BOURCHIER (original) (raw)
BOURCHIER FAMILY
I. ESSEX LINE
Robert De BOURCHIER
Born: ABT 1252
Married: Emma ?
Children:
1. [ John BOURCHIER](#John BOURCHIER1)
John BOURCHIER
Born: ABT 1278
Father: [ Robert De BOURCHIER](#Robert De BOURCHIER1)
Mother: Emma ?
Married: Helen COLCHESTER (dau. of Walter de Colchesterand Joan de Monchensy)
Children:
1. [ Robert BOURCHIER](#Robert BOURCHIER1)
2. John BOURCHIER
Robert BOURCHIER
Born: ABT 1306
Father: [ John BOURCHIER](#John BOURCHIER1)
Notes: Lord Chancellor.
Mother: Helen COLCHESTER
Married: Margaret PRAYERS (dau. of Thomas Prayersand Margaret de Essex)
Children:
1. John BOURCHIER
2. [ William BOURCHIER](#William BOURCHIER1)
William BOURCHIER
Born: ABT 1330
Father: [ Robert BOURCHIER](#Robert BOURCHIER1)
Mother: Margaret PRAYERS
Married: Eleanor LOVAIN (dau. of John Lovainand Margaret Weston)
Children:
1. [ William BOURCHIER (E. Eu)](#William BOURCHIER %28E. Eu%291)
2. [ John BOURCHIER](#John BOURCHIER4)
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](#William BOURCHIER1)
Mother: Eleanor LOVAIN
Married: Elizabeth COGGESHALL
Children:
1. [ Bartholomew BOURCHIER](#Bartholomew BOURCHIER1)
Bartholomew BOURCHIER
Died: 18 May 1409
Father: [ John BOURCHIER](#John BOURCHIER4)
Mother: Elizabeth COGGESHALL
Married: Idoine LOVET
Children:
1. [ Elizabeth BOURCHIER](#Elizabeth BOURCHIER3)
Elizabeth BOURCHIER
Died: 1 Jul 1433
Father: [ Bartholomew BOURCHIER](#Bartholomew BOURCHIER1)
Mother: Idoine LOVET
Married 1: [ Hugh STAFFORD (Sir Knight)](STAFFORD1.htm#Hugh STAFFORD1)
Married 2: Lewis ROBSART (Sir Knight) (d. 26 Nov 1431, killed near Amiens)
William BOURCHIER (E. Eu)
Born: 1386
Died: 1420
Father: [ William BOURCHIER](#William BOURCHIER1)
Mother: Eleanor LOVAIN
Married: [ Anne PLANTAGENET (C. Stafford and Eu)](PLANTAGENET.htm#Anne PLANTAGENET %28C. Stafford and Eu%29)
Children:
1. [ Henry BOURCHIER (1� E. Essex)](#Henry BOURCHIER %281� E. Essex%29)
2. [ Eleanor](#Eleonor BOURCHIER %28D. Norfolk%29) [BOURCHIER (D. Norfolk)](#Eleonor BOURCHIER %28D. Norfolk%29)
3. [ William BOURCHIER (1� B. Fitzwaryn)](#William BOURCHIER %281� B. Fitzwaryn%29)
4. [ Thomas BOURCHIER (Cardinal)](#Thomas BOURCHIER %28Cardinal%29)
5. [ John BOURCHIER (1� B. Berners)](#John BOURCHIER %281� B. Berners%29)
Eleanor BOURCHIER (D. Norfolk)
Born: 1417
Died: 1474
Father: [ William BOURCHIER (E. Eu)](#William BOURCHIER %28E. Eu%291)
Mother: [ Anne PLANTAGENET (C. Stafford and Eu)](PLANTAGENET.htm#Anne PLANTAGENET %28C. Stafford and Eu%29)
Married: John MOWBRAY (3� 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)](#William BOURCHIER %28E. Eu%291)
Mother: [ Anne PLANTAGENET (C. Stafford and Eu)](PLANTAGENET.htm#Anne PLANTAGENET %28C. Stafford and Eu%29)
Henry BOURCHIER (1� E. Essex)
1. [ William BOURCHIER (V. Bourchier)](#William BOURCHIER %28V. Bourchier%29)
2. [ Henry BOURCHIER](#Henry BOURCHIER1)
3. [ Thomas BOURCHIER](BOURCHIER2.htm#Thomas BOURCHIER1)
4. [ John BOURCHIER](#John BOURCHIER2)
5. [ Humphrey BOURCHIER (B. Cornwall)](#Humphrey BOURCHIER %28B. Cornwall%29)
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 (1� E. Essex)](#Henry BOURCHIER %281� E. Essex%29)
Mother: [ Isabel PLANTAGENET (C. Essex)](PLANTAGENET3.htm#Isabel PLANTAGENET %28C. Essex%29)
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](WOODVILLE.htm#Anthony WOODVILLE %282� E. Rivers%29))
John BOURCHIER
Died: Oct 1495
Father: [ Henry BOURCHIER (1� E. Essex)](#Henry BOURCHIER %281� E. Essex%29)
Mother: [ Isabel PLANTAGENET (C. Essex)](PLANTAGENET3.htm#Isabel PLANTAGENET %28C. Essex%29)
Married 1: [ Elizabeth FERRERS (7� B. Ferrers of Groby)](FERRERS.htm#Elizabeth FERRERS %287� B. Ferrers of Groby%29) BEF 2 May 1462
Married 2: Elizabeth CHICHELEY (b. 1430 - d. 1499) (dau. of John Chicheley and**[Margery Knollys](KNOLLYS.htm#Margery KNOLLYS1)**) (w.1 of Sir Thomas Kyriell – w.2 of Ralph Ashton)
Humphrey BOURCHIER (B. Cornwall)
Died: 14 Apr 1471, High Barnet, Hertfordshire, England
Notes: Killed in the Battle of Barnet, where he fought for the Yorkists under King Edward IV.
