Humphrey de Bohun, 6th Earl of Hereford

Humphrey (VIII) de Bohun, 6th Earl of Hereford and 5th Earl of Essex, served as the hereditary Constable of England. His military career was marked by his role as a captain in the Breton campaigns during the Hundred Years’ War, where he contributed to the victories at the Battle of Morlaix in 1342 and the Battle of La Roche-Derrien in 1347.

Born to Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, and Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, daughter of King Edward I, he succeeded his older brother John de Bohun as the Earl of Hereford and Essex. Around 1350, he commissioned the English translation of the French romance ‘William of Palerne.’ He resided at Gloucester and had manor houses at Wheatenhurst and Haresfield. His burial was at the Austin Friars in London, a site that he had rebuilt.