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William Bourchier


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Father: William Bourchier, b. ABT 1330 in Halstead, Essex, England   d. 5 JUL 1375 in Little Easton, Essex, England
Mother: Eleanor de Louvain, b. 27 MAR 1345 in Little Easton, Essex, England   d. 5 OCT 1397 in Little Easton, Essex, England

Family 1: Anne of Gloucester ,    b. ABT 1383 in Essex, England    d. 16 OCT 1438 in Gloucestershire, England
  1. William Bourchier, b. ABT 1405 in Little Easton, Essex, England     d. BEF 12 DEC 1469 in London, Middlesex, England
Sources:
  1. Title: Bourchier at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3.htm#_Toc21417712;
    Note: WILLIAM Bourchier, son of ROBERT Bourchier Lord Bourchier & his wife Margaret Prayers (-1375). A manuscript calendar records the death “49 Edw 3” of “Dñi Willi de Bourgchier milit”[722]. m ELEANOR de Lovayne, daughter of JOHN Lovayne [Louvain] of Little Easton and Broxted, Essex and Bildeston, Suffolk & his second wife Margaret Weston (Little Easton 27 Mar 1345-5 Oct 1397). A manuscript calendar records the death in 1397 of “Dñe Elionore de Bourgchier”[723]. William & his wife had one child: 1. WILLIAM Bourchier (-Troyes 28 May 1420, bur Llanthony Priory, Monmouthshire). He was appointed Constable of the Tower of London 26 Nov 1415. He was created Comte d'Eu 10 Jun 1419. A manuscript calendar records the death in Jun 1420 of “Dñi de Bourghr”[724]. m (before 20 Nov 1405) as her third husband, ANNE of Gloucester, widow firstly of THOMAS de Stafford Earl of Stafford and secondly of EDMUND de Stafford Earl of Stafford, daughter of THOMAS "of Woodstock" Duke of Gloucester & his wife Eleanor de Bohun (Apr 1383-16 Oct 1438, bur Llanthony Priory, Monmouthshire). The will of "Anne Countess of Stafford, Bockingh, Herford and Northampton, and Lady of Breknoc", dated 16 Oct 1438, chose burial “in ye churche of L’Anthony byside Gloucestre”, appointed “my sones Thomas bysshop of Worcestre, Henry Erle of Eue, Will Bougchiers, John Bourghiers...” and required “my...sone Humfrey Erle of Stafford” to oversee execution of the will[725]. William & his wife had five children: a) HENRY (-1483). The will of "Anne Countess of Stafford, Bockingh, Herford and Northampton, and Lady of Breknoc", dated 16 Oct 1438, appointed “my sones Thomas bysshop of Worcestre, Henry Erle of Eue, Will Bougchiers, John Bourghiers...”[726]. He was created Earl of Essex in 1461. - EARLS of ESSEX. b) THOMAS ([1405]-1486). Bishop of Worcester. The will of "Anne Countess of Stafford, Bockingh, Herford and Northampton, and Lady of Breknoc", dated 16 Oct 1438, appointed “my sones Thomas bysshop of Worcestre, Henry Erle of Eue, Will Bougchiers, John Bourghiers...”[727]. Archbishop of Canterbury. The will of "Humphrey Stafford Duke of Buckingham", dated 16 Aug 1460, appointed “my wife...my brother of Canterbury” as executors[728]. Cardinal 1464. c) WILLIAM ([1412]-1469). The will of "Anne Countess of Stafford, Bockingh, Herford and Northampton, and Lady of Breknoc", dated 16 Oct 1438, appointed “my sones Thomas bysshop of Worcestre, Henry Erle of Eue, Will Bougchiers, John Bourghiers...”[729]. Lord Fitzwarine. m firstly (1437) THOMASINE, daughter of RICHARD Hankeford & his wife --- (1423-1453). m secondly as her second husband, CATHERINE Affeton, widow of HUGH Stukeley, daughter of JOHN Affeton & his wife ---. Ancestors of LORDS FITZWARINE. d) JOHN ([1415]-1474). The will of "Anne Countess of Stafford, Bockingh, Herford and Northampton, and Lady of Breknoc", dated 16 Oct 1438, appointed “my sones Thomas bysshop of Worcestre, Henry Erle of Eue, Will Bougchiers, John Bourghiers...”[730]. Baron Berners 1455. m as her second husband, MARJORIE Berners, widow of JOHN Ferreby, daughter of RICHARD Berners & his wife --- (-1475). Ancestors of LORDS BERNERS. e) ELEANOR ([1417]-Nov 1474, bur Thetford). m (1424) JOHN Mowbray, son of JOHN Mowbray Earl of Norfolk & his wife Katherine Neville (12 Sep 1415-6 Nov 1461, bur Thetford). He succeeded his father in 1432 as Duke of Norfolk.
