Ancestral Trails 2016 » Henry BOURCHIER (1404-1483)

Persönliche Daten Henry BOURCHIER 

• Er wurde geboren im Jahr 1404 in Eu, Dieppe, Seine-Inferieure, Haute-Normandie, France.
• Titel: 1st Earl of Essex, 2nd Count of Eu
• (Ancestry) : House of Bourchier.
• Er ist verstorben am 4. April 1483 in Little Easton, Essex, er war 79 Jahre alt.
• Ein Kind von William BOURCHIER und Anne of GLOUCESTER

Familie von Henry BOURCHIER

Er ist verheiratet mit Isabel of CAMBRIDGE.

Sie haben geheiratet April 1426 in Little Easton, Essex, er war 22 Jahre alt.

Kind(er):

1. Edward BOURCHIER  1442-1460
2. William BOURCHIER  1430-1471 
3. Henry BOURCHIER  1433-1458
4. Thomas BOURCHIER  1440-1491
5. John BOURCHIER  1437-< 1495
6. Humphrey BOURCHIER  1443-1471 
7. Laura BOURCHIER  1440-????
8. Florence BOURCHIER  

Notizen bei Henry BOURCHIER

Henry Bourchier, 5th Baron Bourchier, 2nd Count of Eu, 1st Viscount Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, KG (c. 1404/c. 1406 - 4 April 1483), was the eldest son of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu and Anne of Gloucester. On his mother's side, he was a great-grandson of Edward III of England.

He inherited the title of 5th Baron Bourchier from his cousin Elizabeth Bourchier, 4th Baroness Bourchier on her death in 1433. He became the 1st Viscount Bourchier in 1446, a Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1452, and was created 1st Earl of Essex in 1461.

He saw considerable military action in France and for his services was created Viscount Bourchier during the parliament of 1445-6 and elected Knight of the Garter on his third nomination in 1452. He later saw action in 1461 as a Yorkist supporter at the Second Battle of St Albans and the Battle of Towton, soon after which Edward IV created him Earl of Essex.

He held the post of Lord High Treasurer from 29 May 1455 - 5 October 1456, 28 July 1460 - 14 April 1462, and 22 April 1471 - 4 April 1483. He also became Justice in Eyre south of the Trent in 1461, holding that title until his death.

He died on 4 April 1483 and was buried at Beeleigh Abbey, although his tomb was subsequently moved to Little Easton church.

Marriage and issue
Prior to 1426, he married Isabel of Cambridge, a great-granddaughter Edward III. She was the elder sister of Richard Plantagenet, which made her the aunt of Richard's two sons, the future Edward IV and Richard III.

Henry and Isabel were parents to at least eleven children.

William Bourchier, Viscount Bourchier (d. 1480). Married Anne Woodville, daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. They were parents of Henry Bourchier, 2nd Earl of Essex and Cicely Bourchier, wife of John Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley.
Henry Bourchier (d. 1462). Married Elizabeth de Scales, Baroness Scales. No known children.
Humphrey Bourchier, 1st and last Lord Bourchier of Cromwell (d. 14 April 1471). Killed in the Battle of Barnet.
John Bourchier (d. 1495). Married first Elizabeth Ferrers and secondly Elizabeth Chichele. No known children.
Edward Bourchier (d. 30 December 1460). Killed in the Battle of Wakefield.
Thomas Bourchier (d. 1492). Married Isabella Barre. No known children.
Florence Bourchier (d. 1525).
Fulk Bourchier. Considered to have died young.
Hugh Bourchier. Considered to have died young.
Isabella Bourchier. Considered to have died young.
Laura Bourchier (1440- ) married John Courtenay (killed at Tewkesbury, 1471)

On his death she did not remarry and died more than a year later.
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bourchier,_1st_Earl_of_Essex

In 1461 he was created Earl of Essex which title remained in the Bourchier family until 1539, when Henry, the 2nd Earl died from injuries received in a tournament. Fought at the Battle of Blackheath. Lieutenant-general under Duke of York in France 1440, captain of Crotoy, Picardy, 1443. Created Viscount Bourchier in 1445. He fought for York at the 1st battle of St Albans, and at the battle of Towton. In 1455 he had served as Treasurer of England during the time of his brother-in-law York’s term as Protector. He filled the position again in 1460, and from 1471 to 1483, under Edward IV. Edward gave him the title Earl of Essex in 1461. After Edward returned from exile to reclaim his throne in 1471 his uncle once more joined him in arms, at the advanced age of 68, fighting at the battle of Barnet.

Two of Henry’s sons died in battle for Edward IV, Edward in 1460, and Humphrey, Lord Cromwell, in 1471. Henry himself lived until 1483. He died on April 4th, just five days before his nephew King Edward. He was buried in Beeleigh Abbey, but his tomb was transferred to King’s Langley Church after the suppression of the monasteries. On his death the Earldom of Essex and the Viscounty of Bourchier expired and he was succeeded in the Barony of Bourchier by his only daughter Ann, who married Lord Parr of Kendall. They had several children, all of whom were illegitimate by Act of Parliament in 1542, (Her husband, by special Act of Parliament, was allowed to divorce her and marry another.) The Earldom of Essex was revived later in the Devereux family (where the Barony of Bourchier was also merged,) they being descended from Cicely Bourchier a daughter of the 1st Earl. The Bourchier arms: Quarterly, first and fourth, argent, a cross engrailed gules, between four water bougets sable; second and third, gules, billety and a fess or, and their crest A man’s head in profile with sable hair and beard, ducally crowned or, with a pointed cap gules.
SOURCE: www.manninghouse.co.uk/FamilyTree/Bourchier

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