Humphrey III de Bohun Baron de Bohun, Lord of Hereford ^{1 2 3}

   Another name for Humphrey was Humphrey "the Magnificent" de Bohun Lord of Bohun.

  Research Notes:

From Magna Charta Barons, p. 80:

"Humphrey de Bohun, eldest son and heir, who was steward and sewer to King Henry I. At the instigation of his father-in-law he espoused the cause of the Empress Maud and her son against King Stephen, and so faithfully maintained his allegiance that the Emress, by her especial charter, granted him the office of steward and sewer, in both Normandy and England. In 20 Henry II. he accompanied Richard de Lacie, Justiciary of England, into Scotland, with an army, to waste the country; and was one of the witnesses to the accord made by William of Scotland and Henry of England, as to the subjection of Scotland to the crown of England.

"This feudal Baron m. Margery, daughter and coheiress of Milo de Gloucester, first Earl of Hereford, lord high constable of England, whose charter was the earliest of express creation, the patent being dated in 1140, and, dying April 6, 1187, had issue: Humphrey de Bohun [IV]."

  Noted events in his life were:

• Steward and sewer: to King Henry I.

• Steward and sewer: to Empress Maud.

Humphrey married Margaret of Hereford, daughter of Miles de Pitres of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford and Sibyl de Neufmarché. (Margaret of Hereford died in 1146.)