  2. 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.)
    Page: This proof of age was taken in 1359 and his parents (William and Eleanor) were already married.
  3. Title: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/1610/records/1689890;
  4. Title: Will of Ann Countess of Stafford in A Collection of All the Wills, Now Known to be Extant etc
    Author: "A Collection of All the Wills, Now Known to be Extant, of the Kings and Queens of England, Princes and Princesses of Wales, and Every Branch of the Blood Royal, from the Reign of William the Conqueror to that of Henry the Seventh exclusive : with explanatory notes, and a glossary" (1780)
    Publication: Name: http://www.archive.org/stream/collectionofallw00nichiala#page/278/mode/2up;
    Note: In Dei nomine, Amen. I Anne Countess of Stafford, Bockingh, Herford', and Northampton, and Lady of Breknoc, of hool and avised mynde, ordeyne and make my testament in English tonge, for my most profit, redyng, and understandyng in yis wise. First, I bequethe my soul to Almighty God, and my body to be buried in ye churche of L'Anthony byside Gloucestre, in ye place wher I have beforn ordeyned, and do mad my tombe. Also, I bequethe to the same Churche a C marcs of money, or ye value thereof, of such of my movable goodys as wole best seem to ye discreciouns of myn executours: and also amongst all my detts, I wol that al my mesnial servants be paied furst of all her fees and wages, or of any other trewe proved dettes to hem dewe; and than all othir vitaillers, merchants, or artificers, that I owe any good, to be payd first, whereas most nede ys after ye good disposicion and demes nyng of my said executors; Also, I woll that any wronges or extorcions dewly proved byfor my executours, by me and my lyve don, that ye same myn executours satisfie hem agreablely as yer good discrecion wol seme best to discharge, and for the helth of my soule; and after ye acquietaill of my seyd detts, wrongs, and extorcions, I wole yat my seyde executors, havyng tendir consideracion of souche of my servants, as well of women as men, as have longist don most trewe and diligent servise to me and litil veleuid by me, or nought, yat yey aftir their wel avised discrecions rewarde eche of hem aftir yeire degre and desertes competently for their help and relyf, as ferforth as ye power of my seid executors will wole stretche in that partie. And also, my seyde detts, wrongis, and extorcions, and rewards of my servants, paid and satisfied; I bequethe XX li. yerly, to be paied by the hand of my seid executours for tenne of XX yere, to the pristis of certen landis and tenements, beyng in ye handys of my feoffes, to do dyvyne servise dayly for me during ye seide terme in ye College of Plecy, after the forme of my will, which I have before maad and writyn, seeled undir my seal: And for ye per formyng of yis my last will, bequests, and ordinances, before rehersid, I make and ordeine my wel beloved sones Thomas bysshop of Worcestre, Henry Erle of Eue, Will' Bourghchiers, Joh' Bourghchiers, Sir Nicol Wymbussh, Clerk Sir Roger Aston, Knyght, John Fray, Robard Frampton, Barons of ye Estchecur, and Will' Palmer, myn executors, to execute and put in effect, as well ye primesses, and to distribute and dispose in almesse dede wher yey shull seme most niedeful and meritory for ye helte of my soule, besechyng and requirynge ye ryght reverent fadir in God Will' Byssop of Lincoln, and my wel beloved sone Humfrey Erle of Stafford, to have tendre survieus of ye effect of ys my present testament, duly and trewly to be performed. In witnesse whereof to yis my present testament I set my seal; wretyn the XVI day of Octobr' ye yeare of ye reigne of Kyng Henry the VIth after the quest ye XVIIthe.