Father: [ Henry BOURCHIER (1� E. Essex)](#Henry BOURCHIER %281� E. Essex%29)
Mother: [ Isabel PLANTAGENET (C. Essex)](PLANTAGENET3.htm#Isabel PLANTAGENET %28C. Essex%29)
Married: [ Joan STANHOPE](STANHOPE.htm#Joan STANHOPE1)
William BOURCHIER (V. Bourchier)
Father: [ Henry BOURCHIER (1� E. Essex)](#Henry BOURCHIER %281� E. Essex%29)
Mother: [ Isabel PLANTAGENET (C. Essex)](PLANTAGENET3.htm#Isabel PLANTAGENET %28C. Essex%29)
Married: [ Anne WOODVILLE (V. Bourchier/C. Kent)](WOODVILLE.htm#Anne WOODVILLE %28V. Bourchier/C. Kent%29)
Children:
1. [ Henry BOURCHIER (2� E. Essex)](#Henry BOURCHIER %282� E. Essex%29)
2. Isabel BOURCHIER
3. [ Cecille BOURCHIER (B. Ferrers of Chartley)](#Cecille BOURCHIER %28B. Ferrers of Chartley%29)
Cecille BOURCHIER (B. Ferrers of Chartley)
Father: [ William BOURCHIER (V. Bourchier)](#William BOURCHIER %28V. Bourchier%29)
Mother: [ Anne WOODVILLE (V. Bourchier/C. Kent)](WOODVILLE.htm#Anne WOODVILLE %28V. Bourchier/C. Kent%29)
Married: [ John DEVEREUX (2� B. Ferrers of Chartley)](DEVEREUX.htm#John DEVEREUX %282� B. Ferrers of Chartley%29)
Children:
1. [ Walter DEVEREUX (1� V. Hereford)](DEVEREUX.htm#Walter DEVEREUX %281� V. Hereford%29)
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)](#William BOURCHIER %28V. Bourchier%29)
Mother: [ Anne WOODVILLE (V. Bourchier/C. Kent)](WOODVILLE.htm#Anne WOODVILLE %28V. Bourchier/C. Kent%29)
Married 1: Mary SAY (C. Essex) (d. 1535) (dau. of William Sayand Elizabeth Fray)
Children:
1. [ Anne BOURCHIER (16� B. Bourchier)](#Anne BOURCHIER %2816� B. Bourchier%29)
Married 2: [ **Mary BLOUNT** **(C. Essex)**](BLOUNT1.htm#Mary BLOUNT %28C. Essex%29)
Anne BOURCHIER (16� B. Bourchier)
Acceded: 1539/40
Died: 28 Jan 1570/1
Notes: See her Biogtraphy.
