BOURCHIER FAMILY

I. ESSEX LINE

Robert De BOURCHIER

Born: ABT 1252

Married: Emma ?

Children:

1. John BOURCHIER

John BOURCHIER

Born: ABT 1278

Father: Robert De BOURCHIER

Mother: Emma ?

Married: Helen COLCHESTER (dau. of Walter de Colchester and Joan de Monchensy)

Children:

1. Robert BOURCHIER

2. John BOURCHIER

Robert BOURCHIER

Born: ABT 1306

Father: John BOURCHIER

Notes: Lord Chancellor.

Mother: Helen COLCHESTER

Married: Margaret PRAYERS (dau. of Thomas Prayers and Margaret de Essex)

Children:

1. John BOURCHIER

2. William BOURCHIER

William BOURCHIER

Born: ABT 1330

Father: Robert BOURCHIER

Mother: Margaret PRAYERS

Married: Eleanor LOVAIN (dau. of John Lovain and Margaret Weston)

Children:

1. William BOURCHIER (E. Eu)

2. John BOURCHIER

John BOURCHIER

Born: ABT 1329

Died: 21 May 1400

Notes: Knight of the Garter. Fought at Poitiers and served with the Black Prince in Gascony; also with Thomas of Woodstock in France. Governor of Flanders.

Father: William BOURCHIER

Mother: Eleanor LOVAIN

Married: Elizabeth COGGESHALL

Children:

1. Bartholomew BOURCHIER

Bartholomew BOURCHIER

Died: 18 May 1409

Father: John BOURCHIER

Mother: Elizabeth COGGESHALL

Married: Idoine LOVET

Children:

1. Elizabeth BOURCHIER

Elizabeth BOURCHIER

Died: 1 Jul 1433

Father: Bartholomew BOURCHIER

Mother: Idoine LOVET

Married 1: Hugh STAFFORD (Sir Knight)

Married 2: Lewis ROBSART (Sir Knight) (d. 26 Nov 1431, killed near Amiens)

William BOURCHIER (E. Eu)

Born: 1386

Died: 1420

Father: William BOURCHIER

Mother: Eleanor LOVAIN

Married: Anne PLANTAGENET (C. Stafford and Eu)

Children:

1. Henry BOURCHIER (1º E. Essex)

2. Eleanor BOURCHIER (D. Norfolk)

3. William BOURCHIER (1º B. Fitzwaryn)

4. Thomas BOURCHIER (Cardinal)

5. John BOURCHIER (1º B. Berners)

Eleanor BOURCHIER (D. Norfolk)

Born: 1417

Died: 1474

Father: William BOURCHIER (E. Eu)

Mother: Anne PLANTAGENET (C. Stafford and Eu)

Married: John MOWBRAY (3º D. Norfolk)

Thomas BOURCHIER (Cardinal)

Born: 1413

Died: 30 Mar 1486, Knole House, near Sevenoaks

Buried: Canterbury Cathedral

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: William BOURCHIER (E. Eu)

Mother: Anne PLANTAGENET (C. Stafford and Eu)

Henry BOURCHIER (1º E. Essex)

Born: 1406 Died: 1483 Notes: Knight of the Garter. Lord Chancellor. Father: William BOURCHIER (E. Eu) Mother: Anne PLANTAGENET (C. Stafford and Eu) Married: Isabel PLANTAGENET (C. Essex) Children:

1. William BOURCHIER (V. Bourchier)

2. Henry BOURCHIER

3. Thomas BOURCHIER

4. John BOURCHIER

5. Humphrey BOURCHIER (B. Cornwall)

6. Fulke BOURCHIER

7. Hugh BOURCHIER

8. Edward BOURCHIER

9. Isabel BOURCHIER

10. Florence BOURCHIER

Henry BOURCHIER

Born: ABT 1434, Great Totham, Essex, England

Died: 12 Aug 1458

Father: Henry BOURCHIER (1º E. Essex)

Mother: Isabel PLANTAGENET (C. Essex)

Married: Elizabeth SCALES (B. Scales) (b. ABT 1436 - d. 2 Sep 1473) (dau. of Thomas Scales, 7° B. Scales) (m.2 Anthony Woodville, 2° E. Rivers)

Thomas BOURCHIER

Died: 1492

Father: Henry BOURCHIER (1º E. Essex)

Mother: Isabel PLANTAGENET (C. Essex)

Married: Isabel BARRE

John BOURCHIER

Father: Henry BOURCHIER (1º E. Essex)

Mother: Isabel PLANTAGENET (C. Essex)

