Robert Bourchier

Robert married Margaret Prayers about 1328 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Eleanor de Louvaine about 1373 in England. Eleanor (daughter of John de Louvaine and Margaret Weston) was born on 27 Mar 1345 in Little Eaton, Essex, England; died on 5 Oct 1397 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Offices Held: Abt 1400; Constable of the Tower of London

Family/Spouse: Anne, Countess of Buckingham, Herefored, and Northampton. Anne (daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, KG, Duke of Gloucester and Eleanor de Bohun) was born in Apr 1383 in Pleshey, Essex, England; was christened in May 1383 in Pleshey, Essex, England; died on 16 Oct 1438 in England; was buried in Llanthony Priory, Llanthony, Monmouthshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: birth to death
• Married: say 1440; Margery Berners, the daughter of Sir Richard Berners and Philippa Dalyngrdge. Margery married first, John Ferreby. [Margery, married second, Sir John Bourchier Baron Berners, KG] She died 18 December 1475. Issue: 1. Sir Humphrey Bouchier (____-1471)

Notes:

History:
From 1461 to 1474, he was the Constable of Windsor Castle.

Family/Spouse: Margery Berners. Margery died on 18 Dec 1475. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Title(s): 1420; 28 May 1420 - Count of Eu (inherited) 14 Dec 1446 - Viscount Bouchier (created) 22 Apr 1452 - Knight of the Garter 30 Jun 1461 - Earl of Essex
• Offices Held: 1426; 05 Jul 1426-13 Jan 1444 - Member of Parliament. 14 Dec 1446-23 May 1461 - Member of Parliament. May 1455-Oct 1456 - Treasurer of England. 10 July 1460-April 1462 - Treasurer of England. April 1471-4 April 1483 - Treasurer of England.
• Married: Before 25 Apr 1426; Isabel ______, the daugher of Richard, Earl of Cambridge and Anne de Mortiemer. In 1420 Isabel, married first. Sir Thomas Gray. [Isabel, married second, Sir Henry Bourchier Count of Eu, KG] She died 2 October 1484 in England. She was buried in Abbey of Beeleigh by Maldon. Her body were later removed to the Church of Little Easton, Essex. Issue: 1. Sir William Bouchier (____-1482)

Notes:

Name:
He was also Viscount Bouchier and the Earl of Essex

Buried:
Their bodies were later removed to the Church of Little Easton, Essex.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Land/House: 15 Aug 1437; On 15 August 1437 the King took the fealty of William, and he and his wife, Thomasine, had livery of the lands which her father, Sir Richard Hankeford, had held by the courtesy after the death of Elizabeth his 1st wife, and also of Thomasme's purparty of her father's lands.
• Offices Held: 2 Jan 1448/49; He was summoned to Parliament as Baron FitzWarin in right of his wife Thomasine Hankford on 2 January 1448/49.
• Oath: 24 Jul 1455; He was one of the Lords who swore allegiance to the King on 24 July 1455 in Parliament after the first battle of St. Albans.
• Offices Held: 10 May 1461; On 10 May 1461 he was appointed Master Forester of the forests of Exmoor and Neroche for life.
• Last Full Review: 9 Feb 2021

Notes:

Birth: Wikipedia gives his birth date as 1407.

William married Thomasine Hankeford, Baroness FitzWarin before 3 Aug 1437. Thomasine (daughter of Sir Richard Hankeford and Elizabeth FitzWarren, Baroness FitzWarin) was born on 23 Feb 1423 in Tawstock, Devonshire, England; died on 3 Jul 1453; was buried in St Mary's Church, Bampton, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Katherine de Affeton before 9 Jan 1448/49. Katherine died on 26 Mar 1467. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]