Father: [ Henry BOURCHIER (2� E. Essex)](#Henry BOURCHIER %282� E. Essex%29)
Mother: Mary SAY (C. Essex)
Married: [ William PARR (1� M. Northampton)](PARR1.htm#William PARR %281� M. Northampton%29) 9 Feb 1526, London DIVORCED
Associated with: John 'Huntley' LYNGFIELD
Children:
1. Son LYNGFIELD
2. Mary LYNGFIELD (m. Thomas York)
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)](#William BOURCHIER %28E. Eu%291)
Mother: [ Anne PLANTAGENET (C. Stafford and Eu)](PLANTAGENET.htm#Anne PLANTAGENET %28C. Stafford and Eu%29)
Married: Margery (Margaret) BERNERS (B. Berners) ABT 1441
Children:
1. [ Joan BOURCHIER](#Joan BOURCHIER1)
2. [ Humphrey BOURCHIER (Sir Knight)](#Humphrey BOURCHIER %28Sir Knight%291)
3. [ Elizabeth BOURCHIER (B. Welles)](#Elizabeth BOURCHIER %28B. Welles%291)
4. [ Thomas BOURCHIER (Sir Knight)](#Thomas BOURCHIER %28Sir Knight%291)
Joan BOURCHIER
Born: ABT 1442, Halstead, Essex, England
Died: 7 Oct 1470
Father: [ John BOURCHIER (1� B. Berners)](#John BOURCHIER %281� B. Berners%29)
Mother: Margery (Margaret) BERNERS (B. Berners)
Married: [ Henry NEVILLE (Sir Knight)](NEVILLE3.htm#Henry NEVILLE %28Sir Knight%291) ABT 1462/63, Mathon, Worcestershire, England or Halstead, Essex, England
Children:
1. [ Joan NEVILLE](NEVILLE3.htm#Joan NEVILLE1)
2. [ Richard NEVILLE (2� B. Latimer)](NEVILLE3.htm#Richard NEVILLE %282� B. Latimer%29)
3. [ Thomas NEVILLE (Esq.)](NEVILLE3.htm#Thomas NEVILLE %28Esq.%29)
Thomas BOURCHIER (Sir Knight)
Born: 1448
Died: 1512
Father: [ John BOURCHIER (1� B. Berners)](#John BOURCHIER %281� B. Berners%29)
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)](#John BOURCHIER %281� B. Berners%29)
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)](#John BOURCHIER %281� B. Berners%29)
Mother: Margery (Margaret) BERNERS (B. Berners)
Married: Elizabeth TILNEY (C. Surrey) (d. 4 Apr 1497) (dau. of Sir Frederick Tilney of Ashwellthorpe and [Elizabeth Cheney](CHENEY.htm#Elizabeth CHENEY2) - m.2 [Thomas Howard, 2� E. Norfolk](HOWARD1.htm#Thomas HOWARD %282� D. Norfolk%29))
Children:
1. [ Margaret BOURCHIER](#Margaret BOURCHIER1)
2. [ John BOURCHIER (2� B. Berners)](#John BOURCHIER %282� B. Berners%29)
3. [ Anne BOURCHIER (B. Dacre of the South)](#Anne BOURCHIER %28B. Dacre of the South%29)
Margaret BOURCHIER
Born: ABT 1468, Benningborough, Yorkshire, England
Died: 1551/2, England
Notes: See her Biography.
Father: [ Humphrey BOURCHIER (Sir Knight)](#Humphrey BOURCHIER %28Sir Knight%291)
Mother: Elizabeth TILNEY (C. Surrey)
Married 1: John SANDS 11 Nov 1478, Benningborough, Yorkshire, England
Married 2: [ Thomas BRYAN (Sir Knight)](BRYAN.htm#Thomas BRYAN %28Sir Knight%291) ABT 1487, Benningborough, Yorkshire, England
Children:
1. [Margaret BRYAN](BRYAN.htm#Margaret BRYAN1)
2. [ Elizabeth BRYAN](BRYAN.htm#Elizabeth BRYAN1)
3. [ Francis BRYAN (Sir Knight Lord Chief Justice of Ireland)](BRYAN.htm#Francis BRYAN %28Sir Knight Lord Chief Justice of Ireland%29)
4. [ Mary BRYAN](BRYAN.htm#Mary BRYAN1)
Married 3: [ David ZOUCHE](ZOUCHE.htm#David ZOUCHE1)
Anne BOURCHIER (B. Dacre of the South)
Born: 1470
Died: 29 Sep 1530
Notes: Sometime after her marriage, John Skelton, Poet Laureate of England commemorated Anne, her mother, and her two half-sisters, Elizabethand Muriel in his poem Garlande of Laurrell, which is about an event that had occurred when he was a guest in the Howard residence of Sheriff Hutton Castle. Anne's mother, along with her three daughters and gentlewomen of her household, had placed a garland of laurel, worked in silks, gold, and pearls, upon Skelton's head as a sign of homage to the poet. The stanza which is addressed to Anne reads: "To my Lady Anne Dakers of the sowth". Her name also appears in several of Skelton's other poems.
