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| Husband: | William Bourchier - 1st Count of Eu (1374-1420) | |
| Wife: | Anne Plantagenet - of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford and Eu (1383-1438) | |
| Children: | Henry Bourchier - 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (1406-1483) | |
| William Bourchier - 1st Baron Fitzwaryn (1407-1474) | ||
| John Bourchier - 1st Baron Berners (c. 1415-1474) | ||
| Thomas Bourchier - Cardinal of Canterbury Cathedral (1413-1486) | ||
| Eleanor Bourchier - Duchess of Norfolk (1417-1474) | ||
| Marriage | 20 Nov 1405 | Little Eaton, St Alkmund, Essex, England |
William Bourchier - 1st Count of Eu
William Bourchier - 1st Count of Eu
William Bourchier - 1st Count of Eu
| Name: | William Bourchier - 1st Count of Eu | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | William Bourchier ( -1375) | |
| Mother: | Eleanor de Louvaine (1345-1397) | |
| Note: | William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (1374-28 May 1420), was an English knight created by King Henry V 1st Count of Eu, in Normandy. Origins He was born in 1374, the son of Sir William Bourchier (d.1375), (the younger son of Robert Bourchier, 1st Baron Bourchier (d.1349), of Halstead, Essex, Lord Chancellor) by his wife Eleanor de Louvain (27 March 1345 – 5 October 1397), daughter and heiress of Sir John de Louvain (d.1347) (alias Lovayne etc.), feudal baron of Little Easton in Essex. The arms of Louvain were: Gules billety or a fess of the last, often shown with varying number of billets and on occasion with a fess argent, for example in stained glass at Hengrave Hall, Suffolk: Gules, a fess argent, between fourteen billets or. Eleanor was descended from Godfrey de Louvain (d.1226), feudal baron of Little Easton, son of Godfrey III, Count of Louvain (1142-1190), by his 2nd marriage, and half-brother of Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1165-1235). His inheritance from his mother's Louvain lands included the Suffolk manors of Bildeston, Hopton, Shelland and "Lovaynes" in Drinkstone, and in Essex Little Easton, Broxted and Aythorpe Roding. Career He fought at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. In 1417 he was in the retinue of King Henry V during his second expedition to France, and played a significant role in the capture of Normandy. In 1419 he was appointed Captain of Dieppe and was granted powers to receive the submission of the town and Comté of Eu. The French count of Eu had refused to pay homage to the conquering English king and thus had been held prisoner in England since Agincourt. In June 1419 King Henry V awarded six captured French comtés to certain of his more significant English supporters, and the Comté of Eu was granted to William Bourchier, thus making him 1st Count of Eu. Marriage & progeny He married Anne of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford, the daughter of the Plantagenet prince, Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355-1397) (youngest son of King Edward III) by his wife Eleanor de Bohun elder daughter and coheiress of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (1341-1373), Earl of Essex and Northampton. The Wrey baronets who were the heirs of the Bourchier Earls of Bath quartered the arms of Wrey with those of Bourchier, the Royal Arms of England and Bohun. They had the following progeny: Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (1404 – 4 April 1483), eldest son Sir William Bourchier (1407-1470), jure uxoris 9th Baron FitzWarin, 2nd son. John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners (1415 – 16 May 1474), 3rd son Thomas Bourchier, (ca. 1404 – 30 March 1486), Archbishop of Canterbury and a cardinal, 4th son Eleanor Bourchier, (ca. 1417 – November, 1474), wife of John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk Death & burial He died at Troyes, France on 28 May 1420 and was buried at Llanthony Priory, Gloucestershire all of the above from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bourchier,_1st_Count_of_Eu |
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| Birth | 1374 | |
| Title | 1419 (age 44-45) | 1st Count of Eu1 |
| Death | 28 May 1420 (age 45-46) | Troyes, France |
| Burial | Llanthony Priory, Gloucestershire, England | |
| Name: | Anne Plantagenet - of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford and Eu2 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Name Suffix: | of Gloucester | |
| Father: | Thomas Plantagenet - 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355-1397) | |
| Mother: | Eleanor de Bohun (1366-1399) | |
