Boomershine Major Players BEFORE 1500
THE REUBEN BOOMERSHINE FAMILY STORY (Some Characters Before 1500) Reynold of CHATILLON-SUR-LOING Birth: 1090/1137 Death: 1187, executed on orders of Saladin after the battle of Hattin Alexander "1st Lord of Boketon" De Boketon: Event: Note As far as ALEXANDER DE BOKETON's ancestors, this was rec'd from LDS, so, they are NOT proven. Event: Note His great grandfather was one of the Norman nobles who invaded England with William the Conqueror. Burial: ABT. 1236 St. John the Baptist Cemetery, Greenes Norton, County Northampshire, ENGLAND Immigration: BET. 1181 - 1202 Removed from the mainland in France to the British Isles (England) Event: Title (Facts Pg) BET. 1202 - 1236 Lord, Sir, Knight (by King John), 1st Baron de Boketon Event: Born 2 ABT. 1181 Boketon, County Northampton, ENGLAND 1 2 3 Religion: Roman Catholic Residence: 1202 King John bestowed estate of Boughton in County Northampton (England) NATI: Norman descendant Note: NOTE: The 'Holy Roman Empire', in general usage, the designation applied to an amorphour political entity of western Europe, originated by Pope Leo III in 800 A.D., and in nominal existence more or less continuously until 1806. For purposes of historical accuracy, it should be noted that, in its initial stages, the organization was styled 'Empire of the West' and 'Roman Empire'; and that the epithet "Holy" did not appear in the official title until 1155. Just an interesting bit of history, apparently our ALEXANDER DE BOKETON b:c 1181 was born under the 'Hohenstaufen Dynasty' with first emperor Frederick I reigning at his birth (c1152-1190, crowned 1155), then emperor Henry VI (1190-1197, crowned 1191).
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