  5. Title: Llanthony Secunda Priory
    Author: Wikipedia, Llanthony Secunda Priory
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanthony_Secunda_Priory;
    Note: Names both William and Anne as being buried there.
  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.
    Page: Mentioned in this source.
  7. Title: Wikiwand: William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/William_Bourchier,_1st_Count_of_Eu;
  8. Title: William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (1374-1420), The Peerage
    Author: https://www.thepeerage.com/p10225.htm#i102244 Sources: [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 114. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families. [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. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 355. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37] [S37] BP2003. [S37]
    Publication: Name: https://www.thepeerage.com/p10225.htm#i102244;
    Note: Sir William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu was born circa 1374.3 He was the son of Sir William Bourchier and Alianore de Lovayne.2,4 He married Anne of Woodstock, Countess of Buckingham, daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st and last Duke of Gloucester and Lady Eleanor de Bohun, before 20 November 1405.1 He died on 28 May 1420 at Troyes, Champagne, FranceG.4 He was buried at Llanthony Priory, Llanthony, Monmouthshire, WalesG. On 10 November 1405 he was pardoned. He was created 1st Count of Eu [Normandy] on 10 June 1419, created by King Henry V.2 Children of Sir William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu and Anne of Woodstock, Countess of Buckingham: Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex+2 b. c 1409, d. 4 Apr 1483 William Bourchier, Baron FitzWarin+1 b. c 1412, d. b 1469 Thomas Bourchier1 b. 1413, d. 1486 John Bourchier, 1st Lord Berners+1 b. c 1415, d. 16 May 1474 Eleanor Bourchier+1 b. c 1417, d. Nov 1474
  9. Title: William Bourchier (1386-1420) in Family Group Records Collection
    Author: "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QT-6QLC?cc=2060211&wc=WWJR-JGZ%3A352088201%2C353749001 : 20 May 2014), B > Bould, Thomas (1771) - Bourguener, Jean > image 1297 of 1452; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QT-6QLC;
    Note: William Bourchier (1386-1420) married Annem Countess of Stafford according to research
    Page: Names, dates, locations, and relationships match research base on the Dictionary of National Biography
  10. Title: William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu (1374-1420), Wikipedia
    Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bourchier,_1st_Count_of_Eu
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bourchier,_1st_Count_of_Eu;
    Note: 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. 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). He fought at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. He married Anne of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford, the daughter of the Plantagenet prince, Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355–1397) He died at Troyes, France on 28 May 1420 [9] and was buried at Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucester.
  11. Title: Inquisitions Post Mortem (IPMs) for William Burghchier, knight
    Author: King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/21-431/ [Accessed: 20/1/2020]
    Publication: Name: http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/21-431/;
    Note: WILLIAM BURGHCHIER, KNIGHT 431 [Writ not extant. 1 July 1420: CFR 1413-22, p. 332.]. Suffolk. Inquisition. Henhowe. 10 Oct. 1420. Jurors: John Slemyfford ; Reginald Nawton ; John Halle ; Nicholas Collop ; John Rows ; John Smyth ; John Baron ; John Coket ; John Dexster ; John Turnour ; Thomas G…all ; and Walter Tyse . He held no lands in the county of the king in chief or of others because by a fine of oct. Purification 1410 [CP 25/1/291/62, no. 152] between Nicholas, bishop of Bath and Wells , Thomas Fereby, clerk , John Doreward , Nicholas Gascoigne , Robert Rekedon , Henry Mory, clerk , Roger Aston , Roger Arundell, knight , Robert Fraunceys, knight , Nicholas Bradeshaugh , John Wynter , and Thomas Lopham , deceased, quer., and William Burghchier, knight , John Basset , and William Aylmere , def., the manor of Bildeston and the advowson of the church of Bildeston were acknowledged to be the right of quer., to whom def. warranted them. Bildeston. Annual value of the manor £23 17s. He died on 28 May last. Henry Burghchier is his son and next heir, aged 16 years and more. C 138/45/34 m. 1 E 149/122/2 ENHANCEMENT OF TEXT: The text of this IPM which appeared in the print edition of CIPM XXI has been enhanced in certain respects: see the About pages. The inquisition location has also been corrected 432 Writ ‡ 1 July 1420. [Wymbyssh]. Teste Humphrey, duke of Gloucester. Essex. Inquisition. Thaxted. 