| Note: | from http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Plantagenet-114: Anne of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford (30 April 1383 – 16 October 1438) was the eldest daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, and Eleanor de Bohun. Anne was born on 30 April 1383, and was baptised at Pleshey, Essex sometime before 6 May. Her uncle, John of Gaunt, ordered several payments to be made in regards to the event. Her father was the youngest son of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. Her mother was Eleanor de Bohun, the daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, and Joan Fitzalan. Her mother was also a great-great-granddaughter of Edward I. Marriage with Thomas Stafford, 3rd Earl of Stafford Anne married three times. Her first marriage was to Thomas Stafford, 3rd.Earl of Stafford (1368 - 4 July 1392), and took place around 1390. The couple had no children, and after his death Anne married his younger brother Edmund. Marriage with Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford On 28 June 1398, Anne married Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford (2 March 1378 – 21 July 1403), and had children: Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, who married Anne, daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland. Joan was a daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and his mistress, later third wife, Katherine Swynford Anne Stafford, Countess of March, who married Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March. Edmund was a great-grandson of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence. Edmund and Anne had no children. She married, secondly, John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (d. 1447), and had one son: Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter (d. 1475), and a daughter Anne, who married John Neville, 1st Baron Neville de Raby Philippa Stafford, died young Marriage with William Bourchier, Count of Eu In about 1405 Anne married William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (d. 1420), son of Sir William Bourchier and Eleanor of Louvain, by whom she had the following children: Henry Bourchier, Earl of Essex. He married Isabel, daughter of Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, and Anne de Mortimer. Isabel was also an older sister of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York Eleanor Bourchier, Duchess of Norfolk, married John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk William Bourchier, 1st Baron FitzWaryn Cardinal Thomas Bourchier John Bourchier, Baron Berners. John was the grandfather of John, Lord Berners, the translator of Froissart Anne died on 16 Oct 1438 and was buried at Llanthony Priory, Monmouthshire. |
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| Birth | Apr 1383 | Pheshy, Essex, England |
| Title | of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford and Eu1 | |
| Death | 16 Oct 1438 (age 55) | Priory, Llanthony, Gloucestershire, England |
Henry Bourchier - 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex
Henry Bourchier - 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex
Henry Bourchier - 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex
| Name: | Henry Bourchier - 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex1 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Isabel Plantagenet of Cambridge (1409-1484) | |
| Children: | William Bourchier - Viscount Bourchier ( -1480) | |
| Henry Bourchier (c. 1434-1458) | ||
| Thomas Bourchier ( -1492) | ||
| John Bourchier - 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby ( -1495) | ||
| Humphrey Bourchier - 1st and last Lord Bourchier of Cromwell ( -1471) | ||
| Florence Bourchier ( -c. 1525) | ||
| Fulke Bourchier ( - ) | ||
| Hugh Bourchier ( - ) | ||
| Edward Bourchier ( -1460) | ||
| Isabel Bourchier ( - ) | ||
| Laura Bourchier - Countess of Devon (1440- ) | ||
| Note: | Henry Bourchier, 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, KG (c. 1404/c. 1406 – 4 April 1483), was the eldest son of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu and Anne of Gloucester. On his mother's side, he was a great-grandson of Edward III of England. Titles He inherited the title of 5th Baron Bourchier from his cousin Elizabeth Bourchier, 4th Baroness Bourchier on her death in 1433. He became the 1st Viscount Bourchier in 1446, a Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1452, and was created 1st Earl of Essex in 1461. Career He saw considerable military action in France and for his services was created Viscount Bourchier during the parliament of 1445–6 and elected Knight of the Garter on his third nomination in 1452. He later saw action in 1461 as a Yorkist supporter at the Second Battle of St Albans and the Battle of