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Sir William de Bourchier, knight, a scion of the Barons Bourchier 1330–1375 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 May 1330

Birth Location: Halstead, Braintree District, Essex, England

Death Date: 5 Jul 1375

Death Location: Little Easton, Uttlesford District, Essex, England

Father: Robert Crecy

Mother: Margaret Essex

Spouse(s): Lady Bourchier

Children(s): None None

The story of Sir William de Bourchier, knight, a scion of the Barons Bourchier began in 1330 in Halstead, Braintree District, Essex, England. Sir William de Bourchier, knight, a scion of the Barons Bourchier married Lady Eleanor Alianore De Lovayne Louvain Baroness Bourchier. Sir William de Bourchier, knight, a scion of the Barons Bourchier passed away in 1375 in Little Easton, Uttlesford District, Essex, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir William de Bourchier, knight, a scion of the Barons Bourchier began in 1330 in Halstead, Braintree District, Essex, England.
  • Sir William de Bourchier, knight, a scion of the Barons Bourchier married Lady Eleanor Alianore De Lovayne Louvain Baroness Bourchier.
  • Sir William de Bourchier, knight, a scion of the Barons Bourchier passed away in 1375 in Little Easton, Uttlesford District, Essex, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Crecy
1300–1349
Birth Location: Halstead, Braintree District, Essex, England
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Margaret Essex
1307–1360
Birth Location: Sible Hedingham, Braintree District, Essex, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Bourchier
1345–1397
Birth Location: Little Easton, Essex, England
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Children(s)

None None
1374–1420
Birth Location: Eu, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France

Sir Bourchier's Ancestors

Self
Sir Bourchier
1330–1375
Birth Place: Halstead, Braintree District, Essex, England
Parents
Robert de Bourchier, MP, Lord Chancellor of England, the first layman to hold the post, Lord Bouchier, Battle of Crecy
1300–1349
Halstead, Braintree District, Essex, England
Margaret (de Prayers, Countess of) Essex
1307–1360
Sible Hedingham, Braintree District, Essex, England
Grandparents
Sir (John de Bourchier, a Judge of the Common Pleas, knight, no evidence name is of French) origin
1270–1329
Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England
Helen (of Colchester, Baroness) Bourchier
1281–1340
Halstead, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Burser
1252–1282
Emma Holbrocke)
1256–1278
Sir Colchester
1255–
Joan Montchensy
1259–1299
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Bouchier
1231–1285
Mariota Wytewell
1233–1252
Walter Colchester
1232–

Sir Bourchier's Descendants

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Sir (William de Bourchier, knight, a scion of the Barons) Bourchier (1 May 1330–5 Jul 1375) m. Lady (Eleanor Alianore de Lovayne ( Louvain), Baroness) Bourchier (27 Mar 1345–5 Oct 1397)
  1. 1. 1374–1420 m. Anne (Stafford) (Bourchier) 1383–1438
    1. 1. Henry (Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Earl of Essex, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 5th Baron Bourchier,) KG 1415–1474 m. Isabel (of) Cambridge 1411–1484
      1. 1. Henry Bourchier 1430–1458
      2. 2. Thomas Bourchier 1440–1491
      3. 3. Laura (Bourchier, Countess of) Devon 1440–1484
      4. 4. Humphrey (Bourchier, War of the) Roses 1435–1471 m. Elizabeth (Tilney, Duchess of Norfolk, Countess of Surrey, Lady-in-waiting to Queen consort Elizabeth Woodville, Lady of the Bedchamber to the) Quee 1445–1497
        1. 1. John Bourchier 1467–1533 m. Katherine (Howard, Baroness of) Berners 1467–1536
        2. 2. Lady (Margaret) Bouchier 1468–1522
        3. 3. Lady (Anna Bourchier, Baroness Dacre de) South 1470–1530 m. Sir (Thomas Fiennes, knight, Lord) Dacre 1472–1533
      5. 5. Baroness (Elizabeth Welles) Bourchier 1442–1470
      6. 6. Willem (Bourchier, Viscount , Earl van) Essex 1440–1471
      7. 7. Sir (John Bourchier, Baron Ferrers of Groby jure uxoris, knight, no) issue 1438–1495 m. Elisabeth (Ferrers, Lady of) Groby 1418–1483
      8. 8. William Bourchier 1435–1480 m. Anna Woodville 1440–1489
        1. 1. Cicely (Ceily Cecilia Bourchier,) Baroness 1464–1493 m. John (Devereaux, 1st Viscount Hereford, 8th Baron) Ferrers 1459–1501
    2. 2. William (Bourchier, 9th Baron) FitzWarin 1412–1471 m. Thomasine Hankford 1410–1453
      1. 1. Fulke (Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin, feudal baron of Bampton in) Devon 1449–1479 m. Elizabeth (Dinham) Dynham 1449–1516
        1. 1. Elizabeth Bourchier 1473–1557 m. Sir (Edward) Stanhope 1462–1512
    3. 3. Thomas (Bourchier Cardinal, Lord Chancellor, Archbishop of Canterbury, attended Univ. of) Oxford 1404–1486
    4. 4. Eleanor (de Bourchier, Duchess of) Norfolk 1417–1474 m. John (VI de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Knight of the Garter, Earl Marshal of) England 1415–1460
      1. 1. Sir (John VII of Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Surrey, 10th) Baron 1444–1476 m. Elizabeth (de) Talbot 1435–1507
    5. 5. John (Bourchier Bouchier, M.P., KG, 1st Lord Berners, Constable of Windsor) Castle 1415–1474 m. Lady (Margery Margaret) Berners 1418–1475
      1. 1. 1441–1470 m. Sir (Henry Neville, 1st Baron of Bergave, Knight, War of the) Roses 1437–1469
        1. 1. Sir (Richard Neville, Knight of Bath, Lord of Sinnington & Yorkshire, 2nd Lord of Danby, 2nd Baron Neville of Latimer, Battle of Flodden) Field 1468–1530 m. Lady (Anne Stafford, Lady of Grafton & Danby, Baroness of Sinnington & Yorkshire, 2nd Baroness of Danby, 2nd Baroness Neville of) Latimer 1471–1522
        2. 2. Joan (de Neville () Radcliffe) 1464–1532
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Bourchier, Baroness) Welles 1446–1470
      3. 3. Sir (Humphrey Bouchier Bourchier Berners ,) Knight, 1445–1471
      4. 4. Thomas Bourchier 1448–1512

Sir Bourchier's Timeline

2 Records

1330
1 May 1330
Birth of Sir William de Bourchier, knight, a scion of the Barons Bourchier in Halstead, Braintree District, Essex, England
Halstead, Braintree District, Essex, England
1375
5 Jul 1375
Age 45
Death of Sir William de Bourchier, knight, a scion of the Barons Bourchier in Little Easton, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
Little Easton, Uttlesford District, Essex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 May 1330
    Event Place: Halstead, Braintree District, Essex, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Jul 1375
    Event Place: Little Easton, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Little Easton, Uttlesford District, Essex, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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