The Bourchier and Bowker Pages
Discovering the ancestry of the South African Bowkers, and the English Bourchiers
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| 151 | He was born in Beningbrough, Yorkshire. He built all or part of the Elizabethan Beningbrough on a site near the present house. Ralph was 25 years of age when he inherited the estate in 1556 from his uncle John Banester, who purchases it from the crown in 1544. Before this Ralph had inherited estates in Staffordshire from his father and in 1571 was first elected to Parliament as MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme. His Elizabethan house lay approximately 300 yards south-east of the present hall. In 1580-1 he was High Sheriff of Yorkshire, and was knighted in 1584. In 1589 he was an MP for the county. When he died most of his property went to his grandsons, as his eldest son William was declared insane. The eldest was Robert who died unmarried at the age of 18 in 1606, so John inherited Beningbrough. Note: Faris (1999, page 45) "Ralph Bourchier, Knight, of Haughton, co. Stafford, and Beninbrough in Newton-upon-Ouse, North Riding, co. York, Knight of the Shire for Yorkshire, Sheriff of Yorkshire, Keeper of Rochester Castle, Kent, son and heir, was married for the first time to Elizabeth Hall, daughter of Francis Hall, of Grantham, co. Lincoln (descendant of King EdwardI), by Ursula, daughter of Thomas Sherington. They had two sons and four daughters. In 1556 he was heir to his uncle, John Bannaster, Esq., by which he inherited the Manor of Beninbrough. He was married for the second time to Christian Shakerley, widow of John Harding, Esq., Alderman of London, and daughter of Rowland Shakerley, of London. He was married for the third time to Anne Coote, widow. Sir Ralph Bourchier died on 11 June 1598, and was buried at Barking, Essex. His widow died the following August. His grandson and heir, John Bourchier, Knt., subscribed as an adventurer for Virginia in 1620." In 1575, Sir Ralph Bourchier bought the manor at Hanging Grimston and other lands in Kirby Underdale, Painsthorpe and Uncleby. He probably bought it for his son John Bourchier, who was knighted in 1609 quoted from The National Trust. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~# from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beningbrough_Hall Beningbrough Hall is a large Georgian mansion near the village of Beningbrough, North Yorkshire, England, and overlooks the River Ouse. It has baroque interiors, cantilevered stairs, wood carving and central corridors which run the length of the house. Externally the house is a red-brick Georgian mansion with a grand drive running to the main frontage and a walled garden, The house is home to over 100 portraits on loan from the National Portrait Gallery. It has a restaurant, shop and garden shop, and was shortlisted in 2010 for the Guardian Family Friendly Museum Award. The Hall is set in extensive grounds and is separated from them by an example of a ha-ha (a sunken wall) to prevent sheep and cattle entering the Hall's gardens or the Hall itself. History Beningbrough Hall, situated 8 miles north of York, was built in 1716 by a York landowner, John Bourchier III to replace his family's modest Elizabethan manor, which had been built in 1556 by Sir Ralph Bourchier on his inheritance to the estate. Local builder William Thornton oversaw the construction, but Beningbrough's designer remains a mystery; possibly it was Thomas Archer. Bourchier was High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1719-1721 and died in 1736 at the age of 52. John Bourchier (1710-1759) followed his father as owner of Beningbrough Hall and was High Sheriff in 1749. It then passed to Dr. Ralph Bourchier, a 71 year old physician and from him to his daughter, Margaret, who lived there for 70 years. Today a Bourchier knot is cut into a lawn adjoining the house. After over 100 years in the Bourchiers' possession, the estate passed in 1827 to the Rev. William Henry Dawnay, the future 6th Viscount Downe, a distant relative. He died in 1846 and left the house to his second son, Payan, who was High Sheriff for 1851. The house was neglected, prompting fears that it might have to be demolished. In 1916 however, a wealthy heiress, Enid Scudamore-Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield, bought it and immediately set about its restoration, filling it with furnishings and paintings from her ancestral home, Holme Lacy. During the Second World War the hall was occupied by the Royal Air Force. Lady Chesterfield died in 1957 and in June 1958 the estate was acquired by the National Trust after it had been accepted by the government in lieu of death duties at a cost of £29,250. In partnership with the National Portrait Gallery the hall exhibits more than 100 18th-century portraits and has seven new interpretation galleries called 'Making Faces: 18th century Style'. Outside the main building there is a Victorian laundry and a walled garden with vegetable planting, the produce from which is used by the walled garden restaurant. ~~~~ from http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/bourchier-ralph-1531-98: BOURCHIER, Ralph (c.1531-98), of Haughton, Staffs. and Beningbrough, Yorks. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981 Available from Boydell and Brewer ConstituencyDates NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME 1571 NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME 1572 NEWPORT I.O.W. 1584 SCARBOROUGH 1586 YORKSHIRE 1589 Family and Education b. c.1531, s. of James Bourchier of Haughton by Mary, da. of Sir Humphrey Bannister of Calais and h. of her bro. John. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of Francis Hall of Grantham, Lincs., sis. of Arthur Hall, 2s. 4da.; (2) 1577, Christian, da. of Rowland Shakerley of London, wid. of John Harding of London, prob. s.p.; (3) Anne, wid. of one Coote, ?s.p. suc. fa. c.1555. Kntd. 1584.1 Offices Held Keeper of Rochester castle, Kent 1559; sheriff, Yorks. 