Sir John BOURCHIER

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.

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

1. Joan BOURCHIER died on 17 Feb 1561/2.

Notes:

Name:
Sir Humphrey Bourchier was slain on the Yorkist side at the Battle of Barnet on 14 Apr 1497.

Humphrey married Elizabeth TYLNEY. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir Frederick TYLNEY and Elizabeth CHENEY) died on 04 Apr 1497; was buried in Chapel of St. Edmund, Westminster Abbey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]