Towton, soon after which Edward IV created him Earl of Essex. He held the post of Lord High Treasurer from 29 May 1455 - 5 October 1456, 28 July 1460 - 14 April 1462, and 22 April 1471 - 4 April 1483. He also became Justice in Eyre south of the Trent in 1461, holding that title until his death. He died on 4 April 1483 and was buried at Beeleigh Abbey, although his tomb was subsequently moved to Little Easton church. Marriage and issue Prior to 1426, he married Isabel of Cambridge, another descendant of Edward III. She was the elder sister of Richard Plantagenet, which made her the aunt of Richard's two sons, the future Edward IV and Richard III. Henry and Isabel were parents to at least eleven children. William Bourchier, Viscount Bourchier (d. 1480). Married Anne Woodville, daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. They were parents of Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex and Cicely Bourchier, wife of John Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley.[3] Henry Bourchier (d. 1462). Married Elizabeth de Scales, Baroness Scales. No known children.[3] Humphrey Bourchier, 1st and last Lord Bourchier of Cromwell (d. 14 April 1471). Killed in the Battle of Barnet.[3] John Bourchier (d. 1495). Married first Elizabeth Ferrers and secondly Elizabeth Chichele. No known children.[3] Edward Bourchier (d. 30 December 1460). Killed in the Battle of Wakefield.[3] Thomas Bourchier (d. 1492). Married Isabella Barre. No known children.[3] Florence Bourchier (d. 1525).[3] Fulk Bourchier. Considered to have died young.[3] Hugh Bourchier. Considered to have died young.[3] Isabella Bourchier. Considered to have died young.[3] Laura Bourchier (1440- ) married John Courtenay (killed at Tewkesbury, 1471) On his death she did not remarry and died more than a year later. |
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| Birth | 14061 | |
| Title (1) | 1433 (age 26-27) | 5th Baron Bourchier |
| He inherited the title of 5th Baron Bourchier from his cousin Elizabeth Bourchier, 4th Baroness Bourchier on her death in 1433 | ||
| Title (2) | 1446 (age 39-40) | 1st Viscount Bourchier1 |
| Title (3) | 1452 (age 45-46) | Knight of the Garter1 |
| Title (4) | 1461 (age 54-55) | 1st Earl of Essex1 |
| Death | 4 Apr 1483 (age 76-77)1,3 | |
| Burial | Little Easton Church, Essex, England | |
| Name: | William Bourchier - 1st Baron Fitzwaryn1 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse 1: | Thomazine Hankeford ( - ) | |
| Spouse 2: | Catherine de Affeton ( -1467) | |
| Children: | Blanche Bourchier ( - ) | |
| Fulke Bourchier - 2nd Baron Fitzwaryn (1445-1497) | ||
| Note: | William Bourchier (1407-1470) jure uxoris 1st Baron FitzWarin, was an English nobleman. He was summoned to Parliament in 1448[1] as Baron FitzWarin in right of his wife Thomasine Hankford. Origins He was the 2nd son of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (c.1374-1420) by his wife Anne of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford, the daughter of the Plantagenet prince, Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (13th and youngest child of King Edward III and Philippa of Hainault) by his wife Eleanor de Bohun elder daughter and coheiress of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (1341-1373), Earl of Essex and Northampton. He had the following siblings: Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (1404 – 4 April 1483), eldest brother John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners (1415 – 16 May 1474), younger brother Thomas Bourchier, (ca. 1404 – 30 March 1486), Archbishop of Canterbury and a cardinal, youngest brother Eleanor Bourchier, (ca. 1417 – November, 1474), wife of John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, sister Marriages & progeny William Bourchier married twice: Firstly to Thomasine Hankford, one of the three daughters and co-heiresses, by his 1st marriage, of Sir Richard II Hankford (c.1397-1431) of Annery in Devon, grandson of Sir William Hankford (died 1422), KB, Lord Chief Justice of England. Thomasine's mother (Sir Richard's 1st wife) was Elizabeth FitzWarin, 8th Baroness FitzWarin (c. 1404 – c. 1427), sister and heiress of Fulk FitzWarin, 7th Baron FitzWarin (1406–1420), feudal baron of Bampton, in Devon. Upon the death of Elizabeth FitzWarin in 1427 the barony of FitzWarin went into abeyance between her daughters Thomasine Hankford and Elizabeth Hankford (died 1433). On the death of Elizabeth Hankford in 1433, the barony of FitzWarin was inherited by her sister Thomasine Hankford, the wife of William Bourchier, who was summoned to Parliament as Lord FitzWarin in her right. Thomasine Hankford's father married secondly to Anne Montacute, daughter