Married: Elizabeth FERRERS (7° B. Ferrers of Groby) BEF 2 May 1462

Humphrey BOURCHIER (B. Cornwall)

Died: 1471

Father: Henry BOURCHIER (1º E. Essex)

Mother: Isabel PLANTAGENET (C. Essex)

Married: Joan STANHOPE

William BOURCHIER (V. Bourchier)

Father: Henry BOURCHIER (1º E. Essex)

Mother: Isabel PLANTAGENET (C. Essex)

Married: Anne WOODVILLE (V. Bourchier/C. Kent)

Children:

1. William Henry BOURCHIER (2º E. Essex)

2. Isabel BOURCHIER

3. Cecille BOURCHIER (B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Cecille BOURCHIER (B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Father: William BOURCHIER (V. Bourchier)

Mother: Anne WOODVILLE (V. Bourchier/C. Kent)

Married: John DEVEREUX (2° B. Ferrers of Chartley)

Children:

1. Walter DEVEREUX (1º V. Hereford)

William Henry BOURCHIER (2° E. Essex)

Born: 1472

Acceded: 1483

Died: 13 Mar 1539/40, Baas, Broxbourne

Buried: Little Easton Church, Essex

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: William BOURCHIER (V. Bourchier)

Mother: Anne WOODVILLE (V. Bourchier/C. Kent)

Married: Mary BLOUNT (C. Essex) ABT 1498

Children:

1. Anne (Claire) BOURCHIER (16° B. Bourchier)

Anne (Claire) BOURCHIER (16° B. Bourchier)

Acceded: 1539/40

Died: 28 Jan 1570

Notes: She left her husband with great scandal to live with her lover (or lovers), and had childs of them

Father: William Henry BOURCHIER (2º E. Essex)

Mother: Mary BLOUNT (C. Essex)

Married: William PARR (1° M. Northampton) 9 Feb 1526, London DIVORCED

II. BERNERS LINE

John BOURCHIER (1° B. Berners)

Born: ABT 1415, Little Eaton, Essex, England

Died: 16 May 1474

Notes: Knight of the Garter. Fought for Henry VI at the first battle of St. Albans. Afterwards changed sides.

Father: William BOURCHIER (E. Eu)

Mother: Anne PLANTAGENET (C. Stafford and Eu)

Married: Margery (Margaret) BERNERS (B. Berners) ABT 1441

Children:

1. Joan BOURCHIER

2. Humphrey BOURCHIER (Sir Knight)

3. Elizabeth BOURCHIER (B. Welles)

4. Thomas BOURCHIER (Sir Knight)

Joan BOURCHIER

Born: ABT 1442, Halstead, Essex, England

Died: 7 Oct 1470

Father: John BOURCHIER (1° B. Berners)

Mother: Margery (Margaret) BERNERS (B. Berners)

Married: Henry NEVILLE (Sir Knight) ABT 1462/63, Mathon, Worcestershire, England or Halstead, Essex, England

Children:

1. Joan NEVILLE

2. Richard NEVILLE (2º B. Latimer)

3. Thomas NEVILLE (Esq.)

Thomas BOURCHIER (Sir Knight)

Born: 1448

Died: 1512

Father: John BOURCHIER (1° B. Berners)

Mother: Margery (Margaret) BERNERS (B. Berners)

Married 1: Anne ANDREWS ABT 1464, Baylham, Suffolk, England

Married 2: Agnes CHARLTON

Elizabeth BOURCHIER (B. Welles)

Born: ABT 1446, Halstead, Essex, England

Died: AFT 2 Oct 1470

Father: John BOURCHIER (1° B. Berners)

Mother: Margery (Margaret) BERNERS (B. Berners)

Married: Robert WELLES (8° B. Welles / 2° B. Willoughby) Halstead, Essex, England

Humphrey BOURCHIER (Sir Knight)

Born: 1440 / 1444, Halstead, Essex, England

Died: 14 Apr 1471, Battle of Barnet, Hertfordshire, England

Buried: Westminster Abbey 

Father: John BOURCHIER (1° B. Berners)

Mother: Margery (Margaret) BERNERS (B. Berners)

Married: Elizabeth TILNEY (D. Norfolk) (d. 4 Apr 1497) (dau. of Sir Frederick Tilney of Ashwellthorpe and Elizabeth Cheney - m.2 Thomas Howard, 2° E. Norfolk)

Children:

1. Margaret BOURCHIER

2. John BOURCHIER (2° B. Berners)

3. Anne BOURCHIER (B. Dacre of the South)

Margaret BOURCHIER

Born: ABT 1468, Benningborough, Yorkshire, England

Died: 1551/52, England

Notes: Lady Governess of all Henry VIII´s children: Princess Mary; Henry Fitzroy, D. Richmond; Princess Elizabeth and Prince Edward.

