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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

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  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.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _UID: F6E9F64C29D7D711BA22AAFF03D374360ED7

    Notes:

    Killed in the Battle of Barnet.

    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.

    Notes:

    1st of the BERNERS line
    Knight of the Garter. Fought for Henry VI at the first battle of St. Albans. Afterwards changed sides.

    "Sir John Bourchier, 1st Lord Berners was born circa 1415. He was the son of Sir William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu and Anne of Woodstock, Countess of Buckingham. He married Marjorie Berners, daughter of Sir Richard Berners and Philippe Dalyngridge, after 1441. He died on 16 May 1474. He was also reported to have died on 21 May 1474. He was buried at Chertsey Abbey, Surrey, England. His will was probated on 21 June 1474.

    He was invested as a Knight on 19 May 1426 at Leicester, Leicestershire, England, by the Duke of Bedford. He was created 1st Lord Berners [England by writ] on 26 May 1455. He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) before 23 April 1459. He held the office of Constable of Windsor Castle between 17 December 1461 and 1474. His last will was dated 21 March 1473/74." http://www.thepeerage.com/p1754.htm


    from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Berners:
    The title was created in 1455 for Sir John Bourchier, youngest son of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu, and younger brother of Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex and William Bourcher, Baron FitzWarine (from whom the Earls of Bath descended). He was the husband of Margery Berners, daughter of Sir Richard Berners. The barony was created by writ, which means that it can descend through both male and female lines. Lord Berners was succeeded by his grandson, the second Baron. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1516 and 1527.

    He died without male heirs and was succeeded by his daughter Jane Knyvett, the de jure third holder. However, she never assumed the title. Jane was the wife of Edmund Knyvett. Their grandson, the de jure fourth Baron, obtained a certificate of his right to the title but died before obtaining the King's confirmation. His great-great-grandson Thomas Knyvett, the de jure seventh Baron, sat as a Member of Parliament for Dunwich and Eyre. On his death in 1693 the peerage technically fell into abeyance between his two sisters, Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Glenham, and Katherine, wife firstly of John Harris and secondly of Richard Bokenham

    John + 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.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Margaret Berners

    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.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Constable of the Tower of London

    Notes:

    William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (1374-28 May 1420), was an English knight created by King Henry V 1st Count of Eu, in Normandy.

    Origins
    He was born in 1374, the son of Sir William Bourchier (d.1375), (the younger son of Robert Bourchier, 1st Baron Bourchier (d.1349), of Halstead, Essex, Lord Chancellor) by his wife Eleanor de Louvain (27 March 1345 – 5 October 1397), daughter and heiress of Sir John de Louvain (d.1347) (alias Lovayne etc.), feudal baron of Little Easton in Essex. The arms of Louvain were: Gules billety or a fess of the last, often shown with varying number of billets and on occasion with a fess argent, for example in stained glass at Hengrave Hall, Suffolk: Gules, a fess argent, between fourteen billets or. Eleanor was descended from Godfrey de Louvain (d.1226), feudal baron of Little Easton, son of Godfrey III, Count of Louvain (1142-1190), by his 2nd marriage, and half-brother of Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1165-1235). His inheritance from his mother's Louvain lands included the Suffolk manors of Bildeston, Hopton, Shelland and "Lovaynes" in Drinkstone, and in Essex Little Easton, Broxted and Aythorpe Roding.

    Career
    He fought at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. In 1417 he was in the retinue of King Henry V during his second expedition to France, and played a significant role in the capture of Normandy. In 1419 he was appointed Captain of Dieppe and was granted powers to receive the submission of the town and Comté of Eu. The French count of Eu had refused to pay homage to the conquering English king and thus had been held prisoner in England since Agincourt. In June 1419 King Henry V awarded six captured French comtés to certain of his more significant English supporters, and the Comté of Eu was granted to William Bourchier, thus making him 1st Count of Eu.

