'Bohun3'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Bohun of Fressingfield, Bohun of Westhall

                               
John Bohun of Fressingfield, Suffolk (d after 23.08.1458)
m1. Alice Dalinghoo (dau/heir of Robert Dalinghoo of Fressingfield) presumed mother of all the children
1. Richard Bohun of Fressingfield (d before 06.12.1496)
  m1. Elizabeth Hervey (dau of Henry Hervey of Strabroke) presumed mother of all the children
  A. Nicholas Bohun of Fressingfield (d before 17.01.1505)
  m. Elizabeth Debden (dau of Roger or Robert Debden of Brampton)
i. Nicholas Bohun of Bacons in Westhall, Suffolk (bur 1572)
  FMG starts with this Nicholas other than to show him as son of Edmund. That may have been a mistaken interpretation of the Visitation for the Harleian Society's report on the Visitation shows the entry for Nicholas's father (Nicholas) after mentioning Edmund.
  m1. Margaret Wingfield (dau of John Wingfield of Dunham)
a. Francis Bohun of Westhall, Staffordshire (d before 29.07.1607)
  FMG identifies Francis's wife as Elizabeth, dau of Knevat Ashwelthorpe. Visitation identifies her as ...
  m. Elizabeth Knevitt (dau of Edmund Knevitt of Ashwellthorpe by Jane Bourchier, dau of Lord Berners)
  (1) Nicholas Bohun of Westhall (b c1551?, d(vp) 16.11.1602)
  m. (1584) Audrey Coke (bur 16.11.1630, dau of Robert Coke of Mileham, m2. Edmund Knevitt of Sotherton)
  (A) Edmund Bohun of Westhall
The following is partly supported by Visitation (Suffolk, 1664-8, Bohun of Westhall).
  m. Dorothy Baxter (dau of Stephen Baxter of Mendham/Ipswich)
  (i) Baxter Bohun
  m. Margaret Lawrence (dau of William Lawrence of Brondish)
  (a) Edmund Bohun of West Hall, Staffordshire
  m. (1689) Mary Brampton (dau of William Brampton of Pulham)
  ((1)) Edmund Bohun
  m. Hannah Warren (dau of Francis Warren, relict of Humphry Bohun)
  ((2)) William Bohun (3rd son?)
  m. Prudence Rabbit (dau of John Rabbit of Bramfield, m1/2. John Brown of Beccles)
  ((A)) William Bohun (dsp)
  ((3))+ other issue - Nicholas, Dorothy
  (b)+ 5 daughters
(ii) Edmund Bohun of Westhall (a 1664)
  m. Mary Godbold (dau of William or Samuel Godbold) father named William of Southwold by Visitation but Samuel by FMG
  (a) Edmund Bohun (b c1662, a 1644) mentioned by Visitation
  (b) Humphry Bohun of Beccles mentioned by FMG
  m. Hannah Warren (dau of Francis Warren, m2. Edmund Bohum)
  ((1)) Mary Bohun (d 06.1740)
m. (11.05.1732) Joseph Offley of Norton Hall (b 1702, d 1751)
  (iii) Dorothea Bohun (bpt 19.05.1618, a 12.1660) who married ...
  m. Lionel Lane of Beccles
  (iv) Lydia Bohun possibly married to ...
  m. Hall Lane (brother of Lionel)
  (B)+ other issue - Humphry, 5 others
  (2) John Bohun (d by 1605?)
  b.+ other issue - Humphrey, William, Elizabeth
  m2. (after1539) Anne Latimer (dau of Edward Latimer of Shotley & Freston, widow of G. Lewgore of Brendhall Manor)
  e. Anne Bohun
  m. Robert Cotterell of Southrepps
  f. Katherine Bohun
  ii. Elizabeth Bohun
  m. William Cooke of Linstead
  iii.+ other issue - Edmund, John, William, Isabel
B. John Bohun (d before 09.08.1511)
  m1. Margaret
  m2. Elizabeth
  C. Richard Bohun
  m2. Agnes
2. Edmund Bohun 'of Frezingfeld' of Eye (d before 31.12.1501)
  m. ?? Dade (dau of John Dade of Witton)
  A. Agnes Bohun
  m1. Robert Cooke of Cratfield
  m2. John Duke of Cratfield
  B.+ other issue - Alice, Margaret
3.+ other issue - Robert (a 1495), Alice (a 1499), Joan (a 1458)
m2. Joan

Main source(s): Visitation (Suffolk, 1561, Bohun of Fressingfield, Chelmondiston & Westhall), FMG (vol 1, MS141, 'Bohun', p323)
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