1580-1; j.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) from c.1573, (E. Riding) from c.1584.2 Biography Bourchier’s grandfather was the 2nd Lord Berners, appointed deputy of Calais in 1520. His father, one of Lord Berners’s many illegitimate children, spent most of his life soldiering, first at Galais and later as lieutenant of Ambleteuse. Bourchier himself inherited the manor of Haughton and other lands in Staffordshire, most of which he sold between 1568 and 1575, having by then inherited an estate in Yorkshire from his mother’s brother, John Bannister of London.3 Bourchier’s local standing was no doubt sufficient to secure his own return to Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme and for Scarborough, where he had a lease of the rectory and other property. In 1572 he was first returned at Petersfield, probably through a connexion with Sir Henry Weston, before choosing to sit a second time for Newcastle-under-Lyme. His nomination at Newport must have been due to Sir George Carey, who had obtained the borough’s enfranchisement in the same year, though the actual connexion with Carey has not been ascertained; Bourchier may have met him either at court or during the northern campaign of 1569-70, and he may also have known Carey’s kinsman Edward, who had sat for Scarborough in 1272. For his fifth and last Parliament Bourchier sat as one of the Yorkshire county Members. On 26 Feb. 1589 he was named to a committee concerning captains and soldiers. He had already by then been active in local affairs in Yorkshire for some years. Indeed, as early as 1564 it had been suggested that he would be a suitable j.p. for the North Riding. In 1591 he was appointed with several other people to inquire into a dispute over the office of clerk to the castle and county court of York.4 He died 11 June 1598 and was buried the same day at Barking, Essex. The administration of his property was granted on 15 June to his widow, who died the following August. Bourchier is not known to have had any estates in Essex and may have been visiting his daughter-in-law, formerly Katherine Barrington, whom his eldest son, William, married in about 1588. Through her mother, Katherine, she was related to the Hastings family, and Henry, 3rd of Huntingdon, was one of the witnesses of her marriage settlement. In the same year Huntingdon recommended to the Privy Council that Bourchier should be made a captain of horse. William Bourchier later went mad and the father delayed carrying out the stipulations of the settlement until a petition had been presented to Burghley by Francis Barrington. On Bourchier’s death, his property passed to a grandson, William’s eldest son, except for half the manor of Hanging Grimston in Yorkshire left to his younger son, John. William’s second son, Sir John, who eventually inherited Beningbrough, was a regicide.5 Ref Volumes: 1558-1603 Author: Patricia Hyde Notes 1. C142/107/39; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ed. Clay, i. 305-8; Vis. Yorks. (Harl. Soc. xvi), 30; London Mar. Lic. (Harl. Soc. xxv.), 77; Staffs. Parl. Hist. i. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.) 366-7; PCC admon. act bk. 1598, ff. 251, 258, 266; Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. n.s. ix. 29, 85. 2.CSP Dom. Add. 1547-65, p. 491; CSP Dom. 1598-1601, p. 62; HMC Var. ii. 99. 3.Parl. Rep. Yorks. ed. Gooder (Yorks. Arch. Soc. Rec. ser. xcvi), 34; Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. xiii. 270; xiv. 176; n.s. ix. 29, 85; CPR, 1558-60, p. 244; C142/107/39; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 441. 4.LP Hen. VIII, xiii(1), p. 562; D’Ewes, 439; HMC Var. ii. 92-5; J. J. Cartwright, Chapters in Yorks. Hist. (1872), p. 67; Cam Misc. ix(3), p. 72; APC, xxi. 161-2; xxii. 400-1. 5.Border Pprs. 1560-94, p. 324; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 87; Essex Arch. Soc. n.s. ii. 9; VCH Yorks. N. Riding, ii. 162; C142/337/98. | Bourchier, Ralph (I294)
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| 152 | He was created Baron Amherst of Hackney in 1892 | T-Amrherst, William Amhurst (I692)
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| 153 | He was killed at the siege of Rouen in 1591 | Devereux, Walter (I1105)
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| 154 | He was present at the Archdeacon's visitation in 1598 | Mitford, Robert (I547)
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| 155 | He was the Vicar of Hunmanby and Acrisa in Kent and Curate of Kiddlington, Oxfordshire in 1881 | Mitford, Rev. Edward (I716)
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| 156 | Henry afterwards repudiated Catherine | Family: Marquess of Dorset Henry Grey / Catherine FitzAlan (F107)
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| 157 | Henry Bourchier, 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, KG (c. 1404/c. 1406 – 4 April 1483), was the eldest son of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu and Anne of Gloucester. On his mother's side, he was a great-grandson of Edward III of England. Titles He inherited the title of 5th Baron Bourchier from his cousin Elizabeth Bourchier, 4th Baroness Bourchier on her death in 1433. He became the 1st Viscount Bourchier in 1446, a Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1452, and was created 1st Earl of Essex in 1461. Career He saw considerable military action in France and for his services was created Viscount Bourchier during the parliament of 1445–6 and elected Knight of the Garter on his third nomination in 1452. He later saw action in 1461 as a Yorkist supporter at the Second Battle of St Albans and the Battle of Towton, soon after which Edward IV created him Earl of Essex. He held the post