Father: Humphrey BOURCHIER (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth TILNEY (D. Norfolk)

Married 1: Thomas BRYAN (Sir Knight) ABT 1487, Benningborough, Yorkshire, England

Children:

1. Margaret BRYAN

2. Elizabeth BRYAN

3. Francis BRYAN (Sir Knight Lord Chief Justice of Ireland)

4. Dau. BRYAN

Married 2: David ZOUCHE

Married 3: John SANDS Benningborough, Yorkshire, England

Anne BOURCHIER (B. Dacre of the South)

Born: 1470

Died: 29 Sep 1530

Father: Humphrey BOURCHIER (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth TILNEY (D. Norfolk)

Married: Thomas FIENNES (2° B. Dacre of the South) 1492, Berners, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland

Children:

1. Thomas FIENNES (Sir Knight)

2. Mary FIENNES

3. John FIENNES (b. ABT 1497)

John BOURCHIER (2° B. Berners)

Born: 1467, Bourchier, Devonshire, England

Died: 16 Mar 1522 / 1533

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Humphrey BOURCHIER (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth TILNEY (D. Norfolk)

Married 1: Catherine HOWARD 8 Nov 1497, Tendring, Essex, England. DIVORCED

Children:

1. Joan BOURCHIER (B. Berners)

2. Mary BOURCHIER

3. Christopher BOURCHIER

Married 2: Elizabeth BACON ABT 1505, Stoward Peel, Northumberland, England

Children:

4. James BOURCHIER

5. Ursula BOURCHIER

Associated with: ¿?

Children:

6. Humphrey BOURCHIER

7. George BOURCHIER

Ursula BOURCHIER

Born: ABT 1512, Benningborough, Yorkshire, England

Father: John BOURCHIER (2° B. Berners)

Mother: Elizabeth BACON

Married: William SHEVINGTON

James BOURCHIER

Father: John BOURCHIER (2° B. Berners)

Mother: Elizabeth BACON

Married: Mary BANNISTER (dau. of Humphrey Bannister) ABT 1530

Children:

1. Ralph BOURCHIER

Ralph BOURCHIER

Died: 11 Jun 1598, Barking, Essex, England

Father: James BOURCHIER

Mother: Mary BANNISTER

Children:

1. William BOURCHIER

2. John BOURCHIER

Married 2: Christian SHAKERLEY

John BOURCHIER

Born: ABT 1560, Benningborough, Yorkshire, England

Died: Apr 1625, Lambeth Parish, Surrey, England

Father: Ralph BOURCHIER

Mother: Elizabeth HALL

Married: Elizabeth VERNEY

Children:

1. Mary BOURCHIER (b. ABT 1598 - d. Henrico County, Virginia) (m. Jabez Whitaker ABT 1616)

William BOURCHIER

Died: 1584

Notes: Eventually mentally deranged. Eldest son.

Mother: Elizabeth HALL

Married: Catherine BARRINGTON ABT 1584

Children:

1. Robert BOURCHIER (d. 1606)

2. Thomas BOURCHIER (m. Elizabeth Pickering)

3. Anne BOURCHIER

4. Winifred BOURCHIER

5. Elizabeth BOURCHIER

6. John BOURCHIER (Sir)

John BOURCHIER (Sir)

Died: 1660

Notes: regicide; Member of Parliament for Ripon, 1645; one of Charles I's judges, 1648; signed death-warrant; member of Council of State, 1651 and 1652; surrendered as regicide, 1660, but died before settlement of exceptions to Act of Indemnity.

Father: William BOURCHIER

Mother: Catherine BARRINGTON

Married: Anne ROLFE

Joan BOURCHIER (B. Berners)

Died: 17 Feb 1561/2

Buried: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England

Father: John BOURCHIER (2° B. Berners)

Mother: Catherine HOWARD

Married: Edmund KNYVETT (1° B. Berners) ABT 1508, Ashwell Thorpe, Norfolk

Children:

1. John KNYVETT (Esq.)

2. Anne KNYVETT

3. Elizabeth KNYVETT

4. Thomas KNYVETT

5. Edmund KNYVETT

6. Alice KNYVETT

7. Christian KNYVETT

8. Rose KNYVETT

9. William KNYVETT

10. Catherine KNYVETT

11. Anne KNYVETT

III. BATH LINE

William BOURCHIER (1º B. Fitzwaryn)

Born: 1415

Died: 1474

Father: William BOURCHIER (E. Eu)

Mother: Anne PLANTAGENET (C. Stafford and Eu)