Father: [ Humphrey BOURCHIER (Sir Knight)](#Humphrey BOURCHIER %28Sir Knight%291)
Mother: Elizabeth TILNEY (C. Surrey)
Married: [ Thomas FIENNES (2� B. Dacre of the South)](FIENNES.htm#Thomas FIENNES %282� B. Dacre of the South%29) 1492, Berners, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Children:
1. [ Thomas FIENNES (Sir Knight)](FIENNES.htm#Thomas FIENNES %28Sir Knight%292)
2. [ Mary FIENNES](FIENNES.htm#Mary FIENNES1)
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)](#Humphrey BOURCHIER %28Sir Knight%291)
Mother: Elizabeth TILNEY (C. Surrey)
Married 1: [ Catherine HOWARD](HOWARD1.htm#Catherine HOWARD2) 8 Nov 1497, Tendring, Essex, England. DIVORCED
Children:
1. [ Joan BOURCHIER (B. Berners)](#Joan BOURCHIER %28B. Berners%29)
2. [Mary BOURCHIER](#Mary BOURCHIER1)
3. Christopher BOURCHIER
Married 2: Elizabeth BACON ABT 1505, Stoward Peel, Northumberland, England
Children:
4. [ James](#James BOURCHIER1) [BOURCHIER](#James BOURCHIER1)
5. [ Ursula BOURCHIER](#Ursula BOURCHIER1)
Associated with: �?
Children:
6. [ **Humphrey**](#Humphrey BOURCHIER1)[**BOURCHIER**](#Humphrey BOURCHIER1)
7. George BOURCHIER
Humphrey BOURCHIER
Died: 1540
Notes: his father, shortly before his death in 1521, settled on him the manors of Haughton, Oxley and Doxey, all in Staffordshire. His father’s will left him "a gown of tawny damask furred with jennets, and my coat of black velvet furred with marterns, with six pair of alman rivets complete, with splints, sallets, and all things thereunto belonging".
He held lands at Markyate, Hertfordshire and High Offley, Staffordshire. He and his wife sold the latter manor in 1539.
His will was dated 8 Jul 1540 and proved on 9 Nov 1540. He appears to have owed the crown more than the value of his goods.
Father: [ John BOURCHIER (2� B. Berners)](#John BOURCHIER %282� B. Berners%29)
Mother: �?
Married:Elizabeth BACON
Mary BOURCHIER
Born: ABT 1495
Died: BEF 1533
Father: [ John BOURCHIER (2� B. Berners)](#John BOURCHIER %282� B. Berners%29)
Mother: [ Catherine HOWARD](HOWARD1.htm#Catherine HOWARD2)
Married:Alexander UNTON (son of Thomas Unton and Elizabeth Hyde) (m.2 Cecily Bulstrode) 1514
| Ursula BOURCHIER Born: ABT 1512, Benningborough, Yorkshire, England Father: [ John BOURCHIER (2� B. Berners)](#John BOURCHIER %282� B. Berners%29) Mother: Elizabeth BACON Married: William SHARINGTON (Sir) (b. ABT 1495 - d. BEF 6 Jul 1553) (m.2 Eleanor Walsingham - m.3 Grace Farrington) |  |
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James BOURCHIER
Born: ABT 1510, Benningborough, Yorkshire, England
Father: [ John BOURCHIER (2� B. Berners)](#John BOURCHIER %282� B. Berners%29)
Mother: Elizabeth BACON
Married: Mary BANNISTER (dau. of Humphrey Bannister) (d. 11 Jun 1598) ABT 1530
Children:
1. [ Ralph BOURCHIER](#Ralph BOURCHIER1)
2. Arthur BOURCHIER
3. Jane BOURCHIER
4. [Mary BOURCHIER](#Mary BOURCHIER2)
5. Arthur BOURCHIER
Mary BOURCHIER
Born AFT 1530
Died: 1568, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, England
Father: [ James](#James BOURCHIER1) [BOURCHIER](#James BOURCHIER1)
Mother: Mary BANNISTER
Married: Nicasius YETSWEIRT
Children:
1.Susan YETSWORTH (m. Daniel Rogers)
2. Mary YETSWEIRT (m. [Richard Markham of Newbo Abbey](MARKHAM.htm#Richard MARKHAM of Newbo Abbey1))
Ralph BOURCHIER
Born: ABT 1535, Benningborough, Yorkshire, England
Died: 11 Jun 1598, Barking, Essex, England
Father: [ James](#James BOURCHIER1) [BOURCHIER](#James BOURCHIER1)
Mother: Mary BANNISTER
Married 1: Elizabeth HALL (dau. of Francis Hall of Grantham and Ursula Sharington) 3 Feb 1557
Children:
1. [ **William BOURCHIER**](#William BOURCHIER2)
2. [ John BOURCHIER](#John BOURCHIER3)
3. Bridget BOURCHIER
4. Catherine BOURCHIER
5. Ursula BOURCHIER
6. Lucy BOURCHIER
Married 2: Christian SHAKERLEY
John BOURCHIER
Born: ABT 1560, Benningborough, Yorkshire, England
Died: Apr 1625, Lambeth Parish, Surrey, England
Father: [ Ralph BOURCHIER](#Ralph BOURCHIER1)
Mother: Elizabeth HALL
Married: [Elizabeth VERNEY](VERNEY.htm#Elizabeth VERNEY3)
Children:
1. Mary BOURCHIER (b. ABT 1598 - d. Henrico County, Virginia) (m. Jabez WhitakerABT 1616)
William BOURCHIER
Born: 1559, Beningborough, Yorkshire, England
Died: 1584
Notes: Eventually mentally deranged. Eldest son.