of Lord High Treasurer from 29 May 1455 - 5 October 1456, 28 July 1460 - 14 April 1462, and 22 April 1471 - 4 April 1483. He also became Justice in Eyre south of the Trent in 1461, holding that title until his death. He died on 4 April 1483 and was buried at Beeleigh Abbey, although his tomb was subsequently moved to Little Easton church. Marriage and issue Prior to 1426, he married Isabel of Cambridge, another descendant of Edward III. She was the elder sister of Richard Plantagenet, which made her the aunt of Richard's two sons, the future Edward IV and Richard III. Henry and Isabel were parents to at least eleven children. William Bourchier, Viscount Bourchier (d. 1480). Married Anne Woodville, daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. They were parents of Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex and Cicely Bourchier, wife of John Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley.[3] Henry Bourchier (d. 1462). Married Elizabeth de Scales, Baroness Scales. No known children.[3] Humphrey Bourchier, 1st and last Lord Bourchier of Cromwell (d. 14 April 1471). Killed in the Battle of Barnet.[3] John Bourchier (d. 1495). Married first Elizabeth Ferrers and secondly Elizabeth Chichele. No known children.[3] Edward Bourchier (d. 30 December 1460). Killed in the Battle of Wakefield.[3] Thomas Bourchier (d. 1492). Married Isabella Barre. No known children.[3] Florence Bourchier (d. 1525).[3] Fulk Bourchier. Considered to have died young.[3] Hugh Bourchier. Considered to have died young.[3] Isabella Bourchier. Considered to have died young.[3] Laura Bourchier (1440- ) married John Courtenay (killed at Tewkesbury, 1471) On his death she did not remarry and died more than a year later. The title of Count of Eu appears to have gone into abeyance on the death of Henry, and reverted to the French - Eu was a fiefdom in the Normandy region fo France. see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counts_of_Eu | Bourchier, Lord Henry 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (I339)
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| 158 | Henry IV (15 April 1367 – 20 March 1413) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1399 to 1413. He was the tenth king of the House of Plantagenet and also asserted his grandfather's claim to the Kingdom of France. He was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, hence his other name, Henry of Bolingbroke /ˈbɒlɪŋbrʊk/. His father, John of Gaunt, was the third son of Edward III, and enjoyed a position of considerable influence during much of the reign of Henry's cousin Richard II, whom Henry eventually deposed. Henry's mother was Blanche, heiress to the considerable Lancaster estates, and thus he became the first King of England from the Lancaster branch of the Plantagenets. see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_IV_of_England | Lancaster, Henry King Henry IV (Bolingbroke) (I1257)
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| 159 | Henry Stewart is said to have married firstly "the Lady Leslie", who must have been divorced before March 1527/8, in which month he married Margaret Tudor | Stewart, Lord Methven Henry (I71)
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| 160 | Henry Stewart is said to have married firstly "the Lady Leslie", who must have been divorced before March 1527/8, in which month he married Margaret Tudor | Leslie, ... (I75)
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| 161 | Henry Stewart is said to have married firstly "the Lady Leslie", who must have been divorced before March 1527/8, in which month he married Margaret Tudor | Family: Lord Methven Henry Stewart / ... Leslie (F61)
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| 162 | Henry V (9 August 1387 – 31 August 1422) was King of England from 1413 until his death at the age of 35 in 1422. He was the second English monarch who came from the House of Lancaster. After military experience fighting the Welsh during the revolt of Owain Glyn Dwr, and against the powerful aristocratic Percys of Northumberland at the Battle of Shrewsbury, Henry came into political conflict with his father, whose health was increasingly precarious from 1405 onward. After his father's death in 1413, Henry assumed control of the country and embarked on war with France in the ongoing Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) between the two nations. His military successes culminated in his famous victory at the Battle of Agincourt (1415) and saw him come close to conquering France. After months of negotiation with Charles VI of France, the Treaty of Troyes (1420) recognized Henry V as regent and heir-apparent to the French throne, and he was subsequently married to Charles's daughter, Catherine of Valois (1401–37). Following Henry V's sudden and unexpected death in France two years later, he was succeeded by his infant son, who reigned as Henry VI (1422–61, 1470–71). see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_of_England | Lancaster, King Henry - King Henry V (I1264)
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| 163 | Henry VI (6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453. Until 1437, his realm was governed by regents. Contemporaneous accounts described him as peaceful and pious, not suited for the dynastic wars, such as the Wars of the Roses, which commenced during his reign. His periods of insanity and his inherent benevolence eventually required his wife, Margaret of Anjou, to assume control of his kingdom, which contributed to his own downfall, the collapse of the House of Lancaster, and the rise of the House of York see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VI_of_England | Lancaster, King Henry King Henry VI (I1271)