Married: Thomazine HANKEFORD (dau. of Sir Richard Hankford and Elizabeth Fitzwarren)

Children:

1. Blanche BOURCHIER

2. Fulke BOURCHIER (2º B. Fitzwaryn)

Blanche BOURCHIER

Died: 4 Jan 1483

Buried: Sherwell

Father: William BOURCHIER (1º B. Fitzwaryn)

Mother: Thomazine HANKEFORD

Married 1: Phillip BEAUMONT

Married 2: Bartholomew St. LEGER

Children:

1. Anne St. LEGER

2. Margaret St. LEGER

Fulke BOURCHIER (2º B. Fitzwaryn)

Born: 25 Oct 1445

Died: 18 Sep 1497

Father: William BOURCHIER (1º B. Fitzwaryn)

Mother: Thomazine HANKEFORD

Married: Elizabeth DYNHAM (B. Fitzwaryn) (b. 1449 - d. 19 Oct 1516) (dau. of John Dynham and Joan Arches) (m.2 Sir Thomas Brandon)

Children:

1. John BOURCHIER (1º E. Bath)

2. Joan BOURCHIER (B. Audley of Heleigh)

3. Elizabeth BOURCHIER

4. William BOURCHIER

Joan BOURCHIER (B. Audley of Heleigh)

Born: 1472

Father: Fulke BOURCHIER (2º B. Fitzwaryn)

Mother: Elizabeth DYNHAM (B. Fitzwaryn)

Married: James TOUCHET (4° B. Audley of Heleigh) ABT 1488

Elizabeth BOURCHIER

Born: 1474

Father: Fulke BOURCHIER (2º B. Fitzwaryn)

Mother: Elizabeth DYNHAM (B. Fitzwaryn)

Married 1: Henry BEAUMONT

Married 2: Richard PAGE

Married 3: Edward STANHOPE (Sir)

Children:

1. Anne STANHOPE (D. Somerset)

Married 4: Nicholas PIGOT

John BOURCHIER (1° E. Bath)

Born: 20 Jul 1470, Halstead, Essex, England

Died: 30 Apr 1539, Baunton, Devon, England

Father: Fulke BOURCHIER (2º B. Fitzwaryn)

Mother: Elizabeth DYNHAM (B. Fitzwaryn)

Married 1: Cecily DAUBENEY 1496, Baunton, Devon, England

Children:

1. John BOURCHIER (2° E. Bath)

2. Elizabeth BOURCHIER

3. Amias BOURCHIER (b. ABT 1501)

4. Dorothy BOURCHIER

5. Giles BOURCHIER

6. Margaret BOURCHIER (b. ABT 1507)

7. Anne BOURCHIER (b. ABT 1509)

8. Eleanor BOURCHIER (b. ABT 1512)

Married 2: Florence BONVILLE (C. Bath) (b. 1472 - d. Oct 1524) (dau. and coh. of Sir John Bonville of Halnaker and Catherine Wingfield)

Married 3: Elizabeth WENTWORTH (C. Bath)

Elizabeth BOURCHIER

Born: ABT 1500, Bounton, Devon, England

Died: 25 Dec 1548, Bounton, Devon, England

Father: John BOURCHIER (1º E. Bath)

Mother: Cecily DAUBENEY

Married: Edward CHICHESTER BEF 1515

1. John CHICHESTER (Sir Knight)

2. Edward CHICHESTER (b. ABT 1516)

3. Phillip CHICHESTER

Dorothy BOURCHIER

Born: ABT 1502, Bounton, Devon, England

Father: John BOURCHIER (1º E. Bath)

Mother: Cecily DAUBENEY

Married: Sir John FULFORD of Fulford (son of William Fulford and Joan Bonville)

1. Elizabeth FULFORD (m.1 Humphrey Arundell - m.2 Thomas Carey)

3. Cicely FULFORD (m. Nicholas Adams of Tunstall)

Giles BOURCHIER

Born: ABT 1505

Father: John BOURCHIER (1º E. Bath)

Mother: Cecily DAUBENEY

Married: Agnes DAVIES

John BOURCHIER (2° E. Bath)

Born: 1499, Baunton, Devon, England

Died: 10 Feb 1560/1561

Buried: Hengrave, Suffolk, England

Notes: In 1539 Henry VIII confiscated the manor of Bolham from Dunkeswell Abbey, and a little later granted the former monastic manors of Hackpen, Bolham, Sheldon and Saint Hill to the second Earl of Bath, John Bouchier, who had already inherited the Barony of Okehampton from the Dynham line. The second Earl lived somewhat dangerously, he owed the King £336. Bourchier held the office of Sheriff of Somerset in 1519. He held the office of Sheriff of Dorset in 1519. He was invested as a Knight circa 1523. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Bath on 30 Apr 1539. He succeeded to the title of Baron of Daubeney on 8 Apr 1548. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor in 1553. He was one of the first to declare the right of Queen Mary to the Crown. He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Dorset in 1556. He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Devon in 1556. He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall in 1556. He was a Commisisoner to decide on the claims made at Queen Mary's Coronation. He was a Commisisoner for the trial of Lady Jane Grey. He held the office of Governor of Beaumaris Castle.