    Marriage & progeny
    He married Anne of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford, the daughter of the Plantagenet prince, Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355-1397) (youngest son of King Edward III) by his wife Eleanor de Bohun elder daughter and coheiress of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford (1341-1373), Earl of Essex and Northampton. The Wrey baronets who were the heirs of the Bourchier Earls of Bath quartered the arms of Wrey with those of Bourchier, the Royal Arms of England and Bohun. They had the following progeny:

    Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (1404 – 4 April 1483), eldest son
    Sir William Bourchier (1407-1470), jure uxoris 9th Baron FitzWarin, 2nd son.
    John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners (1415 – 16 May 1474), 3rd son
    Thomas Bourchier, (ca. 1404 – 30 March 1486), Archbishop of Canterbury and a cardinal, 4th son
    Eleanor Bourchier, (ca. 1417 – November, 1474), wife of John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk

    Death & burial
    He died at Troyes, France on 28 May 1420 and was buried at Llanthony Priory, Gloucestershire
    all of the above from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bourchier,_1st_Count_of_Eu

    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.

    Notes:

    from http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Plantagenet-114:
    Anne of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford (30 April 1383 – 16 October 1438) was the eldest daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, and Eleanor de Bohun.

    Anne was born on 30 April 1383, and was baptised at Pleshey, Essex sometime before 6 May. Her uncle, John of Gaunt, ordered several payments to be made in regards to the event. Her father was the youngest son of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. Her mother was Eleanor de Bohun, the daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, and Joan Fitzalan. Her mother was also a great-great-granddaughter of Edward I.

    Marriage with Thomas Stafford, 3rd Earl of Stafford

    Anne married three times. Her first marriage was to Thomas Stafford, 3rd.Earl of Stafford (1368 - 4 July 1392), and took place around 1390. The couple had no children, and after his death Anne married his younger brother Edmund.

    Marriage with Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford

    On 28 June 1398, Anne married Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford (2 March 1378 – 21 July 1403), and had children:

    Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, who married Anne, daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland. Joan was a daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and his mistress, later third wife, Katherine Swynford
    Anne Stafford, Countess of March, who married Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March. Edmund was a great-grandson of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence. Edmund and Anne had no children. She married, secondly, John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (d. 1447), and had one son: Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter (d. 1475), and a daughter Anne, who married John Neville, 1st Baron Neville de Raby
    Philippa Stafford, died young

    Marriage with William Bourchier, Count of Eu

    In about 1405 Anne married William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (d. 1420), son of Sir William Bourchier and Eleanor of Louvain, by whom she had the following children:

    Henry Bourchier, Earl of Essex. He married Isabel, daughter of Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, and Anne de Mortimer. Isabel was also an older sister of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
    Eleanor Bourchier, Duchess of Norfolk, married John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
    William Bourchier, 1st Baron FitzWaryn
    Cardinal Thomas Bourchier
    John Bourchier, Baron Berners. John was the grandfather of John, Lord Berners, the translator of Froissart
    Anne died on 16 Oct 1438 and was buried at Llanthony Priory, Monmouthshire.

    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 + 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.

    Notes:

    William Bourchier (d. 1375), who married Eleanor de Louvaine (d. 1397), daughter and heiress of Sir John de Louvaine (alias Lovayne, etc.) feudal baron of Little Easton in Essex. Their son was William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (1386–1420). The eldest grandson of William Bourchier (d. 1375) was Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (1404–1483) who inherited the Barony of Bourchier from the senior line of the family, being the heir of his cousin Elizabeth Bourchier (d. 1433), suo jure 4th Baroness Bourchier.

    William + 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.

    Notes:

    She was daughter and heiress of Sir John de Louvain (d.1347) (alias Lovayne etc.), feudal baron of Little Easton in Essex. The arms of Louvain were: Gules billety or a fess of the last, often shown with varying number of billets and on occasion with a fess argent, for example in stained glass at Hengrave Hall, Suffolk: Gules, a fess argent, between fourteen billets or. Eleanor was descended from Godfrey de Louvain (d.1226), feudal baron of Little Easton, son of Godfrey III, Count of Louvain (1142-1190), by his 2nd marriage, and half-brother of Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1165-1235). His inheritance from his mother's Louvain lands included the Suffolk manors of Bildeston, Hopton, Shelland and "Lovaynes" in Drinkstone, and in Essex Little Easton, Broxted and Aythorpe Roding.

    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.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Thomas Woodstock

    Notes:

    Youngest Son of King Edward III

    Thomas + 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