Joan BOURCHIER

Family/Spouse: Sir Edmund KNYVETT, Esq.. Edmund (son of Sir Edmund KNYVETT, Knt. and Eleanor TYRREL) was born in 1490; died on 1 May 1539 in of Ashwellthorpe, co. Norfolk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John KNYVETT, Esq. was born about 1517; died after 1543.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: 2nd Lord of Berners
• Fact 1: Translator of "Froissart's Chronicles"
• Fact 1: 17 Jan 1477/8, Knight of the Bath
• Fact: 1516-1527, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Fact 2: 1495-1529, Member of Parliament

Notes:

Name:
John Bourchier, 2nd Lord Berners, son and heir, born about 1467 (aged seven at his grandfather's death). He was K.B. on 17 Jan 1477/8, and was summoned to Parliament from 14 Oct 1495. He was married to Katherine Howard, daughter of John Howard, K.G., Duke of Norfolk by his second wife Margaret (Chedworth) Wyfold, daughter of John Chedworth, Knt. They had three daughters. Sir John Bourchier died testate aged sixty-seven at Calais about 19 Mar 1532/3 s.p.m. legit, and was buried in the parish church there. His widow died on 12 Mar 1535-6. By a concubine, Elizabeth Bacon, he had children born in his wife's lifetime: James, Humphrey, George, and Ursula.

John married Katherine HOWARD. Katherine (daughter of Sir John HOWARD and Margaret CHEDWODE) died on 12 Mar 1535-6. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]