John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford

John de Bohun, 5th Earl of Hereford (23 November 130720 January 1335/36) was born in St Clements, Oxfordshire to Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford and Elizabeth Plantagenet. He married first Alice FitzAlan in 1325 and second Margaret Basset on 19 February 1331 (she died 1355). John was Lord High Constable of England from 1321 till his death in Kirkby-Thore, Westmorland. He was buried in the Stratford Abbey, London.


Preceded by:
Humphrey de Bohun
Earl of Hereford
1322–1336
Succeeded by:
Humphrey de Bohun
Earl of Essex
1322–1336

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