Ancestral Glimpses » Lady Éléonore de Bohun Duchess of Gloucester (1366-1399)

Personal data Lady Éléonore de Bohun Duchess of Gloucester 

• She was born on June 6, 1366 in Hereford, Herefordshire, ENGLAND.
• (TITL) : Countess of Essex.
• (TITL) : Countess of Buckingham.
• (TITL) : Duchess of Gloucester.
• (TITL) : Duchess of Aumale.
• She died on October 3, 1399 in London, ENGLAND, she was 33 years old.
• Alternative: She died on October 3, 1399 in Aldgate, Middlesex, ENGLAND, she was 33 years oldMinoresses Kirk (convent).
• She is buried in London, Middlesex, ENGLANDWestminster Abbey.

  "My body to be bur. in the Church of the Abbey of Westminster, in the Chapel of St Edmond the King, and St Thomas of Canterbury, near the body of my Lord and husband Thomas Duke of Gloucester, and seventh son of King Edward the Third."

• Will on August 9, 1399.

  ELEANOR DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER
  
  In the name &c. I Eleanor Duchess of Gloucester, Countess of Essex, &c. at my Castle of Plessy 
  9th of August 1399. My body to be buried in the Church of the Abbey of Westminster, in the 
  Chapel of St Edmond the King, and St Thomas of Canterbury, near the body of my Lord and husband 
  Thomas Duke of Gloucester, and seventh son of King Edward the Third. I will and ordain that on 
  the day of my burial my executors order that my body be covered with a black cloth with a white 
  cross and an escutcheon of my arms in the middle of the said cross, with four tapers round it, 
  and four full mortars being at the four corners; to the Abbess and Convent of the Sisters 
  Minoresses near London without Aldgate VI l. XIII s. IIII d. and a "tonell" of good wine; to the 
  Prior and Convent of Lanthony, near Gloucester XIII l. VIII s. VI d. to Sir William Shuldon, 
  Canon of the said place C s.; to the Church and Abbey of Walden, where my Lord and father 
  Humphrey de Bohun, late Earl of Hereford, of Essex, and of Northampton, Constable of England, is 
  buried, a vestment, &c.; I will that masses be said for my soul, and for the soul of Thomas, 
  some time Duke of Gloucester, and that at each of the said masses, before the priest commences 
  "Et ne nos," he pronounce with a loud voice, turning towards the people, "for the soul of 
  Thomas, some time Duke of Gloucester, and Alianore his wife, and all Christian souls, for 
  charity paternoster;" to my Lady and mother the Countess of Hereford, a pair of paternosters of 
  coral, &c.; to my son Humphrey a bed of black damask, and the stuff which was delivered to his 
  servants on his departure from London for Ireland, also a Chronicle of France in French, with 
  two clasps of silver enamelled with the arms of the Duke of Bourgoyne; also a book of Giles "de 
  regimine principum," a book of vices and virtues, and another poem of the "Historie de Chivaler 
  a cigne," all in French, also a psalter well and richly illuminated with the clasps of gold 
  enamelled with white swans, and the arms of my Lord and father enamelled on the clasps, and 
  other bars of gold on the tissues in manner of mullets, which psalter was left me to remain to 
  my heirs, and from heir to heir; Item a coat of mail, with a cross of "laton," which belonged to 
  my Lord his father; also a cross of gold pendant by a chain, with an image of the crucifix and 
  four pearls, round it with my blessing as the thing of mine which I have best liked; to my 
  daughter Anne, a book well illumined with the "legenda aurea" in French, also the best palfrey 
  which I have; to my daughter Johanne a bed, &c. also a book with the psalter, primer, and other 
  devotions, with two clasps of gold enamelled with my arms, which book I have often used, with my 
  blessing; to my daughter Isabel, sister to the aforesaid Minoresses, a bed, &c. and a French 
  Bible in two volumes, with two gold clasps enamelled with the arms of France; Item a book of 
  decretals in French, also a book of "meistre histoires," a book "de vitis patrum," and the 
  "pastorelx St. Gregory;" Item, a psalter veil tanqe a la nocturn de "Exultate" glosez, autre 
  livre novel du psautier gloses de la primer "Domine exaudi" tanqe a "omnis spiritus laudet 
  dominum," & sount les dites livres de Francois; and I appoint my executors and executrix Monsr 
  Gerard Braybrok, the son; Sybil Beauchamp; John de Boys, Steward of my Household; Sir Nicoll 
  Milx, Parson of Depden; Sir Hugh Peintour, Chaplain of my free Chapel, within the Castle of 
  Plessy; Sir William Underwode, Parson of Dedisham; William Newbole; and Sir Robert Excestre, 
  Prior of Crichurch, in London; my dear cousin Monsr Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester; and my 
  faithful friend Sir Thomas Stanley, Clerk of the Rolls, Surveyors of this my will.
  Source: Testamenta Vetusta, Volume 1, pages 146-49
  Link: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7_wmAAAAMAAJ
  Another transcription – The Bohun Wills, II
  Link: http://archive.org/stream/jstor-1833752/1833752#page/n13/mode/2up
  uploaded by Charlene Newport on May 20, 2015SourcesPerson Facts Values Note
  Edward III of EnglandFirst NameEdwardMy body to be buried in the Church of the Abbey of Westminster, in the Chapel of St Edmond the King, and St Thomas of Canterbury, near the body of my Lord and husband Thomas Duke of Gloucester, and seventh son of King Edward the Third.
  Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of GloucesterPlace of BurialPlot: Chapel of the Kings nr. the shrine of St. Edward, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, EnglandMy body to be buried in the Church of the Abbey of Westminster, in the Chapel of St Edmond the King, and St Thomas of Canterbury, near the body of my Lord and husband Thomas Duke of Gloucester, and seventh son of King Edward the Third.
  Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of GloucesterSuffix1st Duke of GloucesterMy body to be buried in the Church of the Abbey of Westminster, in the Chapel of St Edmond the King, and St Thomas of Canterbury, near the body of my Lord and husband Thomas Duke of Gloucester, and seventh son of King Edward the Third.
  Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of GloucesterFirst NameThomasMy body to be buried in the Church of the Abbey of Westminster, in the Chapel of St Edmond the King, and St Thomas of Canterbury, near the body of my Lord and husband Thomas Duke of Gloucester, and seventh son of King Edward the Third.
  Isabelle Plantagenet, nunFirst NameIsabel"my daughter Isabel"
  Joan TalbotFirst NameJoan"my daughter Johanne"
  Anne of Gloucester, Countess of StaffordFirst NameAnne"my daughter Anne"
  Humphrey, 2nd Earl of BuckinghamFirst NameHumphrey"my son Humphrey"
  Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of HerefordPlace of BurialSaffran Walden, Essex, England"to the Church and Abbey of Walden, where my Lord and father Humphrey de Bohun, late Earl of Hereford, of Essex, and of Northampton, Constable of England, is buried, a vestment, &c."
  Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of HerefordSuffix7th Earl of Hereford"to the Church and Abbey of Walden, where my Lord and father Humphrey de Bohun, late Earl of Hereford, of Essex, and of Northampton, Constable of England, is buried, a vestment, &c."
  Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of HerefordLast Namede Bohun"to the Church and Abbey of Walden, where my Lord and father Humphrey de Bohun, late Earl of Hereford, of Essex, and of Northampton, Constable of England, is buried, a vestment, &c."
  Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of HerefordFirst NameHumphrey"to the Church and Abbey of Walden, where my Lord and father Humphrey de Bohun, late Earl of Hereford, of Essex, and of Northampton, Constable of England, is buried, a vestment, &c."
  Lady Eleanor de BohunPlace of BurialWestmister Abbey, London, Middlesex, EnglandMy body to be buried in the Church of the Abbey of Westminster, in the Chapel of St Edmond the King, and St Thomas of Canterbury, near the body of my Lord and husband Thomas Duke of Gloucester, and seventh son of King Edward the Third.
  Lady Eleanor de BohunSuffixDuchess of GloucesterWill of Eleanor Duchess of Gloucester, Countess of Essex, &c., dated 9 August 1399.
  Lady Eleanor de BohunFirst NameEleanorWill of Eleanor Duchess of Gloucester, Countess of Essex, &c., dated 9 August 1399.