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| 164 | Henry VII (Welsh: Harri Tudur; 28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was King of England, Prince of Wales [1] (until 29th November, 1489) and Lord of Ireland from his seizing the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death on 21 April 1509, as the first monarch of the House of Tudor. Henry won the throne when his forces defeated the forces of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field, the culmination of the Wars of the Roses. Henry was the last king of England to win his throne on the field of battle. He cemented his claim by marrying Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV and niece of Richard III. Henry was successful in restoring the power and stability of the English monarchy after the political upheavals of the civil wars known as the Wars of the Roses. He founded the Tudor dynasty and, after a reign of nearly 24 years, was peacefully succeeded by his son, Henry VIII. Although Henry can be credited with the restoration of political stability in England, and a number of commendable administrative, economic and diplomatic initiatives, the latter part of his reign was characterised by a financial greed which stretched the bounds of legality. The capriciousness and lack of due process which indebted many in England were soon ended upon Henry VII's death after a commission revealed widespread abuses.[2] According to the contemporary historian Polydore Vergil, simple "greed" in large part underscored the means by which royal control was over-asserted in Henry's final years. | Tudor, King Henry King Henry VII (I1)
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| 165 | Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later assumed the Kingship, of Ireland, and continued the nominal claim by English monarchs to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the second monarch of the Tudor dynasty, succeeding his father, Henry VII. Besides his six marriages, Henry VIII is known for his role in the separation of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church. His disagreements with the Pope led to his separation of the Church of England from papal authority, with himself, as king, as the Supreme Head of the Church of England and to the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Because his principal dispute was with papal authority, rather than with doctrinal matters, he remained a believer in core Catholic theological teachings despite his excommunication from the Roman Catholic Church.[1] Henry oversaw the legal union of England and Wales with the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542. He is also well known for a long personal rivalry with both Francis I of France and the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, his contemporaries with whom he frequently warred. Domestically, Henry is known for his radical changes to the English Constitution, ushering in the theory of the divine right of kings to England. Besides asserting the sovereign's supremacy over the Church of England, thus initiating the English Reformation, he greatly expanded royal power. Charges of treason and heresy were commonly used to quash dissent, and those accused were often executed without a formal trial, by means of bills of attainder. He achieved many of his political aims through the work of his chief ministers, some of whom were banished or executed when they fell out of his favour. Figures such as Thomas Wolsey, Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, Richard Rich, and Thomas Cranmer figured prominently in Henry's administration. An extravagant spender, he used the proceeds from the Dissolution of the Monasteries and acts of the Reformation Parliament to convert to royal revenue money formerly paid to Rome. Despite the influx of money from these sources, Henry was continually on the verge of financial ruin, due to his personal extravagance, as well as his numerous costly continental wars. His contemporaries considered Henry in his prime to be an attractive, educated and accomplished king, and he has been described as "one of the most charismatic rulers to sit on the English throne".[2] Besides ruling with considerable power, he was also an author and composer. His desire to provide England with a male heir – which stemmed partly from personal vanity and partly from his belief that a daughter would be unable to consolidate Tudor power and maintain the fragile peace that existed following the Wars of the Roses[3] – led to the two things for which Henry is most remembered: his six marriages and his break with the Pope (who would not allow an annulment of Henry's first marriage) and the Roman Catholic Church, leading to the English Reformation. Henry became severely obese and his health suffered, contributing to his death in 1547. He is frequently characterised in his later life as a lustful, egotistical, harsh, and insecure king.[4] He was succeeded by his son Edward VI. see : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England | Tudor, King Henry King Henry VIII, Duke of Cornwall (I14)
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| 166 | Her body was removed in January 1538, apparently to the parish church of Titchfield, Hampshire | Grey, Baroness Lisle in her own right Elizabeth (I88)
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| 167 | Her heir was her second cousin Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (1404-1483), KG, created Viscount Bourchier in 1446 and Earl of Essex in 1461. She may have been married, 1st to Sir Hugh Stafford, and 2ndly to Sir Lewis Robsart - ; no issue from either and outlived them. | Bourchier, Elizabeth 4th Baroness Bourchier (I1081)
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| 168 | her info? | Repository (R35)
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| 169 | Her married name became Rodd. She was an author. She wrote the books Frederick the Great, The Pursuit of Love, Love in a Cold Climate, Madame de Pompadour,Voltaire in Love and The Sun King. | Mitford, Nancy (I968)
