Elizabeth (Badlesmere) de Bohun (abt. 1313 - 1356)

Born about 1313 in England

Ancestors

Wife of Edmund (Mortimer) de Mortimer Knt. — married after 27 Jun 1316 (to before Jan 1332) in Ernwood (in Kinlet), Shropshire, England

Wife of William (Bohun) de Bohun KG — married about 1335 in England

Descendants

Died 8 Jun 1356 at about age 43 in Rochford, Essex, England

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Elizabeth de Badlesmere is a descendant of several Magna Carta surety barons (see text below).

Biography

Elizabeth de Badlesmere was born around 1313 (age 25 in 1338).^[1][2] She was the daughter and eventual co-heiress of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, Knt., 1st Lord Badlesmere, and his wife Margaret de Clare, daughter of Sir Thomas de Clare^[2] of Thomond in Connaught, Ireland.^[1][3][4] She was one of five children.^[3]

On 27 June 1316, at the chapel of the manor of Ernwood in Kinlet, Shropshire, Elizabeth was married to Edmund de Mortimer, Knt., (later Sir Edmund, Lord Mortimer), son of Sir Roger de Mortimer.^[2][5] Elizabeth married apparently as a toddler, certainly as a child, and Edmund was probably around age 10.

Eventually, they had two sons:^[5]

• Roger, K.G., 2nd Earl of March, born 11 Novemner 1328 at Ludlow, Shropshire, married Phillippe de Montague and had three sons. Sir Roger died 26 February 1359/60 at Rouvray, France.^[2]
• John^[2]

In October 1321, Elizabeth's mother and brother, Giles, were imprisoned at the Tower of London for refusing the queen's entry into Leeds Castle,^[3] some accounts state that all her children (including Elizabeth) were imprisoned for a time,^[6] however, it is unclear if any other than her mother and brother were taken. Elizabeth's father was attainted and hanged as a traitor on 14 April 1322 at Canterbury, Kent, for his part in the rebellion against King Edward II.^[3][7]

Her husband's father, Sir Roger de Mortimer, a more successful rebel, conspired with the Queen in the overthrow and murder of the King, for which he was made Earl of March on 29 September 1328. The queen's son, and heir to the throne, King Edward III, later had Roger tried and condemned to execution. He was attainted and was executed at Tyburn Elms on 29 November 1330, being hanged, drawn and quartered.^[2]

Sir Edmund didn't recover his father's title before he died in 1331,^[2] so Elizabeth missed out on becoming Countess of March. She received dower in September 1332, and in 1334 obtained the castle of Bridgwater and various manors as her right by gift of Sir Roger de Mortimer.^{[citation needed]}

By papal dispensation dated 13 November 1335 (by reason of affinity, her two husbands being related to each other in the 4th degree), she married William de Bohun, K.G.,^[1][2] who had been active in the overthrow of her father-in-law Mortimer. He was rewarded with the title Earl of Northampton on 16 March 1336/7,^[1] so Elizabeth got to be a Countess after all.

They had one son and one daughter.

• Humphrey, K.G., Earl of Northampton, Essex and Hereford,^[1] succeeding his father as Earl of Northampton and later his childless uncle as Earl of Hereford.^[8] He was born 25 March 1341/2, married Joan Arundel in 1359 and had three daughters. Sir Humphrey died 16 January 1372/3.^[1]
• Elizabeth, who married Richard de Arundel, K.G., Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Admiral of the West and North^[1]

The marriages of their children to the children of Richard de Arundel were arranged by William in 1359.^[9]

She was co-heiress in 1338 to her brother, Giles de Badlesmere, Knt., 2nd Lord Badlesmere,^[1] by which she inherited the manors of Erith and Kingston, Kent, Drayton, Sussex, part of Finmere, Oxfordshire, and holdings in London.^[2] Also in 1338, during the Inquisition in the estates of her brother Giles de Badlesmere (who died without heir), she acquired the estates of the Manor and castle of Tong in Kent.^[10] As she was married to William Bohun, Earl of Northampton, at the time, he held the right to the estates in her name. However, at her death, the estates reverted to the only son, Roger Mortimer, by her first marriage to Edmund Mortimer,^[11] presumably suggesting that he was alive at the time of the inheritance but not at the time of the Inquisition.^[10]

