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Sir Humphrey Berners Bourchier, Earl of Surrey, Lord Cromwell 1435–1471 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Jun 1435

Birth Location: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 14 April 1471

Death Location: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England

Father: Henry Bourchier

Mother: Isabel Cambridge

Spouse(s): Elisabeth VIII)

Children(s): Margaret( Bourchier, Sir Berners, Anne Fiennes, Cecily Bourchier, Elizabeth Boleyn, Muriel Knyvet, Lady Bryan

Sir Humphrey Berners Bourchier, Earl of Surrey, Lord Cromwell was born in 1435 in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England, the child of Henry Bourchier And Isabel Cambridge. Sir Humphrey Berners Bourchier, Earl of Surrey, Lord Cromwell married Elisabeth Countess Of Surry And Duchess Of Norfolk Tilney Bourchier Howard Grandmother To Ann Boylen And Katherine Howard 2Nd And 5Th Wives Of Henry Viii, and had children including Anne Bourchier Baroness Fiennes, Cecily The Honorable Baroness Of Ferrers Of Chartley Bourchier, Elizabeth Boleyn, Lady Margaret Bryan, Margaret Foster Mother To Elizabeth I Future Queen Bourchier, Muriel Knyvet, Sir John Bourchier 2Nd Baron Bourchier Of Berners. Sir Humphrey Berners Bourchier, Earl of Surrey, Lord Cromwell passed away in 1471 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

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  • Sir Humphrey Berners Bourchier, Earl of Surrey, Lord Cromwell was born in 1435 in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England, the child of Henry Bourchier And Isabel Cambridge.
  • Sir Humphrey Berners Bourchier, Earl of Surrey, Lord Cromwell married Elisabeth Countess Of Surry And Duchess Of Norfolk Tilney Bourchier Howard Grandmother To Ann Boylen And Katherine Howard 2Nd And 5Th Wives Of Henry Viii, and had children including Anne Bourchier Baroness Fiennes, Cecily The Honorable Baroness Of Ferrers Of Chartley Bourchier, Elizabeth Boleyn, Lady Margaret Bryan, Margaret Foster Mother To Elizabeth I Future Queen Bourchier, Muriel Knyvet, Sir John Bourchier 2Nd Baron Bourchier Of Berners.
  • Sir Humphrey Berners Bourchier, Earl of Surrey, Lord Cromwell passed away in 1471 in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

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Sir Cromwell's Ancestors

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Sir Cromwell
1435–1471
Birth Place: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
Parents
Henry Bourchier
1404–1483
Little Eaton, Essex, England
Isabel Cambridge
1409–1484
Conisbrough Castle, Conisbrough, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
William Bourchier
1374–1420
Little Eaton (Essex) Gb
Anne Woodstock
1383–1438
Pheshy (Essex) Gb
Richard (Plantagenet Earl of) Cambridge
1375–1415
Conisburgh Castle, Yorkshire, England, Great Britain
Anne (de) Mortimer
1388–1411
County Westmeath, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Cromwell's Descendants

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Sir (Humphrey Berners Bourchier, Earl of Surrey, Lord) Cromwell (1 Jun 1435–14 April 1471) m. Elisabeth (Countess of Surry and Duchess of Norfolk Tilney Bourchier Howard (Grandmother to ANN BOYLEN and KATHERINE HOWARD 2nd and 5th wives of Henry) VIII) (1477–31 May 1545)
  1. 1. Margaret( (Foster Mother to Elizabeth I Future Queen)) Bourchier 1470–1552 m. Sir (Knight Thomas Bryan II Lord van Upper-Ossary, Vice Chamberlain to Queen Katherine of) Aragon 1464–1517
    1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Alice Bryan Governess to Queen Elizabeth) I 1488–1553 m. Sir (Nicolaas VII Carew van Bedington, Knight of the) Garter 1490–1538 m. Sir (Robert of Whichford, Warwickshire de) WELLES 1484–1558 m. Thomas Welles 1512–1558
      1. 1. Maria Carew 1515–1545
      2. 2. Anne Carew 1520–1569
      3. 3. Lady (Isabelle) Carew 1530–1590
      4. 4. Misresse (Elizabeth) Carew 1520–1581
      5. 5. Sir (Francis of Beddington) Carew 1530–1611
      6. 6. Thomas (Wells) I 1512–1558
      7. 7. Walter Welles 1510–1577
      8. 8. Dorothy Wells 1540–1575
      9. 9. Walter Welles 1542–
      10. 10. Richard Welles 1535–
      11. 11. Alice Welles 1533–
      12. 12. John Wells 1537–1618
      13. 13. Robert Welles 1540–1617
      14. 14. Sir (John Wells, Viscount and) Knight 1537–1618
      15. 15. Mary Darcy –1568
    2. 2. Margaret Bryan 1495–1521
    3. 3. Sir (Francis Bryan, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of) Ireland 1490–1550 m. Lady (Joan) Fitzgerald 1509–1565
      1. 1. Sir (Francis Bryan) II 1549–1640
      2. 2. Sir (Edward) Bryan 1520–1521
      3. 3. Edmund Bryan 1520–
      4. 4. Thomas (Ormond) Bryan 1532–
      5. 5. Robert Bryant 1532–
      6. 6. Piers Bryan 1541–
      7. 7. Elizabeth Bryan –1546
    4. 4. John Bryan 1508–1559
    5. 5. Thomas (Knight) Bryan 1487–1517
    6. 6. Elizabeth Bryan 1510–1546
    7. 7. Robert Bryan 1510–1604
    8. 8. Sir (Francis Bryan, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of) Ireland 1517–1550
    9. 9. Elizabeth Bryan 1488–1546
    10. 10. Elisabeth Bryan 1495–1542
  2. 2. Sir (John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Bourchier of) Berners 1470–1533
  3. 3. Anne (Bourchier, Baroness) Fiennes 1470–1529
  4. 4. Cecily (The Honorable Baroness of Ferrers of Chartley) Bourchier 1470–1492
  5. 5. Elizabeth Boleyn 1480–1538
  6. 6. Muriel Knyvet 1485–1511
  7. 7. Lady (Margaret) Bryan 1468–1551

Sir Cromwell's Timeline

2 Records

1435
1 Jun 1435
Birth of Sir Humphrey Berners Bourchier, Earl of Surrey, Lord Cromwell in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
1471
14 April 1471
Age 36
Death of Sir Humphrey Berners Bourchier, Earl of Surrey, Lord Cromwell in Battle of Barnet, War of the Roses He Was On The Yorkist Side
Battle of Barnet, War of the Roses He Was On The Yorkist Side

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Jun 1435
    Event Place: Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 April 1471
    Event Place: Battle of Barnet, War of the Roses He Was On The Yorkist Side
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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