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| 170 | High Sheriff of Yorks: 1730. Built modern Beningbrough Hall | Bourchier, John (I1166)
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| 171 | high-sheriff of Northumberland, took a prominent part in the restoration of CHARLED II., and was one of the gentlemen of the town of Newcastle who raised a sum of money, and sent it to the king, when an exile at Breda, Holland. See Burke's Landed Gentry vol II | Milbank, Mark (I1172)
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| 172 | His body was removed in 1536 to St David's Cathedral | Tudor, Knight Edmund (I3)
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| 173 | His will is at https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/5111/40611_309970-00571 which he wrote 20 days before his demise. ~ He is registered as living at Mare Fair, Northampton Poll and Electoral registers in 1768 and 1774 UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893 for Holden Bowker https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2410/32969_636672_1938-00012 ~ He had a Linnen Drapery in Compton Street, Soho, Westminster London from sometime before 1737, as he took on an apprentice John Reade of Covent Garden on 11th January 1737. ~ It appears that Holden Bowker was a Constable in Westminster and on londonlives.org there are three cases 1.Westminster Sessions : Sessions Papers - Justices' Working Documents WJ | PS, 1st October 1743 Westmr. to wit. The King agt. William Giles at the Prosecution of Holden Bowker (High Constable for the City & Liberty of Westminster ) for Keeping a disorderly House. John Ridgway of the Parish of St. Martin in the Fields in the Liberty aforesd. Gentleman maketh Oath That he this Deponent did on Tuesday the 4th. Day of October Instant deliver to the sd. Holden Bowker a true Copy of the Notice hereunto annexed. John Ridgway [..] Sworn in Court this 7th. day of October 1743 ~ 2. Westminster Sessions : Sessions Papers - Justices' Working Documents WJ | PS, 1st October 1743 The King agst. George May Sir Take notice that I will Appear at the next General Quarter Session of the Peace of Our Lord the King to be Holden at the Town Court House near Westmr. Hall in & for the Liberty of the Dea [..] and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter Westmr . the City Borough & Town of Westmr. in the County of Middx and St. Martin Le Ground London on frydaythe Seventh day of this Instant October at EightElevenof the Clock in the forenoon of the Same day then & there will plead not Guilty and take my Tryal upon the Indictment you have prefered Against me for keeping an ill Governed Disorderly House dated the first day of October 1743 ~ 3. Westminster Sessions : Sessions Papers - Justices' Working Documents WJ | PS, 1st October 1743 A list of Constables ordered to Atend his Majesty 's Justices of the Peace this October Sessions 1743 Holden Bowker high Constable on Wednesday 5.October. {there were the normal swearing in seesions of the elected or deputised persons. Failute to be present could result in a fine of 40s. Similar to the Court Leets of Manchester} | Bowker, (B) Holden (I1047)
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| 174 | http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=/eng/search/ancestorsearchresults.asp | Repository (R50)
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| 175 | http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/bourcher-henry-1598 Constituency Dates STAFFORD 1589 STAFFORD 1593 STAFFORD 1597 Family and Education illegit. s. of Anne, suo jure Baroness Bourchier (d.1571). educ. I. Temple 1574, called 1584. m. Anne Scott, ?s.p. Offices Held Bencher, I. Temple 1596, Lent reader 1598. Member, Antiq. Soc. c.1591.1 Biography Bourchier was possibly one of the children of Lady Bourchier bastardized by her husband, Lord Parr, in 1543 when he divorced her for having them by a man called Hunt or Huntley. More probably he was born after the divorce. His mother’s barony passed to her cousin, Walter Devereux, subsequently 1st Earl of Essex, after whose death, both during the next earl’s minority and later, money was paid from the Devereux estate to Bourchier and his sister. Bourchier looked to the young 2nd Earl for protection as well as support, and was, for example, once suitor to him on behalf of his two grocer brothers-in-law, Nicholas and Richard Scott, who were in trouble for infringing a starch monopoly. No doubt it was Essex who brought him into Parliament. When on 31 Dec. 1592 Essex sent to his Staffordshire agents his list of nominations for the forthcoming general election, ‘my kinsman, Henry Bourchier’ was one of his two nominees for Stafford. Bourchier played no known part in the proceedings of the Parliament of 1589, but was active in 1593 and 1597. He reported the bill for Stonehouse town on 28 Mar. 1593, and on 4 Apr. was appointed to the committee for the bill to reduce disloyal subjects to their true obedience. In 1597 he was appointed to a committee concerned with an earlier statute against the abduction of women (7 Nov.), and to committees on armour and weapons (8 Nov.), monopolies (10 Nov.), the continuance of statutes (11 Nov.) and a private bill for the lands of Sir John Spencer (25 Nov.). He spoke in the debate (12 Nov.) on the disputed Ludlow election, siding with the electors against the sheriff. He spoke again, on 21 Nov., drawing the attention of the Commons to the practice of revealing the proceedings of the House to outsiders, and on 25 Nov. reported the bill for Sir John Spencer’s lands ‘to the good satisfaction of the House’. On 2 Dec. he reported a bill about the exportation of sheepskins and on 9 Dec. a bill against patentees.2 On 26 Aug. 1598, a few months after he had attained the summit of his legal career, Bourchier made his will, appointing his wife Anne sole executrix, and leaving her most of his property. The Earl of Essex was to have ‘all my books of histories, of Latin, French, Italian and Spanish, and such other of antiquities as he shall please to accept of’. The will was proved 18 Sept. 1598.3 Ref Volumes: 1558-1603 | Bourchier, Henry (I1424)
