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Humphrey de Bohun was steward to King Henry I. This feudal lord m. Marg e r y , d a u. of Milo de Gloucester, Earl of Hereford, Lord High Constable o f E n g l a nd, and sister and co-heiress of Mable, last Earl of Hereford of t h a t f a m ily. At the instigation of which Milo, he espoused the cause of t h e E m p r ess Maud (Matilda) and her son against King Stephen, and so fait h f u l l y maintained his allegiance that the empress, by her especial char t e r , g r anted him the office of steward, both in Normandy and England. I n t h e 2 0 t h Henry II, this Humphrey accompanied Richard de Lacy (justice o f E n g l a nd) into Scotland with a powerful army to waste that country; an d w a s o n e o f the witnesses to the accord made by William, King of Scots , a n d K i n g Henry as to the subjection of that kingdom to the crown of E ng l a n d .
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Abt 1105 - Abt 1164 (59 years)