Anne Of GLOUCESTER

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• 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.

Anne married Thomas DE STAFFORD between 1390 and 1392. Thomas (son of Sir Hugh DE STAFFORD and Philippe DE BEAUCHAMP) was born before 1368; died on 04 Jul 1392 in Westminster Abbey; was buried in Stone. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Edmund DE STAFFORD. Edmund (son of Sir Hugh DE STAFFORD and Philippe DE BEAUCHAMP) was born on 02 Mar 1377/8; died on 21 Jul 1403 in Killed - Battle of Shrewsbury; was buried in Stafford. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Philippa STAFFORD was born in Stafford, England; died in young.
2. Anne STAFFORD was born in Stafford, England; died between 20 and 24 Sep 1432; was buried in Church of St. Katherine by the Tower.
3. Humphrey STAFFORD was born on 15 Aug 1402; died on 10 Jul 1460 in Killed - Battle of Northampton; was buried in Church of the Grey Friears at Northampton.

Anne married Sir William BOURCHIER on 20 Nov 1405. William (son of Sir William BOURCHIER and Eleanor DE LOVAINE) was born in Little Eaton, Essex, England; died on 28 May 1420 in Troyes, Aube, France; was buried in Priory, Llanthony, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas BOURCHIER was born about 1404 in Little Eaton, Essex, England; died on 30 Mar 1486; was buried in Canterbury Cathedral.
2. Henry BOURCHIER was born in 1406; died on 04 Apr 1483; was buried in Bylegh by Maldon.
3. William BOURCHIER was born in Little Eaton, Essex, England; died between 12 Dec 1469 and 1471; was buried in Church of the Austin Friars, London.
4. John BOURCHIER, Knt. was born about 1415 in Little Eaton, Essex, England; died in 16 or 21 May 1474 in Troyes; was buried in Chertsey Abbey, Surrey.
5. Eleanor BOURCHIER was born in England; died in Nov 1474; was buried in Thetford Priory.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Earl of Buckingham, Duke of Gloucester
• Death: Abt 1397, Calais, France

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He was summoned to Parliament on 1 Dec 1376, and created Earl of Buckingham on 16 July 1377 at the Coronation of King Richard II when he acted as Constable, and Duke of Gloucester on 6 Aug. 1385. He was Earl of Essex 'jure uxoris', but not of Herreford or Northampton, and was recognised as Constable of England 'jure uxoris'. He was active in the French and Scottish wars, and was the leader of the opposition against the autocratic rule of his nephew King Richard II. After ten years of quarreling with Richard, he was said to have conspired to imprison the King. Thomas Of Gloucester, Duke of Gloucester, was arrested at Pleshey, taken to Calais where he was murdered by suffocation, it is said in a house called the Prince's Inn, on 8 or 15 Sep 1397 according to the confessions of his murderers, and was buried at Westminster Abbey.

Thomas married Alianor DE BOHUN before 24 Aug 1376. Alianor (daughter of Humphrey IX DE BOHUN, K.G. and Joan FITZ ALAN) was born in 1366 in Hereford, England; died on 03 Oct 1399 in Minoresess Convent, Aldgate, Middlesex, England; was buried in Chapel of St. Edmund, Westminster Abbey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]