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| 176 | Hugh made grants to Newminster Abbey | de Mitford, Hugh (I646)
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| 177 | Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, 6th Earl of Essex, 2nd Earl of Northampton, KG (25 March 1341 – 16 January 1373) was the son of William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton and Elizabeth de Badlesmere, and grandson of Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford by Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, daughter of King Edward I. He became heir to the Earldom of Hereford after the death of his childless uncle Humphrey de Bohun, 6th Earl of Hereford. Following King Peter I's visit to England, Humphrey participated in the sack of Alexandria in 1365. On his death, because he had no son, the estates of the Earls of Hereford should have passed to his cousin Gilbert de Bohun. Due to the power of the Crown, his great estates were divided between his two surviving daughters: Eleanor de Bohun, who married Thomas of Woodstock. Mary de Bohun, who married Henry Bolingbroke, the future King Henry IV of England . Elizabeth, died young. His wife and the mother of his daughters was Joan Fitzalan, daughter of Richard Fitzalan, 10th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor of Lancaster, whom he married after 9 September 1359. from http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bohun-14 ~~~~~~~~~~ | de Bohun, Humphrey 7th Earl of Hereford (I944)
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| 178 | Illegitimate | Fitzroy, Knight of the Garter Henry (I22)
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| 179 | Illegitimate | Plantagenet, Knight Arthur (I86)
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| 180 | Illegitimate | Stewart, Alexander (I228)
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| 181 | Illegitimate | Stewart, Catherine (I229)
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| 182 | Illegitimate | Stewart, Earl of Moray James (I232)
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| 183 | Illegitimate | Stewart, Margaret (I236)
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| 184 | Illegitimate | Stewart, Janet (I241)
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| 185 | Illegitimate | Valois, Henry of (I244)
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| 186 | IM-B in Bowkers of Tharfield, page 2) has it that his will was proved on 5th December 1749 : Administrations of the goods and chattels of Benjamin Bowker, late of Manchester in the County of Lancashir e, was granted to Zenobia Ann Bowker, widow of the relict, she having been first sworn, etc. Perogative Court of Canterbury, Admon. Act Book Decr 1749 Lancs, Seat 1 ~ From : https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol4/pp174-187#anchorn89 "The Jacobites in 1745 hoped that Manchester would give them substantial assistance. (fn. 89) Mr. Clayton, one of the chaplains of the collegiate church, was an ardent partisan, and the other clergy were sympathizers. (fn. 90) One of the nonjuring bishops, Dr. Deacon, lived in the town, ministering to a small congregation. On 28 November a daring sergeant of the Pretender's, having hurried forward, appeared in the town and began to invite recruits. (fn. 91) His reception was not cordial, but sufficient supporters were obtained to secure his safety and freedom until the vanguard of the army arrived in the evening. The whole force reached Manchester the following day, the prince himself riding in during the afternoon, when his father was proclaimed king as James III. Mr. Dickinson's house in Market Street was chosen as head quarters and was afterwards known as 'The Palace.' At night many of the people illuminated their houses, bonfires were made, and the bells were rung. Some three hundred recruits had joined the invaders, and were called 'The Manchester Regiment.' Money due to the government was seized. (fn. 92) The army marched south on Monday 1 December, and returned to Manchester in its retreat on the 9th. Out of a contribution of £5,000 then demanded, £2,500 was collected and accepted, and the prince and his forces left the town next day. The Manchester Regiment still accompanied him, and was entrusted with the defence of Carlisle, which surrendered at the end of the month. The officers were tried for high treason in July 1746, and some were executed at Kennington. (fn. 93) The heads of two—Thomas Theodorus Deacon and Thomas Siddall—were sent down to Manchester, and fixed on the Exchange. (fn. 94) The men of the regiment were tried at Carlisle in August and September, and many of them executed. The successful party had their celebrations, the news of the capture of Carlisle and the victory of Culloden being welcomed by public illuminations and the distribution of liquor. (fn. 95) The ill-feeling between the two parties in the town — the Jacobites and the Whigs—continued for many years afterwards." ~ Reference: Historical Papers relating to the Jacobite Period 1699-1750, edited by Colonel James Allardyce, LL.D Volume Second printed in Aberdeen by Milne and Hutchison, 1896. PDF book in Paul TTs possesion. It appears from the Depositions at the Jacobite Trials page 379 that Benjamin Bowker was a Deputy Constable in Manchester. In the trial of George Fletcher, page 379: BENJ. BOWKER. The night the vanguard of the rebels came to Manchester I saw the defendant amongst them, and