of de Bohun (1418-1468), who married Margaret Estfield, daughter of the Mayor of London, back to Ralph de Bohun (b. ca 1208). From obscure, hard-to-read Welsh records, she was able to connect and bring the line forward from Sir Humphrey to George Boone III (1666-1744), who married Mary Maugridge. (Dr. R.N. Mayfield, connected directly with the family of Daniel Boone, claims great antiquity for the Boone line and asserts that it may be traced back to the fourteenth century, or even beyond, when the Bohuns of Norman origin, settled in Lincolnshire, and afterwards in Devonshire, England. Also, A History and a Genealogy, by Rev. J. W. Early, Reading, Pa. tells us, that in the sixteenth century, both spellings, Bohun and Boone, are found in the same documents.

 The family appears to date back to a Norman-English family of nobility called de Bohun, probably originating from a French settlement of that name. This family arrived in England along with William the Conqueror, having probably fought alongside him at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The earliest record of a de Bohun can be found in the Norfolk section of the Domesday book, where a Humphrey de Bohun was recorded as owning land. Over the next three centuries they grew to become one of the most powerful English dynasties of the middle ages. The de Bohun family appears to have gathered power during the mid 12th century. Throughout the 13th and 14th centuries, various members of the family claimed Earldoms of many English counties including Herefordshire, Northamptonshire and Essex, plus minor seats in Midhurst and Brecon. The most powerful dynasty of all lasted 174 years from 1200 until 1373. They were known as the Earls of Hereford, Constables of all England and were heavily involved in the 'Braveheart' story. At Falkirk, Robert de Bruce apparently fought and killed a Humphrey de Bohun tangential to our immediate line. At one time, the Earl of Hereford was possibly the third most powerful man in England, carrying the banners of 17 knights to the Siege of Caerlaverock in July 1300, this compared to King Edward's 33 and 23 for the King's son. The de Bohuns' coat of arms was an azure blue shield with a thick diagonal white or silver band and six rampant gold lions, three in each half of the blue. The Bohun line, through various marriages, connects to Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, a line of Scottish kings and tentatively, back to Persia’s Cyrus the Great and Ramses II of Egypt.

 The name de Bohun would probably have been pronounced with a silent 'h' as the family had Norman-French origins and the French would not sound it. In fact, most 13th and 14th century documents that contain information about the family omit the letter 'h' altogether. The Matthew Paris shields roll I c.~1240 lists one Henricus de Boun, comes Herefordie, the St. George's roll c.1285 lists one Fraunc d'Boun. Most interesting of all, a copy of Thevet's version of the Falkirk roll c.1298, held at the British Museum, lists as second in command of the English at the Battle of Falkirk, one Humfray de Bown, Counte de Hereford, Constable de Engleterre. This final spelling of the surname would suggest that Bohun may actually have been pronounced Bown. Boon could be the Scottish and medieval northern English pronunciation, i.e. brown being pronounced broone.

http://wgscroggins.kueber.us/Bohun,%20Boon,%20Boone.pdf