Father: [Ralph BOURCHIER](#Ralph BOURCHIER1)
Mother: Elizabeth HALL
Married: [**Catherine BARRINGTON**](BARRINGTON.htm#Catherine BARRINGTON1) 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 %28Sir%291)
John BOURCHIER (Sir)
| Born: ABT 1595 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**](#William BOURCHIER2) Mother: [ **Catherine BARRINGTON**](BARRINGTON.htm#Catherine BARRINGTON1) Married: Anne ROLFE |  |
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Joan BOURCHIER (B. Berners)
Died: 17 Feb 1561/2
Buried: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
Father: [ John BOURCHIER (2� B. Berners)](#John BOURCHIER %282� B. Berners%29)
Mother: [ Catherine HOWARD](HOWARD1.htm#Catherine HOWARD2)
Married: [ Edmund KNYVETT (1� B. Berners)](KNYVETT.htm#Edmund KNYVETT %281� B. Berners%29) ABT 1508, Ashwell Thorpe, Norfolk
Children:
1. [ John KNYVETT (Esq.)](KNYVETT.htm#John KNYVETT %28Esq.%291)
2. [ Anne KNYVETT](KNYVETT.htm#Anne KNYVETT5)
3. [ Elizabeth KNYVETT](KNYVETT.htm#Elizabeth KNYVETT1)
4. [ Thomas KNYVETT](KNYVETT.htm#Thomas KNYVETT1)
5. [ Edmund KNYVETT](KNYVETT.htm#Edmund KNYVETT1)
6. [ Alice KNYVETT](KNYVETT.htm#Alice KNYVETT2)
7. [ Christian KNYVETT](KNYVETT.htm#Christian KNYVETT2)
8. [ Rose KNYVETT](KNYVETT.htm#Rose KNYVETT1)
9. [ William KNYVETT](KNYVETT.htm#William KNYVETT1)
10. [ Catherine KNYVETT](KNYVETT.htm#Catherine KNYVETT2)
11. [ Anne KNYVETT](KNYVETT.htm#Anne KNYVETT6)
III. BATH LINE
William BOURCHIER (1� B. Fitzwaryn)
Born: 1415
Died: 1474
Father: [ William BOURCHIER (E. Eu)](#William BOURCHIER %28E. Eu%291)
Mother: [ Anne PLANTAGENET (C. Stafford and Eu)](PLANTAGENET.htm#Anne PLANTAGENET %28C. Stafford and Eu%29)
Married: ThomazineHANKEFORD (dau. of Sir Richard Hankford and Elizabeth Fitzwarren)
Children:
1. [ Blanche BOURCHIER](#Blanche BOURCHIER1)
2. [ Fulke BOURCHIER (2� B. Fitzwaryn)](#Fulke BOURCHIER %282� B. Fitzwaryn%29)
Blanche BOURCHIER
Died: 4 Jan 1483
Buried: Sherwell
Father: [ William BOURCHIER (1� B. Fitzwaryn)](#William BOURCHIER %281� B. Fitzwaryn%29)
Mother: Thomazine HANKEFORD
Married 1: Phillip BEAUMONT
Married 2: [ Bartholomew St. LEGER](STLEGER.htm#Bartholomew St. LEGER1)
Children:
1. [ Anne St. LEGER](STLEGER.htm#Anne St. LEGER1)
2. [ Margaret St. LEGER](STLEGER.htm#Margaret St. LEGER1)
Fulke BOURCHIER (2� B. Fitzwaryn)
Born: 25 Oct 1445
Died: 18 Sep 1497
Father: [ William BOURCHIER (1� B. Fitzwaryn)](#William BOURCHIER %281� B. Fitzwaryn%29)
Mother: Thomazine HANKEFORD
Married: Elizabeth DYNHAM (B. Fitzwaryn) (b. 1449 - d. 19 Oct 1516) (dau. of John Dynhamand Joan Arches) (m.2 John Sapcote - m.3 [Sir Thomas Brandon](BRANDON.htm#Thomas Brandon %28Sir%292))
Children:
1. [ John BOURCHIER (1� E. Bath)](#John BOURCHIER %281� E. Bath%29)
2. [ Joan BOURCHIER (B. Audley of Heleigh)](#Joan BOURCHIER %28B. Audley of Heleigh%29)
3. [ Elizabeth BOURCHIER](#Elizabeth BOURCHIER1)
4. William BOURCHIER
Joan BOURCHIER (B. Audley of Heleigh)
