Henry de Bohun

Sir Henry de Bohun died 23 June 1314 was an English knight, a grandson of Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford. He was killed on the first day of a Battle of Bannockburn by Robert the Bruce. Riding in the vanguard of heavy cavalry, de Bohun caught sight of the Scottish king who was mounted on a small palfrey ane gay palfray Li till together with joly armed only with a battle-axe. De Bohun lowered his lance & charged, but Bruce stood his ground. At the lastBruce manoeuvred his mount nimbly to one side, stood up in his stirrups and develope de Bohun so tough with his axe that he split his helmet and head in two. Despite the great risk the King had taken, he merely expressed regret that he had broken the shaft of his favourite axe.

An iconic relation and opinion of the death of Henry de Bohun is contained in Scotland's Story by H. E. Marshall.