William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton, was a major military figure during the Hundred Years War. He commanded one of the three divisons under King Edward III at the battle of Crecy in 1346, and was later created a Knight of the Garter. William de Bohun was born circa 1312 as one of twin sons (Edward & William) to Humphrey de Bohun VII, 4th Earl of Hereford & Essex, and his wife Elizabeth Plantagenet the daughter of King Edward I and Eleanor of Castile. William de Bohun married Elizabeth Badlesmere, daughter of Bartholomew Badlesmere, in 1335. Children of William de Bohun and Elizabeth Badlesmere were: Humphrey de Bohun IX who married Joan Fitz-Alan, and Elizabeth de Bohun who married Richard Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel.
William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton, was a major military figure during the Hundred Years War. He commanded one of the three divisons under King Edward III at the battle of Crecy in 1346, and was later created a Knight of the Garter. William de Bohun was born circa 1312 as one of twin sons (Edward & William) to Humphrey de Bohun VII, 4th Earl of Hereford & Essex, and his wife Elizabeth Plantagenet the daughter of King Edward I and Eleanor of Castile. William de Bohun married Elizabeth Badlesmere, daughter of Bartholomew Badlesmere, in 1335. Children of William de Bohun and Elizabeth Badlesmere were: Humphrey de Bohun IX who married Joan Fitz-Alan, and Elizabeth de Bohun who married Richard Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel.
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Church and burial yard destroyed in the Great Fire of London 1666. No markers predating 1660 remain. This church is AKA St. Ann's Black Friars.
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