several other Manchester men in a room at the Bull Head Inn with a white cockade in his hat. In the trial of William Brittough alias Britter, page 435: BENJAMIN BOWKER. When the vanguard of the rebels came to Manchester, I saw defendant along with them at the " Bull Head Inn," with a white cockade in his hat, and I believe he had then taken on with them. In the trial of Thomas Chaddoch/Chadwick, page 441: Tuos. BRADBURY ; BENJAMIN BOWKER. Saw the defendant among several of the rebels, who were armed with sword and pistols, in the " Bull Head Inn " in Manchester the day the rebels came there, and was reputed then to have joined them. In the trial of Thomas Deacon page 447: BENJAMIN BOWKER. The night the vanguard of the rebels came to Manchester the witness saw the defendant among the crowd at the " Bull Head Inn," and desired him to go home, lest he should be hurt. Prisoner said he would, but the same evening witness saw him again at the same place with the rebels, with a white cockade in his hat, and believes he had then joined them. #Thomas Deacon was executed for treason. Reference : A Complete Collection of State Trials 1743 to 1753 PDF book in the possession of Paul TT: 512. The Trial of David Morgan, of Monmouth, but late of Derby, esq. for High-Treason, at St. Margaret’s-hill, Southwark, July 18: 20 George II. A. D. 1746. page 200/712 "King's Counsel. And what part did the prisoner at the bar act; and how did he behaveduring the time you were with the rebel army? Barry. I saw him ride with the rebel army, from Preston to Manchester, and he was very active in encouraging the rebel officers and soldiers. After that 1 saw the prisoner at Ashhorn, and he said there that he would not leave the army as long as he lived.—I cannot say that he bore any commission as an oficer : if he did, it is more than I know. Benjamin Bowker called and sworn. King’s Counsel. Mr. Bowker, acquaint my lord and the gentlemen of the jury, what you know of Mr. Morgan the prisoner. Bowker. Upon the 29th of last November, 1 had this paper delivered to me (holding a paper in his hand, and looking at it). It is a paper ordering me to search for arms. King’s Counsel. What are you, Sir? Bowker. I am a deputy-constable of Manchester. King’s Counsel. Who gave on that paper? Bowker. The prisoner at the bar and Mr. Wallis, who was one of the head-constables. King’: Counsel. Then the prisoner was with Mr. Wallis, when you had that paper delivered to you ?—B0wker. Yes, he was. , King’s Counsel. What were the contents of the paper? Bowker. It was a warrant signed by Murray the Pretender’s secretary, to search for all the arms I could find ; and if any body refused to deliver up and surrender their arms, they were to suffer military execution against their goods and effects. [Then this Paper was delivered by Mr. Bowker to the Clerk ol' the Arraigns, and was read in court; but it is so very treasonable, that it is improper to insert it. I‘he preamble called the Pretender’s son Regent of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and required all whom it may concern, to pay due obedience to that 0rtler.] King’s Counsel. What, did you get any arms ofthe town’s people of Manchester? Bowker. I did, and carried them to the prisoner’s lodgings, and left them there, though did not see him, but I asked for esquire Morgan ; and one of the servants belonging to the house told me he would be there presently. King’s Counsel. Do you know any thing farther ? Bozvker. I do not: I have spoken all that I can recollect. King’: Counsel. Call Samuel Maddox next, and swear him." In summary on page 207: Then there is Mr. Bowker, the deputy constable of Manchester, and he comes and swears, That the prisoner at the bar, with one Wallis (who is one of the head constables of Manchester, and Bowker's principal) came to him with a paper signed by the Pretender's secretary, ordering him to search for all arms, and carry them to the lodgings of David Morgan, esq. which he did accordingly, for in case of refusal, he, and all those who refused to deliver up their arms, were threatened with military execution. This witness is positive to the person of the prisoner; and I think there can be no plainer proof of high-treason than what has been sworn. ~ David Morgan was found guilty of treason and executed. | Bowker, (C) Benjamin (I1048)
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| 187 | 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. from http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BOURCHIER1.htm#John BOURCHIER (2° E. Bath) ~~~~~~~~~ | Bourchier, John 2nd Earl of Bath (I397)
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| 188 | in 1861 he was a sergeant with the 1st Royal based in the District Yorks baracks, Gate Fulford, Yorkshire Never married - probated his effects to his sister Elizabeth with whom he lived in London (1891 census) | Bowker, (J) Oswald Bourchier (I1287)
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| 189 | in her father's lifetime and without issue | Holand, Anne (I133)
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| 190 | in his father's lifetime | Stanley, Lord Strange George (I167)
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| 191 | in his father's lifetime, without issue | Tudor, Duke of Cornwall Arthur (I28)
