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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 (Bo16) 1st Baron 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:
Bo15. Humphrey BOURCHIER (Sir Knight)
Bo15-2. Joan BOURCHIER
Bo15-3. Elizabeth BOURCHIER (B. Welles)
Bo15-4. Thomas BOURCHIER (Sir Knight)

Joan BOURCHIER Bo15-2
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.)

Sir Thomas BOURCHIER (Bo15-4)
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 (Bo15-3) 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

Sir Humphrey BOURCHIER (Bo15)
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 Bo14
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 (Bo14-1) 2nd Baron 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
Born: ABT 1510, Benningborough, Yorkshire, England
Father: John BOURCHIER (2° B. Berners)
Mother: Elizabeth BACON
Married: Mary BANNISTER (dau. of Humphrey Bannister) ABT 1530
Children:
1. Ralph BOURCHIER

Ralph BOURCHIER
Born: ABT 1535, Benningborough, Yorkshire, England
Died: 11 Jun 1598, Barking, Essex, England
Father: James BOURCHIER
Mother: Mary BANNISTER
Married 1: Elizabeth HALL (dau. of Francis Hall of Grantham and Ursula Sherington) 3 Feb 1557
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
Born: 1559, Beningborough, Yorkshire, England
Died: 1584
Notes: Eventually mentally deranged. Eldest son.
Father: Ralph BOURCHIER
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)
Children:
1. Elizabeth FULFORD (m.1 Humphrey Arundell - m.2 Thomas Carey)
2. John FULFORD of Fulford
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
4. John BOURCHIER
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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