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Sir Humphrey Bourchier, Knight, 1st and last Lord Bourchier of Cromwell

Sir Humphrey Bourchier, Knight, 1st and last Lord Bourchier of Cromwell

Male 1444 - 1471  (31 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sir Humphrey Bourchier, Knight, 1st and last Lord Bourchier of CromwellSir Humphrey Bourchier, Knight, 1st and last Lord Bourchier of Cromwell was born between 1440 and 1444 in Halstead, Essex, England (son of John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners and Margorie Berners, Baroness Berners); died on 14 Apr 1471 in Battle of Barnet, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England.

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Tylney, Countess of Surrey. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir Frederick Tylney, of Ashwellthorpe and Elizabeth Cheney) was born in 1446; died on 4 Apr 1497. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Lord John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners was born about 1467 in Tharfield, Hertfordshire, England; died on 16 Mar 1533 in Calais; was buried in St. Mary's Church, Chalais, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France.
    2. Margaret Bourchier was born on 1 Jun 1468 in Beningborough, Yorkshire, England; died on 1 Jun 1551 in Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England.
    3. Anne Bourchier, Baroness Dacre of the South was born about 1470; died on 29 Sep 1530.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Bourchier, 1st Baron BernersJohn Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners was born about 1415 in Little Eaton, Essex, England (son of Lord William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu and Lady Anne Plantagenet, of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford and Eu); died on 16 May 1474 in Chertsey, Surrey, England; was buried in Chertsey Abbey, Chertsey, Surrey, England.

    John married Margorie Berners, Baroness Berners. Margorie (daughter of Sir Richard Berners, Lord Berners and Philippa de Dalyngridge) was born on 30 Nov 1408 in West Horsley, Surrey, England; died on 18 Dec 1475 in Little Eaton, Essex, England; was buried in Chertsey Abbey, Chertsey, Surrey, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Margorie Berners, Baroness Berners was born on 30 Nov 1408 in West Horsley, Surrey, England (daughter of Sir Richard Berners, Lord Berners and Philippa de Dalyngridge); died on 18 Dec 1475 in Little Eaton, Essex, England; was buried in Chertsey Abbey, Chertsey, Surrey, England.
    Children:
    1. Joan Bourchier was born about 1442 in Halstead, Essex, England; died on 7 Oct 1470.
    2. 1. Sir Humphrey Bourchier, Knight, 1st and last Lord Bourchier of Cromwell was born between 1440 and 1444 in Halstead, Essex, England; died on 14 Apr 1471 in Battle of Barnet, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
    3. Elizabeth Bourchier, Baroness Welles was born about 1446 in Halstead, Essex, England; died after 2 Oct 1470.
    4. Sir Thomas Bourchier, Knight was born in 1448; died in 1512.
    5. John Bourchier


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Lord William Bourchier, 1st Count of EuLord William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu was born on 4 Jul 1374 in Little Eaton, Essex, England (son of Lord William de Bourchier, Earl of Eu & Louvaine in Normandy and Eleanor de Louvaine); died on 28 May 1420 in Troyes, France; was buried in Llanthony Priory, Gloucestershire, England.

    William married Lady Anne Plantagenet, of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford and Eu on 20 Nov 1405 in Little Eaton, St Alkmund, Essex, England. Anne (daughter of Thomas Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Gloucester and Eleanor de Bohun, of Gloucester) was born in Apr 1383 in Pleshey, Essex, England; died on 16 Oct 1438 in Priory, Llanthony, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Lady Anne Plantagenet, of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford and Eu was born in Apr 1383 in Pleshey, Essex, England (daughter of Thomas Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Gloucester and Eleanor de Bohun, of Gloucester); died on 16 Oct 1438 in Priory, Llanthony, Gloucestershire, England.
    Children:
    1. Lord Henry Bourchier, 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex was born in 1406; died on 4 Apr 1483; was buried in Little Easton Church, Essex, England.
    2. William Bourchier, 9th Baron Fitzwaryn was born in 1407; died in 1474.
    3. Cardinal Thomas Bourchier, Cardinal of Canterbury Cathedral was born in 1413; died on 30 Mar 1486 in Knole House, near Sevenoaks, Kent, England; was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England.
    4. 2. John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners was born about 1415 in Little Eaton, Essex, England; died on 16 May 1474 in Chertsey, Surrey, England; was buried in Chertsey Abbey, Chertsey, Surrey, England.
    5. Eleanor Bourchier, Duchess of Norfolk was born in 1417; died in Nov 1474.

  3. 6.  Sir Richard Berners, Lord Berners

    Richard married Philippa de Dalyngridge. Philippa was born about 1398 in Bodiam, Sussex, England; died on 2 Oct 1421 in Bodiam, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Philippa de Dalyngridge was born about 1398 in Bodiam, Sussex, England; died on 2 Oct 1421 in Bodiam, Sussex, England.
    Children:
    1. 3. Margorie Berners, Baroness Berners was born on 30 Nov 1408 in West Horsley, Surrey, England; died on 18 Dec 1475 in Little Eaton, Essex, England; was buried in Chertsey Abbey, Chertsey, Surrey, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Lord William de Bourchier, Earl of Eu & Louvaine in NormandyLord William de Bourchier, Earl of Eu & Louvaine in Normandy was born about 1 May 1330 in Halstead, Essex, England (son of Sir Robert de Bourchier, 1st Baron Bourchier and Margaret de Prayers, Countess of Essex); died on 5 Jul 1375 in Little Eaton, Essex, England.

    William married Eleanor de Louvaine. Eleanor (daughter of John de Louvaine) was born on 27 Mar 1345; died on 5 Oct 1397. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Eleanor de Louvaine was born on 27 Mar 1345 (daughter of John de Louvaine); died on 5 Oct 1397.
    Children:
    1. 4. Lord William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu was born on 4 Jul 1374 in Little Eaton, Essex, England; died on 28 May 1420 in Troyes, France; was buried in Llanthony Priory, Gloucestershire, England.
    2. John Bourchier was born about 1375; died on 21 May 1400.
    3. Fulk Bourchier was born about 1374.

  3. 10.  Thomas Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Gloucester was born on 7 Jan 1355 (son of Edward Plantagenet, King Edward III and Philippa, of Hainault); died on 8 Sep 1397.

    Thomas married Eleanor de Bohun, of Gloucester. Eleanor (daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford and Joan Fitzalan) was born in 1366 in Herefordshire, England; died on 3 Oct 1399 in Aldgate, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Eleanor de Bohun, of Gloucester was born in 1366 in Herefordshire, England (daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford and Joan Fitzalan); died on 3 Oct 1399 in Aldgate, London, England.
    Children:
    1. 5. Lady Anne Plantagenet, of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford and Eu was born in Apr 1383 in Pleshey, Essex, England; died on 16 Oct 1438 in Priory, Llanthony, Gloucestershire, England.
    2. Joanna Plantagenet
    3. Emma Plantagenet
    4. Humphrey Plantagenet
    5. Joan Plantagenet
    6. Isabel Plantagenet
    7. Richard Berners Plantagenet
    8. Phillipa Plantagenet