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| 192 | Initially thought that Robert was born at Morpeth in Northumberland, but then discovered that Miles and Anna and their sons must have moved to Charborough Park in Devon sometime in 1810, as I discovered that Miles was paying 'Land Tax' for rented lands at Lythchett Matravers from a William Trenchard, Esq. from 1811 through to at least 1816. Miles also paid £32 tax for the tithing of Charborough on 3rd May 1811, owned by the Earl Drax Grosvenor, Esq. When we found a transcription Robert's Death Notice, it stated that he was born in Newcastle, ie Deckhams Hall, which means that Miles and family would have only 'gone south' in the latter part of 1810. Robert married Sarah Elizabeth Hart of the farm Glen Avon, Somerset East. He farmed at Craigie Burn, Somerset East, which was formerly a part of Glen Avon. Craigie Burn was up in the Bosberg mountains above Glen Avon, and as it was isolated it remained unmolested throughout the many Kaffir Wars. It was used as a place of refuge for the rest of the family, and Robert's brothers often brought their stock, wives, families and left them there while they went to the wars. On our (Janet & Paul TT) trip to South Africa in May 2014, we stayed at Glen Avon, and managed to get up the pass to Craigie Burn. The original house was in the process of being renovated by the current owners, Petri and Suzanne Snyman. We had parked our hire car, a VW Polo, at the entrance gate to the farm, and walked down to the house, as the humps and gulleys on the drive would have left our car high and dry. We met Suzanne briefly, and she advised that any non-4wd vehicle would not get further up the road towards Glen Craig! Robert took part in the campaign against the M'fecani in 1828, and served in the war of 1850-1853. . Member of the House of Assembly from 1854 - 1873 and Member of the Legislative Council from 1879 to 1883. | Bowker, Robert Mitford (I1004)
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| 193 | Into/From Place TidyGreenwich Publicly | Family: Viscount Lisle Charles Brandon / Mary Tudor (F36)
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| 194 | Isabel of Cambridge, Countess of Essex (1409 – 2 October 1484) was the only daughter of Richard, 3rd Earl of Cambridge and Anne Mortimer. She was the sister of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and like him a great-grandchild of Edward III of England. Early life Isabel of York, the only daughter of Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, and Lady Anne de Mortimer, was born about 1409.[1] On her father's side she was the granddaughter of King Edward III's fourth surviving son, Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, and his first wife, Isabella of Castile. On her mother's side she was the granddaughter of Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (grandson of Lionel of Antwerp) and Lady Alianore Holland (granddaughter of Lady Joan of Kent, Princess of Wales). Isabel's father, Richard, Earl of Cambridge, was beheaded on 5 August 1415 for his part in the Southampton Plot against King Henry V, and although the Earl's title was forfeited, he was not attainted,[2] and Isabel's brother, Richard, then aged four, was his father's heir.[3] Moreover within a few months of his father's death, Richard's childless uncle, Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, was slain at the Battle of Agincourt on 25 October 1415, and Isabel's brother was eventually his uncle's heir as well. Marriages and issue In 1412, at three years of age, Isabel was betrothed to Sir Thomas Grey (1404 – d. before 1426), son and heir of Sir Thomas Grey (c.1385-1415) of Heaton in Norham, Northumberland, and his wife, Alice Neville, the daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland. They had one son.[4] She married secondly, before 25 April 1426, the marriage being later validated by papal dispensation, Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, by whom she had seven sons and one daughter, Isabel.[5] William Bourchier, Viscount Bourchier (d. 1480), who married Anne Woodville, daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg, parents of Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex and Cecily Bourchier, wife of John Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley; Sir Henry Bourchier (d. 1462), who married Elizabeth Scales, 8th Baroness Scales. Humphrey Bourchier, 1st Baron Cromwell (d. 14 April 1471), slain at the Battle of Barnet. John Bourchier, 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby (d.1495), who married firstly Elizabeth Ferrers, and secondly Elizabeth Chichelle. Sir Thomas Bourchier (b. prior to 1448 d. 1492), who married Isabella Barre. Edward Bourchier (d. 30 December 1460), slain at the Battle of Wakefield. Fulk Bourchier, died young. Isabel Bourchier, died young.[6] Death Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, died on 4 April 1483. Isabel remained a widow and died on 2 October 1484.[7] A manuscript calendar records her death on VI Non Oct in 1484. Both were buried at Beeleigh Abbey near Maldon, Essex, but later reburied at Little Easton, Essex.[8] Footnotes[edit] 1. Richardson IV 2011, pp. 400–404. 2. Cokayne states that he was attainted. 3. Harriss 2004. 4. Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999 Page: 15, 1222 5. Richardson IV 2011, pp. 401–3. 6. Weir states that there were three additional children, Laura Bourchier (b.1440), who married John Courtenay, 7th Earl of Devon; Florence Bourchier (d. 1525); and Hugh Bourchier, died young. 7. Richardson IV 2011, pp. 401–3. 8. Richardson IV 2011, pp. 401–3. | Plantagenet, Isabel of Cambridge, Countess of Essex (I344)
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| 195 | Issue - 1 daughter and 1 son | Mitford, Sybil (I750)
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| 196 | Issue - 4 sons and 2 daughters | Mitford, Marianne Atherton (I697)
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| 197 | issue - 4 sons and 5 daughters | Mitford, Agnes Maria (I698)
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| 198 | Issue - 6 sons and 4 daughters | Mitford, Margaret (I579)
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| 199 | issue 1 son | Grey, Sir Thomas (I1125)
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| 200 | issue 2 sons and 4 daughters | Hall, Elizabeth (I295)
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