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William Bourchier


Preferred Parents:
Father: Robert Bourchier, 1st Baron Bourchier, b. AFT 1306 in Halstead, Essex, England   d. ABT 20 AUG 1348 in Bordeaux, Guyenne, France
Mother: Margaret Prayers, b. 7 OCT 1307 in Sible Hedingham, Essex, England   d. 1 JUN 1360 in Little Easton, Essex, England

Family 1: Eleanor de Louvain,    b. 27 MAR 1345 in Little Easton, Essex, England    d. 5 OCT 1397 in Little Easton, Essex, England
  1. William Bourchier, b. ABT 1360 in Little Easton, Essex, England     d. 28 MAY 1420 in Troyes, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Sources:
  1. Title: Proof of age for Eleanor, [wife] of William de Burghch[er], daughter and heir of John de Lovayne
    Author: A. E. Stamp, E. Salisbury, E. G. Atkinson and J. J. O'Reilly, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 147', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 10, Edward III (London, 1921), pp. 427-439. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol10/pp427-439 [accessed 21 January 2020].
    Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol10/pp427-439;
    Note: 535. ELEANOR, [WIFE] OF WILLIAM DE BURGHCH[ER], DAUGHTER AND HEIR OF JOHN DE LOVAYNE. Writ to the escheator in co. Essex to take the proof of age of Eleanor, [wife] of William de Burghrch’, daughter and heir of John de Lovayne, tenant in chief, whose lands &c. are in the custody of Bartholomew de Burgherssh, knight. 12 July, 33 Edward III [1359]. (Endorsed.) The said Bartholomew being warned through Richard de Sutton, his yeoman, wrote that he made no objection. ESSEX. Proof of age taken at Branketre, Thursday before St. Margaret, 33 Edward III [1359]. John Waleys, aged 50 years, says that the said Eleanor was 14 years old at Easter last, and this he knows because he was present when she was baptized in the church of Eystans, and heard then how a note of her birth was entered in the missal of that church on Easter day, 19 Edward III [27 March 1345]. Thomas de Whelpeston, aged 48 years, agrees and says that he had a son John, born of Agnes his wife, about Whitsuntide after the Easter when the said Eleanor was born, and he was 14 years old at Whitsuntide last. John Naylinghirst, aged 44 years, agrees and says that he had a wife named Alice buried at Tilteye near Eystans on Tuesday in Easter week, 19 Edward III, and then he heard that John de Lovayne had a daughter named Eleanor born at Eystans. Ralph atte Stokke, aged 40 years, agrees and says that in the same year on Sunday after the Tuesday called ‘Hokeday’ he married one Alice de Bokkyngg, and the said Eleanor was born about Easter day before. John Frost, aged 35 years, agrees and says that he proved his own age at Brokesheved at the court of John de Lovayne and had of his inheritance his lands and tenements, which were in the custody of the same John, on the feast of SS. Philip and James, 19 Edward III, next after the Easter when the said Eleanor was born. John Bealcombre, aged 40 years, agrees and says that after the Easter day, on which the said Eleanor was born, he started on a pilgrimage to Santiago. Nicholas Stonespol, aged 44 years, agrees and says that he had at Fynchyngfeld a cowhouse, which was burnt down by accident on Palm Sunday, 19 Edward III, and he heard of the birth of the said Eleanor about Easter day following. Robert Kneggebelle, aged 46 years, agrees and says that he knows by common report and the testimony of trustworthy persons. Robert Aunger, aged 38 years, agrees and says that he heard Margaret, wife of William le Webbe of Eystans, midwife (obstetricem) of Joan, mother of the said Eleanor, swear on the Book that the said Eleanor was 14 years old on Easter day last. Sewal Martel, aged 54 years, agrees and says that he knows by the common report of the whole countryside. John Botiler, aged 40 years, agrees and says that, at the time the said Eleanor was born, he acquired of William le Hirde of Eystans a messuage and 20a. land in Eystans of the fee of the aforesaid John de Lovayne. Roger Sayot, aged 43 years, agrees and says that he was in the service of John de Lovayne when the said Eleanor was born and left his service at Michaelmas following. C. Edw. III. File 147. (11.)
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  2. Title: William Bourchier in The Peerage
    Author: Darryl Lundy, The Peerage, a genealogical survey of teh Peerage of Britian as well as the royal families of Europe(http://thepeerage.com : accessed 3 Sep 2019), William Bourhier; https://www.thepeerage.com/p13990.htm#i139894
    Publication: Name: https://www.thepeerage.com/p13990.htm#i139894;
    Note: Sir William Bourchier was the son of Robert Bourchier, 1st Baron Bourchier and Margaret Prayers.2 He married Alianore de Lovayne, daughter of Sir John de Lovayne and Margaret de Weston, before June 1359.3 He died in 1375.4 Child of Sir William Bourchier and Alianore de Lovayne: Sir William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu+1 b. c 1374, d. 28 May 1420 Citations [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 248. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 250. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 355. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37] [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 247.