Father: John BOURCHIER (1º E. Bath)

Mother: Cecily DAUBENEY

Married 1: Elizabeth HUNGERFORD

Children:

1. Elizabeth BOURCHIER (b. ABT 1522)

Married 2: Eleanor MANNERS (C. Bath)

Children:

2. John BOURCHIER (5º B. Fitzwaryn)

3. Henry BOURCHIER (Sir)

4. George BOURCHIER (Sir)

5. Fulke BOURCHIER

6. Maria BOURCHIER

7. Cecily BOURCHIER

8. Elizabeth BOURCHIER

9. James BOURCHIER

10. Robert BOURCHIER

11. Margaret BOURCHIER

12. Verney BOURCHIER

Married 3: Margaret DONNINGTON (C. Bath) (b. ABT 1509, Stoke Newington, London, England - d. 12 Jan 1561 - bur. Hengrave Church) (dau. of John Donnington of and Elizabeth Pye) (w.1 of Thomas Kytson - w.2 of Richard Long) 11 Dec 1548

Henry BOURCHIER (Sir)

Born: 1538, Haddon Hall, Derby, England

Christened: Prince Ruperts War, England

Father: John BOURCHIER (2º E. Bath)

Mother: Eleanor MANNERS (C. Bath)

Married 1: ¿?

Children:

1. Henry BOURCHIER

2. John BOURCHIER

George BOURCHIER (Sir)

Born: 1537, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England

Died: 24 Sep 1605, Ireland

Father: John BOURCHIER (2º E. Bath)

Mother: Eleanor MANNERS (C. Bath)

Married: Martha HOWARD Nov 1582, Effingham, Surrey, England

Children

1. Thomas BOURCHIER

2. Henry BOURCHIER (5º E. Bath)

Henry BOURCHIER (5º E. Bath)

Born: ABT 1587

Died: 16 Aug 1654

Father: George BOURCHIER (Sir)

Mother: Martha HOWARD

Married: Rachel FANE (C. Bath) (dau. of Francis Fane, 1º E. Westmoreland, and Mary Mildmay) 18 Dec 1638, St. Bartholomew the Great, London

John BOURCHIER (5º B. Fitzwaryn)

Born: 1529

Died: 1556

Father: John BOURCHIER (2º E. Bath)

Mother: Eleanor MANNERS (C. Bath)

Married: Frances KYTSON 11 Dec 1548 / 7 Aug 1552, St. Stephen's Church, Exeter

Children:

1. William BOURCHIER (3º E. Bath)

William BOURCHIER (3º E. Bath)

Born: ABT 1556/7

Died: 12 Jul 1623

Buried: Tawstock

Father: John BOURCHIER (5º B. Fitzwaryn)

Mother: Frances KYTSON

Married: Elizabeth RUSSELL (C. Bath) 7 Aug 1582/3, St. Mary Major's/ St. Stephen's Church, Exeter

Children

1. Edward BOURCHIER (4º E. Bath)

2. Richard BOURCHIER (B. Fitzwaryn)

3. Frances BOURCHIER

4. Robert BOURCHIER

5. John BOURCHIER (b. 1583)

Married 2: Mary CORNWALLIS (dau. of Thomas Cornwallis and Anne Jerningham)

Children:

6. Son BOURCHIER

7. Son BOURCHIER (two sons, viz.)

Edward BOURCHIER (4º E. Bath)

Died: 2 Mar 1636

Father: William BOURCHIER (3º E. Bath)

Mother: Elizabeth RUSSELL (C. Bath)

Married 1: Dorothy St. JOHN (C. Bath) 14 Jul 1623, Halstead, Essex, England

Children:

1. Elizabeth BOURCHIER

2. Dorothy BOURCHIER

3. Anne BOURCHIER of Tawstock

5. William BOURCHIER

Dorothy BOURCHIER

Born: 25 Sep 1625

Father: Edward BOURCHIER (4º E. Bath)

Mother: Dorothy St. JOHN (C. Bath)

Married: Thomas GREY of Groby

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