202 BOHUN ants of the former, viz. the representatives of Henry, s. and h. of the said Mary Owen, any Barony, cr. by the writ of 1363 is, according to modern doctrine, in abeyance. BOISC) Sir John du Bois,() of Thorpe Arnold, co. Leicester, &'c.,() 2nd but 1st surv. s. and h.() of Arnold du B., of the same, who d. i Apr. i277,() was b. 29 June 1253. He was sum. cum eqiiis et armis 6 Apr. (1282) loEdw. I to 14 June (1287) 15 Edw. I, and to attend the King at Shrewsbury,(') 28 June (1283) 11 Edw. I, by writs directed Johanni lie Boko. He m. Joan. He d. s.p., shortly before 6 Feb. 12 89/90. (^) His widow, to whom dower was ordered to be assigned 1 5 Feb. and 20 Apr. 1290, a. before Dec. 1294.C') His h. was his br.. Master William du Bois, who d. s.p.y shortly before 6 Mar. i3i2/3.(') (') This article has been kindly contributed by G. W. Watson. V.G. C") The arms of this family were, Argent, two bars and a canton Gules. C") He held Assington, Suffolk, i a fee, of the King in chief; Ebrington, Pebworth, Clopton, Farmcote, Guiting Power, Castlet, and Condicote, co. Gloucester, Weston, Bulkington, Clifton, Church Over, and Wibtoft, co. Warwick, Thorpe Arnold, Claybrooke, Elmsthorpe, Bushby, Peatling Magna, and Belgrave, co. Leicester, 27^ fees, of the heirs of the Earl of Winchester : also Tubney, Berks, Brafield and Blakesley, Northants, if fees, held of divers lords. Cf. Ch. Inq. p. m., Hen. Ill, file 40, no. 9. ('*) His eldest br., Arnold, d. s.p. and v.p., leaving a widow, Ida, who was living I May 1277. {^) "Ernaldus de Bosco." Writs of ^/Vot cl. ext. 12 Apr. 5 Edw. I. Inq. 25 Apr. to I May 1277. He d. Thursday in Easter week 5 Edw. I. John, his s., aged 24 at the Feast of SS. Peter and Paul 5 Edw. I, was his h. (Ch. Inq. p. m., Edw. I, file 17, no. 5). This Arnold was s. and h. of Arnold du B., who d. before July 1255 (by Joan, who, in 1246, was one of the 4 coheirs of Eve de Gray, of Standlake and Dornford, Oxon, and one of the 2 coheirs of John de Beauchamp, of Assington, Suffolk), s. and h. of Arnold du B., who d. shortly before 20 Mar. 1222/3. (■^"" Rolls, 7 Hen. Ill, m. 7; 30 Hen. Ill, mm. 7, 2; 39 Hen. Ill, m. 5 [cf. Close Roll, 14 Hen. Ill, m. 17]: Ch. Inq. p. m., Hen. Ill, file 43, no. 15). (*) As to this supposed Pari., see Preface. V.G. (s) Writ of diem cl. ext. 6 Feb. {Fine Roll, 1 8 Edw. I, m. 19). There is no Inq. p. m. extant. C") Close Rolls, i8 Edw. I, mm. 14, 12, and 23 Edw. I, m. 10. (') Writ of diem cl. ext. 6 Mar. {Fine Roll, 6 Edw. II, m. 6). There is no Inq. p. m. extant. In the quinzaine of Michaelmas, 29 Edw. I, he settled many manors in cos. Leicester, Warwick, and Northants, on William la Zouche of Harringworth, and Maud his wife, and the heirs of their bodies: the said Maud being the donor's niece, and only da. and h. of his sister, Isabel, who was 1st wife of John Lovel of Titchmarsh. {Feet of Fines, case 285, file 25, no. 264).