  3. Title: Bourghchiers in Genealogical Notes from Ancient Calendars
    Author: Collectanea et topographica, vol. 3, 376
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/collectaneatopog03londuoft/page/376/mode/2up;
    Note: From MS. Add. 5937, f. 149[b], a volume of genealogical collections by James Strangeman and Sir Rich. St. George, in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I Obitus — Dni Willi de Bourghchier milit' 49 Edw. 3. [1375] litera dominica G.[a] Dne Elionore de Bourgchier, 1397. Natiuitas [Nativity] Johis Bourgchr, 1366. Obitus— Dni de Bourghr, Jun, 1420.
    Page: Shows is year of death
  4. Title: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/60526/records/2612385;
  5. Title: Inquisition Post Mortem (IPM) for Isabel, daughter of John de Lovayne
    Author: A. E. Stamp, E. Salisbury, E. G. Atkinson and J. J. O'Reilly, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 143', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 10, Edward III (London, 1921), pp. 386-400. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol10/pp386-400 [accessed 21 January 2020].
    Publication: Name: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol10/pp386-400;
    Note: 490. ISABEL, DAUGHTER OF JOHN DE LOVAYNE. Writ to the escheator to enquire as to the lands &c. which came into the king’s hand by the death of John de Lovayne and the minority of the said Isabel, who has died a minor in the king’s wardship. 6 June, 33 Edward III [1359]. ESSEX. Inq. taken at Chelmersford, Thursday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, 33 Edward III [1359]. Eystans ad Turrim. The manor, with the advowson of the church, held of the king in chief, service not known, came into the king’s hand on the death of John de Lovayne, tenant in chief, by the minority of his daughters, Isabel, who died a minor, and Eleanor, still alive and in the king’s wardship, not having proved her age. The said Isabel died about Whitsuntide, 25 Edward III [1351]. Eleanor her sister, whom William de Bourgch[er] married, age not known, is her heir. Bartholomew de Bourgherssh, knight, has had possession of the said manor with other lands in Suffolk of the inheritance of the said Isabel and Eleanor and has received the issues thereof since the death of the aforesaid John, as also the manor of Brokesheved, co. Essex, which came into the king’s hand by the death of Joan, late the wife of the said John, and the minority of the said Eleanor; and has had the issues since the death of Joan by the king’s grant. C. Edw. III. File 143. (4.)
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  6. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for Elizabeth Bourgchier, wife of Lewis Robessart, knight
    Author: King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/24-083/ [Accessed: 20/1/2020]
    Publication: Name: http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/24-083/;
    Note: ELIZABETH BOURGCHIER , WIFE OF LEWIS ROBESSART, KNIGHT 83 Writ. ‡ 2 July 1433. [Wymbyssh]. Addressed to John Perneys, mayor . CITY OF LONDON. Inquisition. Guildhall. 24 September 1433. [Perneys]. Jurors: John Lynton ; Walter Clerk ; John Faireman ; John Bentlee ; Bartholomew Wynter ; Stephen Belle ; Henry Rous ; Richard Mayhewe ; Geoffrey White ; John Louthe ; Philip Jakes ; and Thomas Gardon . She held the following in her demesne as of fee tail, to herself and the heirs of her body, of the king in free burgage as the whole of the city is held. Bread Street ward, 1/4 townhouse in the parish of St Margaret Moses in Friday Street, worth 6s. 8d. yearly ; 1/4 messuage in the parish of St Nicholas Olave in the same ward, worth 6s. 8d. yearly ; and 1/6 messuage in the same parish, worth 2s.. Farringdon Within ward, 1/4 messuage in the parish of St Vedast, worth 3s. 4d. yearly. The reversion of these belongs by virtue of the entail to Lawrence de Raynford , son of William de Raynford and of Eleanor his wife, her sister, for want of heir of her body. She died on 1 July last. Henry Bourgchier, count of Eu and Lord Bourchier, is her next heir of the blood as son of William Bourgchier, knight , aged 24 years and more. C 139/59/40 mm.1–2 84 Writ. ‡ 2 July 1433. [Wymbyssh]. ESSEX. Inquisition. Chelmsford. 