Born: 1472
Died: 3 Mar 1532
Father: [ Fulke BOURCHIER (2� B. Fitzwaryn)](#Fulke BOURCHIER %282� B. Fitzwaryn%29)
Mother: Elizabeth DYNHAM (B. Fitzwaryn)
Married: [ James TOUCHET (4� B. Audley of Heleigh)](TOUCHET.htm#James TOUCHET %284� B. Audley of Heleigh%29) ABT 1488
Elizabeth BOURCHIER
Born: 1474
Died: 8 Aug 1557
Notes:See her Biography.
Father: [ Fulke BOURCHIER (2� B. Fitzwaryn)](#Fulke BOURCHIER %282� B. Fitzwaryn%29)
Mother: Elizabeth DYNHAM (B. Fitzwaryn)
Married 1: Henry BEAUMONT
Married 2: Son VERNEY
Children:
1. Catherine VERNEY
Married 3: [ Edward STANHOPE (Sir)](STANHOPE.htm#Edward STANHOPE %28Sir%291)
Children:
2. [ Anne STANHOPE (D. Somerset)](STANHOPE.htm#Anne STANHOPE %28D. Somerset%29)
Married 4: Richard PAGE (Sir) (See his Biography)
Children:
3. Elizabeth PAGE (m. Sir William Skipwith)
John BOURCHIER (1� E. Bath)
Born: 20 Jul 1470, Halstead, Essex, England
Died: 30 Apr 1539, Baunton, Devon, England
Father: [ Fulke BOURCHIER (2� B. Fitzwaryn)](#Fulke BOURCHIER %282� B. Fitzwaryn%29)
Mother: Elizabeth DYNHAM (B. Fitzwaryn)
Married 1: [ Cecily DAUBENEY](DAUBENEY.htm#Cecily DAUBENEY1) 1496, Baunton, Devon, England
Children:
1. [ John BOURCHIER (2� E. Bath)](#John BOURCHIER %282� E. Bath%29)
2. [ Elizabeth BOURCHIER](#Elizabeth BOURCHIER2)
3. Amias BOURCHIER (b. ABT 1501)
4. [ Dorothy BOURCHIER](#Dorothy BOURCHIER2)
5. [ Giles BOURCHIER](#Giles BOURCHIER1)
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](WINGFIELD.htm#Catherine WINGFIELD1))
Married 3: [ Elizabeth WENTWORTH (C. Bath)](WENTWORTH.htm#Elizabeth WENTWORTH %28C. Bath%29)
Elizabeth BOURCHIER
Born: ABT 1500, Bounton, Devon, England
Died: 25 Dec 1548, Bounton, Devon, England
Father: [ John BOURCHIER (1� E. Bath)](#John BOURCHIER %281� E. Bath%29)
Mother: [ Cecily DAUBENEY](DAUBENEY.htm#Cecily DAUBENEY1)
Married: [ Edward CHICHESTER](CHICHESTER.htm#Edward CHICHESTER1) BEF 1515
1. [ **John CHICHESTER** **(Sir Knight)**](CHICHESTER.htm#John CHICHESTER %28Sir Knight%291)
2. Edward CHICHESTER (b. ABT 1516)
3. [ Phillip CHICHESTER](CHICHESTER.htm#Phillip CHICHESTER1)
Dorothy BOURCHIER
Born: ABT 1502, Bounton, Devon, England
Notes: not sure about the parentage of Faith Fulford, who married John Davys(b. 1550 - d. 29 Dec 1605), a navigator and explorer, at Stoke Gabriel near Dartmouth on 29 Sep 1582. They had five children: Gilbert (b. 1583), Elizabeth (d. young), Arthur (b. 1586), John (b. 1587 - d. 1587), and Phillip. During one of her husband’s long absences at sea, Faith took a lover by the name of Milborne, a counterfeiter. When Davys returned to England in Jun 1593, Milborne made false charges against him that led to his arrest. Davys was free by the following Mar. Unfortunately, details of what happened next are lacking. Since Davys was planning to remarry in 1604, however, Faith must have died at some point before that. Divorce would have been possible but unlikely, and usually did not permit remarriage.