of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (1350-1400) (or according to the Devon historian Tristram Risdon (d.1640), to Anne Nevill, daughter of Lord Nevill). By his 2nd wife Sir Richard II Hankford left a daughter Anne Hankford (c. 1431 – 1485), who married Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond (c.1426-1515). Anne Hankford and her husband inherited Annery, whilst Thomasine Hankford and her husband William Bourchier inherited Bampton. William Bourchier had by Thomasine Hankford progeny including: Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin (d.1480), son and heir. He requested in his will to be buried at Bampton. He married Elizabeth Dynham, one of the four sisters and co-heiresses of John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham (1433-1501), KG, of Nutwell, Devon. Elizabeth remarried to Sir John Sapcotes and a stained glass heraldic escutcheon survives in Bampton church showing the arms of Sapcotes impaling Dinham. Fulk's son and heir was John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath and 11th Baron FitzWarin (1470–1539), created in 1536 Earl of Bath. The Bourchiers later moved their seat from Bampton westwards to Tawstock in North Devon. Blanche Bourchier (d.4 January 1483),[10] who married firstly Philip Beaumont (1432-1473), of Shirwell, Devon, MP in 1467 and Sheriff of Devon in 1469. The marriage was without progeny. Her stone effigy survives in Shirwell Church. Blanche survived her first husband and re-married secondly to Bartholomew St Ledger "of Kent", probably a relative or descendant of Sir John St Ledger (c.1404-1442) of Ulcombe, Kent, Sheriff of Kent in 1430, one of whose sons was Sir James St Ledger (c.1441-post 1509) of Annery in the parish of Monkleigh, North Devon, who married Anne Butler, daughter of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond, and was therefore an uncle to Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire. Another son was Sir Thomas St Leger (c.1440-1483), the second husband of Anne of York (1439-1476), daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, thus an elder sister of Kings Edward IV (1461-1483) and Richard III (1483-1485). Sir Thomas St Ledger's grand-daughter Eleanor manners was the 2nd wife of John Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Bath and 12th Baron FitzWarin (d.1560), of Tawstock. Secondly William Bourchier married Catherine de Affeton (d.1467), daughter and heiress of John de Affeton of Affeton, Devon, and widow of Hugh Stucley of Affeton, Sheriff of Devon in 1448. Death & burial Both William Bourchier and his wife Thomasine Hankford were buried in Bampton Church. Dugdale quoted the will of his son Fulk Bourchier who bequeathed his body to be buried in the chapel of the Blessed Virgin at Bampton, near the grave of his mother, Lady Thomasine, and he willed that marble stones with inscriptions should be placed on his own grave and that of his father, Lord William, and his mother, Lady Thomasine. 1st of the BATH line ? |
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| Birth | 1407 | |
| Title | 1st Baron Fitzwaryn1 | |
| Death | 1474 (age 66-67) | |
John Bourchier - 1st Baron Berners
John Bourchier - 1st Baron Berners
| Name: | John Bourchier - 1st Baron Berners1 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Margery Berners - Baroness Berners ( -1475) | |
| Children: | Joan Bourchier (c. 1442-1470) | |
| Humphrey Bourchier - 1st and last Lord Bourchier of Cromwell (aft1440-1471) | ||
| Elizabeth Bourchier - Baroness Welles (c. 1446-aft1470) | ||
| Thomas Bourchier (1448-1512) | ||
| Note: | 1st of the BERNERS line Knight of the Garter. Fought for Henry VI at the first battle of St. Albans. Afterwards changed sides. "Sir John Bourchier, 1st Lord Berners was born circa 1415. He was the son of Sir William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu and Anne of Woodstock, Countess of Buckingham. He married Marjorie Berners, daughter of Sir Richard Berners and Philippe Dalyngridge, after 1441. He died on 16 May 1474. He was also reported to have died on 21 May 1474. He was buried at Chertsey Abbey, Surrey, England. His will was probated on 21 June 1474. He was invested as a Knight on 19 May 1426 at Leicester, Leicestershire, England, by the Duke of Bedford. He was created 1st Lord Berners [England by writ] on 26 May 1455. He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) before 23 April 1459. He held the office of Constable of Windsor Castle between 17 December 1461 and 1474. His last will was dated 21 March 1473/74." http://www.thepeerage.com/p1754.htm from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Berners: The title was created in 1455 for Sir John Bourchier, youngest son of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu, and younger brother of Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex and William Bourcher, Baron FitzWarine (from whom the Earls of Bath descended). He was the husband of Margery Berners, daughter of Sir Richard Berners. The barony was created by writ, which means that it can descend through both male and female lines. Lord Berners was succeeded by his grandson, the second Baron. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1516 and 1527. He died without male heirs and was succeeded by his daughter Jane Knyvett, the de jure third holder. However, she never assumed the title. Jane was the wife of Edmund Knyvett. Their grandson, the de jure fourth Baron, obtained a certificate of his right to the title but died before obtaining the King's confirmation. His great-great-grandson Thomas Knyvett, the de jure seventh Baron, sat as a Member of Parliament for Dunwich and Eyre. On his death in 1693 the peerage technically fell into abeyance between his two sisters, Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Glenham, and Katherine, wife firstly of John Harris and secondly of Richard Bokenham |
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| Birth | c. 1415 | Little Eaton, Essex, England1 |
| Title | 1st Baron Berners | |
| Death | 16 May 1474 (age 58-59)1 | |
Thomas Bourchier - Cardinal of Canterbury Cathedral
Thomas Bourchier - Cardinal of Canterbury Cathedral
| Name: | Thomas Bourchier - Cardinal of Canterbury Cathedral1 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Name Prefix: | Cardinal | |
| Note: | Thomas was a younger son of William Bourchier, Earl of Eu (d. 1420), and through his mother, Anne, a daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, was a descendant of King Edward III of England. One of his brothers was Henry, Earl of Essex (d. 1483), and his grand-nephew was John, Lord Berners, the translator of Froissart. Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham was a half-brother. Educated at the University of Oxford, he then entering the church and obtained rapid promotion. After holding some minor appointments he became Bishop of Worcester in 1434. In the same year he was chancellor of the University of Oxford, and in 1443 he was appointed Bishop of Ely; then in Apr 1454 he was made Archbishop of Canterbury, becoming Lord Chancellor of England in the following Mar. Bourchier's short term of office as chancellor coincided with the start of the Wars of the Roses, and at first he was not a strong partisan, although he lost his position as chancellor when Richard, Duke of York, was deprived of power in Oct 1456. Afterwards, in 1458, he helped to reconcile the contending parties, but when the war was renewed in 1459 he appears as a decided Yorkist; he crowned Edward IV in Jun 1461, and four years later he performed a similar service for the queen, Elizabeth Woodville. In 1457 Bourchier took the chief part in the trial of Reginald Peacock, Bishop of Chichester, for heresy; in 1467 he was created a Cardinal; and in 1475 he was one of the four arbitrators appointed to arrange the details of the treaty of Picquigny between England and France. After the death of Edward IV in 1483 Bourchier persuaded the Queen to allow her younger son, Richard, Duke of York, to share his brother's residence in the Tower of London; and although he had sworn to be faithful to Edward V before his father's death, he crowned Richard III in Jul 1483. He was, however, in no way implicated in the murder of the young princes, and he was probably a participant in the conspiracies against Richard. The third English King crowned by Bourchier was Henry VII, whom he also married to Elizabeth of York in Jan 1486. The Archbishop died on 30 Mar 1486 at his residence, Knole House, near Sevenoaks, and was buried in Canterbury Cathedral. |
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| Birth | 1413 | |
| Title | Cardinal at Canterbury Cathedral | |
| Death | 30 Mar 1486 (age 72-73) | Knole House, near Sevenoaks, Kent, England |
| Burial | Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England | |
| Name: | Eleanor Bourchier - Duchess of Norfolk1 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | John Mowbray - 3rd Duke of Norfolk ( - ) | |
| Children: | John Mowbray ( - ) | |
| Birth | 1417 | |
| Title | Duchess of Norfolk | |
| Death | 1474 (age 56-57) | |
| 1 | "Tudor Place Website" (http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BOURCHIER1.htm). |
| 2 | "The Wiki Tree" (http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Plantagenet-Family-Tree-114). |
| 3 | "Wikipedia" (en.wikipedia.org). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bourchier,_1st_Earl_of_Essex. |