6 July 1433. [Rokell]. Jurors: Thomas Aldres ; Edmund Preston ; Thomas atte Hulle ; Richard Josep ; John atte Parke ; William Sebryght ; Henry Hoberd ; William Manwode ; William Herward ; John Smyth of Ballingdon; Thomas Rolf ; and Stephen Penyfadir . By a fine levied on the quindene of Trinity 1430 [CP 25/1/71/273, no. 86], between John Malton , William Menston and William Sauage, querents , and Lewis Robessart, knight , and Elizabeth then his wife, Henry Bourgchier , son of William Bourgchier, knight , and William Bourgchier , brother of this Henry, deforciants , the querents granted the following to Lewis and Elizabeth and the heirs of their bodies, to hold of the chief lords of the fee by the services which belonged, successive remainders to the following, as is clear more fully in a part of the fine shown to the jurors: the heirs of Elizabeth’s body; Henry and the heirs of his body; William his brother and the heirs of his body; Thomas Bourgchier , his brother, and the heirs of his body; John Bourgchier , his brother, and the heirs of his body; Eleanor his sister and the heirs of her body; and to the right heirs of Bartholomew Bourgchier , father of Elizabeth. Lewis and Elizabeth were seised of the manors, tenements, market stalls, quay, crane and rents in their demesne as of fee tail, and the fair, views of frankpledge, common and advowsons were seized into the king’s hand. Elizabeth survived Lewis, prosecuted their removal from the king’s hand, and possessed them by a writ directed to the escheator. She was seised, alone, of the manors, tenements, market stalls, quay, crane and rents in her demesne as of fee tail and the fair, market, warren, views of frankpledge, common and advowsons as of right and fee tail, and died seised of this estate without heir of her body. The following remain according to the fine to Henry Bourgchier , now count of Eu , who survives and is of age. Asheldham, the manor, held of Richard, duke of York , of his honour of Rayleigh by service of 1/4 knight’s fee, annual value 10 marks. Little Maldon, the manor, held of the king of his honour of Peverel by service of 1/2 knight’s fee, annual value £10. Langford, the manor, held severally of queen Katherine and Lord Fitzwalter’s heirs – namely half of the queen of her honour of Mandeville by service of 1/2 knight’s fee and half of the same heir [sic], service unknown – annual value 40 marks. Osea, the manor, held of the king of his honour of Boulogne by service of 1/2 knight’s fee, annual value 100s. Great Totham, the manor, held of the earl of Stafford , service unknown, annual value 20 marks. Tolleshunt D’Arcy, the manor, held of the king of his honour of Boulogne by service of 12d. yearly, annual value £20. Messing, the manor of Bourchier’s, held of the earl of Oxford , service unknown, annual value 10 marks. Aldham, the manor of Little Fordham now called Bourchier’s, held of the king of his honour of Boulogne in socage by fealty, annual value £10. Stansted or Stansted Mountfitchet (Stanestede), the manor, held of the earl of Suffolk of his honour of Eye by fealty, annual value 100s. Halstead, the manor of Abel’s, held of the same duke of York of his honour of Stambourne by fealty, annual value 10 marks. Wood Hall and Patching, the manors, held of Henry Glouyll by fealty, annual value £10. Moreton, the manor, held of the king in chief by service of 1/4 knight’s fee, annual value £10. Greensted, the manor, held of the earl of Stafford by fealty, annual value 10 marks. Manhale, the manor, held of the king of his honour of Boulogne by service of 1/4 knight’s fee, annual value 100s. Asheldham, Tillingham, St Lawrence , Mayland, Lawling, Stanesgate, Latchingdon, Maldon, Ulting, Hatfield Peverel, Langford, Great Totham, Tollesbury, Tolleshunt D’Arcy, Bradwell or Bradwell on Sea (Bradewell), Faulkbourne, Great Braxted, Little Braxted, Wickham Bishops, Rivenhall, Cressing, Witham, Messing, Inworth, Feering, Kelvedon, Fordham, Aldham, Chelmsford, Broomfield, Great Waltham, Writtle, Halstead, Sible Hedingham, Toppesfield, Colne Engaine, Stisted, Braintree (Magna Reyne), Markshall, Gosfield, Braintree (Branketre), Bocking, Wethersfield, Little Laver, Saffron Walden, Ashdon, Littlebury, Great Chesterford, Great Maplestead, Little Maplestead, East or West Tilbury, Pebmarsh, Bulmer, Middleton, Alphamstone, Twinstead, Great Henny, Little Henny, Gestingthorpe, White Colne, Finchingfield, Manuden and Peyton, 30 messuages and 14 tofts, held of the bishop of London , service unknown, annual value 100s.; 8 watermills, each worth 20s. yearly, and 4 dovecots, each worth 5s. yearly, held severally of the same bishop, William Mounchensy ’s heirs and Lord Fitzwalter’s heir, service unknown; 30 market stalls, each worth 4d., held of the same bishop, service unknown; a quay and a crane, worth 6s. 8d., held of the same bishop by fealty; 4,680 a. land, tenure and annual values of each acre as follows – 500 a. land, 3d., of the same bishop, service unknown; 400 a. land, 4d., of the earl of Stafford by fealty; 700 a. land, 3d., of William Mounchensy ’s heir, service unknown; 400 a. land, 4d., of the earl of Suffolk by fealty; 1,600 a. land, 3 1/2d., of the countess of Stafford , service unknown; 800 a. land, 3 1/2d., of