Father: [ John BOURCHIER (1� E. Bath)](#John BOURCHIER %281� E. Bath%29)
Mother: [ Cecily DAUBENEY](DAUBENEY.htm#Cecily DAUBENEY1)
Married: John FULFORD of Fulford (Sir) (son of William Fulfordand Joan Bonville)
Children:
1. Elizabeth FULFORD (m.1 [Humphrey Arundell](ARUNDELL.htm#Humphrey ARUNDELL2) - m.2**[ Thomas Carey](CAREY.htm#Thomas CAREY1)**)
2. John FULFORD of Fulford
3. Cicely FULFORD (m. Nicholas Adams of Tunstall)
4. Faith FULFORD (m. John Davys)
Giles BOURCHIER
Born: ABT 1505
Father: [ John BOURCHIER (1� E. Bath)](#John BOURCHIER %281� E. Bath%29)
Mother: [ Cecily DAUBENEY](DAUBENEY.htm#Cecily DAUBENEY1)
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 (1� E. Bath)](#John BOURCHIER %281� E. Bath%29)
Mother: [ Cecily DAUBENEY](DAUBENEY.htm#Cecily DAUBENEY1)
Married 1: [ Elizabeth HUNGERFORD](HUNGERFORD.htm#Elizabeth HUNGERFORD4)
Children:
1.Elizabeth BOURCHIER (b. ABT 1522)
Married 2: [ Eleanor](MANNERS.htm#Eleonor MANNERS %28C. Bath%29) [MANNERS (C. Bath)](MANNERS.htm#Eleonor MANNERS %28C. Bath%29)
Children:
2. [ John BOURCHIER (5� B. Fitzwaryn)](#John BOURCHIER %285� B. Fitzwaryn%29)
3. [ Henry BOURCHIER (Sir)](#Henry BOURCHIER %28Sir%291)
4. [ George BOURCHIER (Sir)](#George BOURCHIER %28Sir%291)
5. Fulke BOURCHIER
6. [Maria BOURCHIER](#Maria BOURCHIER1)
7. Cecily BOURCHIER
8.Elizabeth BOURCHIER
- 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](KYTSON.htm#Thomas KYTSON1) - w.2 of Richard Long) 11 Dec 1548
Children:
13. Susan BOURCHIER
14. Bridget BOURCHIER
Maria BOURCHIER
Born: ABT 1534, Shillinsford, Berkshire, England
Father: [ John BOURCHIER (2� E. Bath)](#John BOURCHIER %282� E. Bath%29)
Mother: [ Eleanor](MANNERS.htm#Eleonor MANNERS %28C. Bath%29) [MANNERS (C. Bath)](MANNERS.htm#Eleonor MANNERS %28C. Bath%29)
Married: [ Hugh WYATT](WYATT.htm#Hugh WYATT1) 28 Nov 1566
Henry BOURCHIER (Sir)
Born: 1538, Haddon Hall, Derby, England
Christened: Prince Ruperts War, England
Father: [ John BOURCHIER (2� E. Bath)](#John BOURCHIER %282� E. Bath%29)
Mother: [ Eleanor](MANNERS.htm#Eleonor MANNERS %28C. Bath%29) [MANNERS (C. Bath)](MANNERS.htm#Eleonor MANNERS %28C. Bath%29)
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 (2� E. Bath)](#John BOURCHIER %282� E. Bath%29)
Mother: [ Eleanor](MANNERS.htm#Eleonor MANNERS %28C. Bath%29) [MANNERS (C. Bath)](MANNERS.htm#Eleonor MANNERS %28C. Bath%29)
Married: [ Martha HOWARD](HOWARD2.htm#Martha HOWARD1) Nov 1582, Effingham, Surrey, England
Children
1. Thomas BOURCHIER
2. [ Henry BOURCHIER (5� E. Bath)](#Henry BOURCHIER %285� E. Bath%29)
Henry BOURCHIER (5� E. Bath)
Born: ABT 1587
Died: 16 Aug 1654
Father: [ George BOURCHIER (Sir)](#George BOURCHIER %28Sir%291)
Mother: [ Martha HOWARD](HOWARD2.htm#Martha HOWARD1)
Married: Rachel FANE (C. Bath) (dau. of Francis Fane, 1� E. Westmoreland, and [Mary Mildmay](MILDMAY.htm#Mary MILDMAY %28C. Westmoreland%29)) 18 Dec 1638, St. Bartholomew the Great, London
John BOURCHIER (5� B. Fitzwaryn)
Born: 1529
Died: 1556
Father: [ John BOURCHIER (2� E. Bath)](#John BOURCHIER %282� E. Bath%29)
Mother: [ Eleanor](MANNERS.htm#Eleonor MANNERS %28C. Bath%29) [MANNERS (C. Bath)](MANNERS.htm#Eleonor MANNERS %28C. Bath%29)
