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)


John BOURCHIER

Died: Oct 1495

Father: Henry BOURCHIER (1º E. Essex)

Mother: Isabel PLANTAGENET (C. Essex)

Married 1: Elizabeth FERRERS (7° B. Ferrers of Groby) BEF 2 May 1462

Married 2: Elizabeth CHICHELEY (b. 1430 - d. 1499) (dau. of John Chicheley and Margery Knollys) (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 (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. 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)


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 1: Mary SAY (C. Essex) (d. 1535) (dau. of William Say and Elizabeth Fray)

Children:

1. Anne BOURCHIER (16° B. Bourchier)

Married 2: Mary BLOUNT (C. Essex)


Anne BOURCHIER (16° B. Bourchier)

Acceded: 1539/40

Died: 28 Jan 1570/1

Notes: See her Biogtraphy.

Father: Henry BOURCHIER (2º E. Essex)

Mother: Mary SAY (C. Essex)

Married: William PARR (1° M. Northampton) 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)

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 (C. Surrey) (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: 1551/2, England

Notes: See her Biography.

Father: Humphrey BOURCHIER (Sir Knight)

Mother: Elizabeth TILNEY (C. Surrey)

Married 1: John SANDS 11 Nov 1478, Benningborough, Yorkshire, England

Married 2: 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. Mary BRYAN

Married 3: David ZOUCHE


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, Elizabeth and 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)

Mother: Elizabeth TILNEY (C. Surrey)

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 (C. Surrey)

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


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)

Mother: ¿?

Married: Elizabeth BACON

Mary BOURCHIER

Born: ABT 1495

Died: BEF 1533

Father: John BOURCHIER (2° B. Berners)

Mother: Catherine HOWARD

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)

Mother: Elizabeth BACON

Married: William SHARINGTON (Sir) (b. ABT 1495 - d. BEF 6 Jul 1553) (m.2 Eleanor Walsingham - m.3 Grace Farrington)


James BOURCHIER

Born: ABT 1510, Benningborough, Yorkshire, England

Father: John BOURCHIER (2° B. Berners)

Mother: Elizabeth BACON

Married: Mary BANNISTER (dau. of Humphrey Bannister) (d. 11 Jun 1598) ABT 1530

Children:

1. Ralph BOURCHIER

2. Arthur BOURCHIER

3. Jane BOURCHIER

4. Mary BOURCHIER

5. Arthur BOURCHIER


Mary BOURCHIER

Born AFT 1530

Died: 1568, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, England

Father: James BOURCHIER

Mother: Mary BANNISTER

Married: Nicasius YETSWEIRT

Children:

1. Susan YETSWORTH (m. Daniel Rogers)

2. Mary YETSWEIRT (m. Richard Markham of Newbo Abbey)

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 Sharington) 3 Feb 1557

Children:

1. William BOURCHIER

2. John BOURCHIER

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

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)
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

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 John Sapcote - m.3 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

Died: 3 Mar 1532

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

Died: 8 Aug 1557

Notes: See her Biography.

Father: Fulke BOURCHIER (2º B. Fitzwaryn)

Mother: Elizabeth DYNHAM (B. Fitzwaryn)

Married 1: Henry BEAUMONT

Married 2: Son VERNEY

Children:

1. Catherine VERNEY

Married 3: Edward STANHOPE (Sir)

Children:

2. Anne STANHOPE (D. Somerset)

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 (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

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 (1º E. Bath)

Mother: Cecily DAUBENEY

Married: John FULFORD of Fulford (Sir) (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)

4. Faith FULFORD (m. John Davys)


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

Children:

13. Susan BOURCHIER

14. Bridget BOURCHIER


Maria BOURCHIER

Born: ABT 1534, Shillinsford, Berkshire, England

Father: John BOURCHIER (2º E. Bath)

Mother: Eleanor MANNERS (C. Bath)

Married: Hugh WYATT 28 Nov 1566


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

Notes: Mary Cornwallis was the daughter of Thomas Cornwallis and Anne Jerningham. 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 (5º B. Fitzwaryn)

Mother: Frances KYTSON

Married 1: Mary CORNWALLIS (dau. of Thomas Cornwallis and Anne Jerningham) 15 Dec 1578

Children:

1. Son BOURCHIER

2. Son BOURCHIER

Married 2: Elizabeth RUSSELL (C. Bath) 7 Aug 1582/3, St. Mary Major's/ St. Stephen's Church, Exeter

Children

3. Edward BOURCHIER (4º E. Bath)

4. Richard BOURCHIER (B. Fitzwaryn)

5. Frances BOURCHIER

6. Robert BOURCHIER

7. John BOURCHIER (b. 1583)


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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