She was a great benefactress of the Church. Among numerous other gifts, she bestowed on the house of the Black Friars in Ludgate "a cross made of the wood of the very cross of our Saviour, which she usually carried with her, wherein was contained one of the thorns of His crown." In 1344, she and her husband were granted full remission of all their past and future sins at the point of death.^[12]

Elizabeth made her will on 31 May 1356,^[1] directing burial in the Black Friars, London (where her tomb is recorded by Stow). She died on 8 June 1356,^[11] at Rochford, Essex, survived by her husband, and was buried at Black Friars, London.^[1][2][9]

Sir Wiliam de Bohun, Earl of Northampton, died 16 September 1360 and was buried in Walden Abbey, Essex.^[1][9] He held Elizabeth's lands until his death, when they passed to their son, Humphrey.^[11]

Research Note

As well as being the mother of Richard de Arundel's 1st wife, Elizabeth was also the great-grandmother of his 2nd wife, Philippa de Mortimer.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. I, pages 243-245, BOHUN 6.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd edition, 2011, vol. III, pages 191-192, MORTIMER 7.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd edition, 2011, vol. I, page 90-93, BADLESMERE 5.iv.
4. ↑ Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), vol. I, pages 221-223, BADLESMERE 9.iv.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry, 5 vols., 2013, vol. IV, page 172, MORTIMER 11.
6. ↑ The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Volume 6 (Canterbury, 1798), pages 478-502, online at British History Online - Leeds Parish.
7. ↑ Wikipedia reports that he was hung drawn and quartered. Other writers disagree.
8. ↑ Dugdale, William, Monasticon Anglicanum, new and enlarged edition, vol. VI, part I, (James Bohn, 1846), online at GoogleBooks, page 135. (text is in Latin).
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} Verity, Brad. The Children of Elizabeth, Countess of Hereford, Daughter-In-Law ref Edward I of England, Foundations (Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy) vol. 6, 2006, page 8 #6, citing the Walden Abbey Cartulary. Online with subs. at FMG.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Hasted, Edward. The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, vol. 6 (Canterbury, 1798), pages 132-143, online at British History Online - Tong Parish.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2} A. E. Stamp, J. B. W. Chapman, M. C. B. Dawes and D. B. Wardle, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 227', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 13, Edward III (London, 1954), pages 146-157, online at British History Online, no. 169.
12. ↑ Powlett, Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina, Duchess of Cleveland. The Battle Abbey Roll: With Some Account of the Norman Lineages, Volume 1. (London: John Murray, 1889), online at GoogleBooks, pages 74-75.

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.

See also:

• Richardson, Douglas. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author 2011), vol. I, page 309, BOHUN 9. See also WikiTree's source page for Plantagenet Ancestry.
• Lewis, Marlyn. Elizabeth de Badlesmere, entry in "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" database (accessed 1 Jan 2020).
• Wikipedia: Elizabeth de Badlesmere, Countess of Northampton.
• Beltz, George. Memorials of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (London: William Pickering, 1841), online at GoogleBooks, pages 40-41: son, Roger de Mortimer.
• Weber, Jim. Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Families of the Pacific Northwest, on Rootsweb.com.

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Magna Carta Project

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Elizabeth de Badlesmere is a descendant, through her mother, of Magna Carta surety barons John de Lacy, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, and Saher de Quincy. Elizabeth is in badged trails to the following Gateway Ancestors:

• Mary Bourchier: badged 2019. See trails HERE.
• Coytemore Gateways (Elizabeth and Thomas): badged in 2015. See the trails HERE.
• Manwaring Gateways (Oliver and Mary): badged and need re-review. See the trails HERE.
• Richard Palgrave: trails badged 19 March 2021. See them HERE.

She is the ancestor of many other Gateway descendants. For a list of those descendants, see Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed., vol. I, page 93, footnote 65.

See Base Camp for information about identified trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".