Married: [ Frances KYTSON](KYTSON.htm#Frances KYTSON1) 11 Dec 1548 / 7 Aug 1552, St. Stephen's Church, Exeter
Children:
1. [ William BOURCHIER (3� E. Bath)](#William BOURCHIER %283� E. Bath%29)
William BOURCHIER (3� E. Bath)
Born: ABT 1556/7
Died: 12 Jul 1623
Buried: Tawstock
Notes: Mary Cornwallis was the daughter of Thomas Cornwallis and [ Anne Jerningham](JERNINGHAM.htm#Anne JERNINGHAM2). She secretly married, on 15 Dec 1578, William Bourchier, Earl of Bath, though the connivance of her brother-in-law, Sir Thomas Kytson, who was the young earl's uncle. The marriage was later repudiated, according to some sources because the earl's mother, Frances Kytson, by then remarried to William Barnaby, would not consent to the match. A trial over the matter was instituted in May 1590 and the marriage was annulled on 28 Apr 1581. In 1582, Bourchier married Elizabeth Russell, daughter of the Earl of Bedford. Mary, however, did not accept this turn of events. She continued to style herself countess of Bath for the rest of her life and to stir up controversy over the matter. It was still a hot button issue in 1600, when poet Francis Davison, who had a connection to the Russell family, published his "Answer to Mrs. Mary Cornwallis". Included in Davison's account of the affair were charges that Mary had "lived an incontinent and lewd life" and had borne a child to her lover, one Francis Southwell, before she seduced William Bourchier into agreeing to marry her. On the other side of the argument, Sir Thomas Kyston left his sister-in-law �300 in his will in Jun 1601 and included in it a statement of his belief that she was the rightful Countess of Bath.
Father: [ John BOURCHIER (5� B. Fitzwaryn)](#John BOURCHIER %285� B. Fitzwaryn%29)
Mother: [ Frances KYTSON](KYTSON.htm#Frances KYTSON1)
Married 1: Mary CORNWALLIS (dau. of Thomas Cornwallis and [Anne Jerningham](JERNINGHAM.htm#Anne JERNINGHAM2)) 15 Dec 1578
Children:
1. Son BOURCHIER
2. Son BOURCHIER
Married 2: [ Elizabeth RUSSELL (C. Bath)](RUSSELL.htm#Elizabeth RUSSELL %28C. Bath%29) 7 Aug 1582/3, St. Mary Major's/ St. Stephen's Church, Exeter
Children
3. [ Edward BOURCHIER (4� E. Bath)](#Edward BOURCHIER %284� E. Bath%29)
4. Richard BOURCHIER (B. Fitzwaryn)
5. Frances BOURCHIER
6. Robert BOURCHIER
7. John BOURCHIER (b. 1583)
Edward BOURCHIER (4� E. Bath)
Died: 2 Mar 1636
Father: [ William BOURCHIER (3� E. Bath)](#William BOURCHIER %283� E. Bath%29)
Mother: [ Elizabeth RUSSELL (C. Bath)](RUSSELL.htm#Elizabeth RUSSELL %28C. Bath%29)
Married 1: [ Dorothy St. JOHN (C. Bath)](STJOHN.htm#Dorothy St. JOHN %28C. Bath%29) 14 Jul 1623, Halstead, Essex, England
Children:
1. Elizabeth BOURCHIER
2. [ Dorothy BOURCHIER](#Dorothy BOURCHIER1)
3. Anne BOURCHIER of Tawstock
4. John BOURCHIER
5. William BOURCHIER
Dorothy BOURCHIER
Born: 25 Sep 1625
Father: [ Edward BOURCHIER (4� E. Bath)](#Edward BOURCHIER %284� E. Bath%29)
Mother: [ Dorothy St. JOHN (C. Bath)](STJOHN.htm#Dorothy St. JOHN %28C. Bath%29)
Married: [ Thomas GREY of Groby](GREY5.htm#Thomas GREY of Groby)
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