John BOURCHIER, Knt.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 1st Baron Berners, Lord Berners
• Fact: Earl of Ewe; Count of Eu
• Fact 1: 19 May 1426, Knight
• Fact 2: abt. 23 Apr 1459, Knight of the Garter
• Fact 2: 1455-1472, Member of Parliament
• Fact 4: 1461-1474, Constable of Windsor Castle

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Name:
He was summoned to Parliament from 26 May 1455 by writs directed 'Johanni Bourghchier de Berners chivaler', whereby he is held to have become Lord Berners.

Family/Spouse: Margery BERNERS. Margery (daughter of Richard BERNERS and Philippa DALYNGRUGE) was born in West Horsley, Surrey, England; died on 18 Dec 1475. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sir Humphrey BOURCHIER, Knt. was born in Halstead, England; died on 14 Apr 1471 in Battle Of Barnet, Hertfordshire, England.
2. Joan BOURCHIER was born about 1442 in Halstead, England; died on 07 Oct 1470; was buried in Chapel Of Our Lady, Warwick, England.
3. Elizabeth BOURCHIER was born about 1446 in Halstead, Esse; died between 02 and 08 Oct 1470; was buried in Church of the White Friars.
4. Thomas BOURCHIER was born about 1448 in Halstead, England; died after 03 Sep 1512.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Earl of Ewe
• Fact: created Count of Eu in Normandy
• Fact 1: Constable of the Tower of London

William married Anne Of GLOUCESTER on 20 Nov 1405. Anne (daughter of Thomas Of GLOUCESTER and Alianor DE BOHUN) was born in Apr 1383 in Pheshy, Essex, England; died between 16 and 24 Oct 1438; was buried in Llanthony Priory, Monmouthshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Countess of Buckingham, Hereford and Northampton

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Anne of Gloucester, Countess of Buckingham, Hereford, and Northampton, elder daughter and eventual sole heiress, was born in April 1383 (aged seventeen and more in 1399-1400), and was eventual sole heiress to her brother, Humphrey, Earl of Buckingham. She was married for the first time to Thomas De Stafford, 3rd Earl of Stafford. He died on 4 July 1392 s.p. during her childhood. She was married to the second time to her first husband's brother Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford, and had one son and two daughters. He was slain at the battle of Shrewsbury on 21 July 1403. She was married for the third time, with pardon for marrying without royal licence dated 20 Nov 1405, to William Bourgchier, Knt., M.P. for Essex, younger son of William Bourgchier, Knt., by Alianor, younger daughter and eventual sole heiress of John de Lovaine, of Little Easton, Essex. He was born in 1374. They had four sons and one daughter. He accompanied King Henry V to France in August 1415 and was at the battle of Agincourt on 25 Oct. 1415. On 10 June 1419 he was granted the 'comte' of Eu previously held by Charles d'Artois. Sir William Bourgchier, Comte d'Eu, died aged forty-six at Troyes on 28 May 1420 (evidently while in the retinue of King Henry V). His widow survived eighteen years and in 1421 made partition with King Henry V of the Bohun estates, which made her the richest widow in England. The will of "Anne Countess of Stafford' Bokingh' Herford' and Northampton' and Lady of Breknoc" was dated 16 Oct 1438. They were buried at Llanthony Abbey near Gloucester, of which she was hereditary patron.