• A child of Humphrey de Bohun and Joan FitzAlan
• This information was last updated on November 21, 2017.

Household of Lady Éléonore de Bohun Duchess of Gloucester

She is married to Thomas Plantagênet.

They got married between 1372 and 1393, she was 5 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Anne of Glouceste  1383-1438 
2. Humphrey Plantagenêt  
3. Joan Plantagenêt  
4. Isabelle Plantagenêt  
5. Philippa Plantagenêt  

Notes about Lady Éléonore de Bohun Duchess of Gloucester

"Lady Eleanor de Bohun (ca. 1366 – 3 Oct 1399) was the elder dau. and co-heiress with her sister, Mary de Bohun, of their father Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford. Her mother was Lady Joan FitzAlan, dau. of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel and his second wife Eleanor of Lancaster."
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Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_de_Bohun
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35078837
http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I1&tree=EuropeRoyalNobleHous
http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I256&tree=Nixon
http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I2530&tree=PagetHeraldicBaronag
http://www.thepeerage.com/p10199.htm
http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/eleanor-de-bohun
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Citations / Sources:
1. Weir, Alison, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), p. 113. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.
2. Weir, Alison, Britain's Royal Family, p. 115.
3. Paget, Gerald, Paget Heraldic Baronage, (Manuscript, filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1957), chart no. 73 Bohun, Earls of Hereford, Essex and Northampton, FHL microfilm 170063.

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