5 Nov. [Hotoft]. Jurors: Robert Lyndesle ; John Vyrby ; John atte Fan ; Thomas Conesby ; Robert Porter ; Hugh Pecche ; John Orvey ; John Bronde ; John Woloy ; Robert Athelam ; John Hay ; and John Oskyn . By the same fine as in 431, def. acknowledged to be the right of quer., to whom they warranted them, the manor of Little Easton and the advowson of the church of Little Easton, held in chief of the honor of Windsor by service of 1 knight's fee, rendering £10 yearly for the ward of Windsor castle. Annual value of the manor £10 10s. Date of death and heir as in 431. C 138/45/34 mm. 2-3 ENHANCEMENT OF TEXT: The text of this IPM which appeared in the print edition of CIPM XXI has been enhanced in certain respects: see the About pages.
  12. Title: William Bourgchier (1374-1420), History of Parliament
    Author: William Bourgchier (c.1374-1420), of Little Easton, Essex. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, ed. J.S. Roskell, L. Clark, C. Rawcliffe., 1993 Available from Boydell and BrewerWEBSITE/ THE HISTORY OF PARLIAMENT BRITISH POLITICAL SOCIAL HISTORY
    Publication: Name: http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1386-1421/member/bourgchier-sir-william-1374-1420;
    Note: William Bourgchier b.c.1374, s. of Sir William Bourgchier (d.1375), yr. s. of Robert, 1st Lord Bourgchier, by Eleanor (1345-97), yr. da. and event. sole h. of Sir John Lovayne (d.1347) of Little Easton and Bildeston, Suff. m. between July 1403 and Feb. 1405, Anne (c.1382-16 Oct. 1438) o. surv. da. and h. of Thomas of Woodstock, duke of Gloucester, by Eleanor, er. da. and coh. of Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford, Essex and Northampton, wid. of Thomas, 3rd earl of Stafford (d.1392) and of Edmund, 5th earl of Stafford (d.1403), 4s. 1da. Kntd. by Sept. 1396; cr. count of Eu (arr. Dieppe) 10 June 1419. represented ESSEX in Jan. 1404 In October 1403, Bourgchier had assisted Anne, countess of Stafford (recently made a widow for the second time when Earl Edmund fell at Shrewsbury), to prepare the defences of her castle at Huntington on the Welsh border, and it may well have been then that their clandestine marriage took place.
    Page: PERTINENT TO THE BIOGRAPHY OF SIR WILLIAM BOURCHIER
  13. Title: William Bourchier at Tudor Place
    Publication: Name: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BOURCHIER1.htm#William%20BOURCHIER%20(V.%20Bourchier);
    Page: Verifies Wife and Children
  14. Title: Honour of Tickhill and William Bourchier
    Author: Website, Nottinghamshire History, citing The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Blyth, Rev. John Raine, 1860, Chapter 1.
    Publication: Name: http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/monographs/blyth1860/chapter1.htm;
    Note: An honour is: a thing conferred as a distinction, especially an official award for bravery or achievement. A feudal barony. It does not mean the family lived there. "This was the last attempt made by the house of Eu to gain possession of Tickhill, and henceforth the castle and honour were vested in the Crown or in temporary grantees under it. The connection however was remembered so late as the reign of Henry V., who created William Bourchier, Earl of Eu and Lord Bourchier of Tickhill."
  15. Title: William Bourchier, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6NLZ-GFFF : 14 April 2023), William Bourchier, ; Burial, Hempsted, City of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, Llanthony Secunda Priory; citing record ID 242803144, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6NLZ-GFFF;
    Page: Everything matches other than the birthdate, which is noted in the source to be highly disputed
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