the same heir of Lord Fitzwalter, service unknown; and 280 a. land, 4d., of the prior of St John of Jerusalem in England, service unknown; 218 a. meadow, tenure and annual values of each acre as follows – 100 a. meadow, 2s., of the same bishop, service unknown; 80 a. meadow, 2s. 6d., of the same countess of Stafford , service unknown; and 38 a. meadow, 20d., of the earl of Oxford by fealty; 680 a. pasture, tenure and annual values of each acre as follows – 200 a. pasture, 3d., of the same countess of Stafford , service unknown; 220 a. pasture, 2 1/2d., of the same earl of Stafford by fealty; and 260 a. pasture, 2 1/2d., severally of the bishop of London and Lord Fitzwalter’s heir, service unknown; 200 a. wood, tenure and annual values of each acre as follows – 100 a. wood,nothing above enclosure, of the prior of St John of Jerusalem in England by fealty; and 100 a. wood, nothing above enclosure, of the bishop of London , service unknown; 540 a. marsh, tenure and annual values of each acre as follows – 240 a. marsh, 2 1/2d., of the same bishop by fealty; and 300 a. marsh, 2 1/2d., of the same heir of Lord Fitzwalter by fealty; £54 rents, not held of the king or another, worth nothing above this; and rents of 60 geese, worth 10s. yearly, 100 capons, worth 18s. yearly, 100 hens, worth 12s. yearly, 100 eggs, worth 6[d.] [ms soiled] yearly, 20 roots of ginger, worth 1/2d. yearly, 10lb. pepper, worth 10s. yearly, 12lb. cumin, worth 6d. yearly, and 20 red roses, worth 1/2d. yearly – these rents not held of the king or another. Halstead, a fair, worth 40d. yearly, and market, worth 10s. yearly, neither held of the king or another Free warren in all the above manors, lands, meadows, pastures, woods and marshes, not held of the king or another, annual value 20s. Asheldham, Little Maldon, Langford, Osea, Great Totham, Tolleshunt D’Arcy, Bourchier’s [in Aldham], Stansted or Stanstead Mountfitchet and Abel’s, views of frankpledge in these manors, which are and always were severally parts and members of these manors, annual values contained in general in the extents of these manors. Saffron Walden, Great Chesterford, Littlebury, Ashdon, Great Totham, Langford, Heybridge, Tiptree, Messing, Inworth, Tolleshunt D’Arcy, Tolleshunt Knights and Wickham Bishops, common pasture, not held of the king or another, annual value 20s. Beeleigh, the advowson of the abbey, not held of the king or another, annual value nil. Maldon, the advowson of the hospital of St Giles , not held of the king or another, annual value nil. Greensted, the advowson, held of the earl of Stafford by fealty, annual value nil. Little Laver, the advowson, held of the same earl, service unknown, annual value nil. Langford, the advowson, held of the bishop of London , service unknown, annual value nil. She held an estate for life in the manor of Little Bentley with the advowson of its church and the advowson of a chantry in Ashdon, the manor and advowsons held of the bishop of London by fealty, annual value £20 . . . . . Date of death as in 83. Henry Bourgchier, count of Eu , is her kinsman and next heir as son of William, son of William, brother of John, father of Bartholomew her father, aged 27 years and more.
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  7. Title: William de Bourchier (1330-1375), Find a Grave
    Author: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145148770/william-de_bourchier
    Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145148770/william-de_bourchier;
    Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145148770/william-de_bourchier William de Bourchier BIRTH 1 May 1330 Halstead, Braintree District, Essex, England DEATH 5 Jul 1375 (aged 45) Little Easton, Uttlesford District, Essex, England BURIAL St Mary the Virgin Churchyard Little Easton, Uttlesford District, Essex, England MEMORIAL ID 145148770 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. Parents: Robert de Bourchier (1306–1349) Margaret de Prayers de Bourchier (1307–1360)
  8. Title: William de Bourchier, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1V-HH6D : 7 August 2020), William de Bourchier, ; Burial, Little Easton, Uttlesford District, Essex, England, St Mary the Virgin Churchyard; citing record ID 145148770, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1V-HH6D;
    Page: matches
  9. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/3951975;
  10. Title: William Bourchier on WikiTree
    Author: WikiTree contributors, "William Bourchier", WikiTree, http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bourchier-15 (accessed 18 April 2022)
    Publication: Name: http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bourchier-15;
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