Elizabeth (Ferrers) Bourchier (1419 - 1483)

Born 1419 in Groby, Leicestershire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 23 Jan 1483 at about age 64 in Groby, Leicestershire, England

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Biography

Elizabeth Ferrers was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Elizabeth Ferrers (b. c.1419 Groby, Leicestershire, age 26 in 1445 - d. c. 23 Jan 1483).^[1] was the daughter of:

• Sir Henry Ferrers (b. c. 1390 - d. btw 1419 / 15 Jun 1422).^[1]
• Isabel (d. 27 Sep 1452), dau. of Sir Thomas Mowbray (b. 22 Mar 1366 - d. 22 Sep 1399), 1st Earl of Nottingham, 1st Duke of Norfolk ... and Elizabeth FitzAlan (b. c. 1371 - d. 8 Jul 1425).^[1]

Marriage

She married twice. Her first husband was Sir Edward Grey, Lord Ferrers of Groby. His parents were Sir Reynold (Reginald) Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Ruthyn, Governor of Ireland, Lord of Hastings & Wexford and Joan Astley.^[1]

Her second husband was Sir John Bourchier, Lord Ferrers of Groby. His parents were Sir Henry Bourchier, 1st Viscount Bourchier, Earl of Essex, 2nd Count of Eu and Isabel Plantagenet.^[1]

Grey of Groby

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m.1 (aft. 12 Mar 1426) Sir Edward Grey.^[2] Issue: 4 sons, 2 dau.^[1]

• Sir John (b. c. 1432 - d. 17 Feb 1461)^[3]
• Sir Edward, Viscount Lisle (d. 17 Jul 1492)
• Reginald
• Henry, esq.
• Mary "Anne" (b. c. 1456)^[4]

m. (c. 1480) Sir Edward Hungerford.[6]

• Margaret (b. c. 1456).[7]

m. (19 Jan 1475 license / dispensation) Sir Robert Greystoke

Bourchier

m.2 (bef. 02 May 1462 as first wife) Sir John Bourchier. No issue.^[1]

Notes

• We are showing one child born 1432 (Sir John) and the others (same father) 20+ years later?

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Lewis, n.d.[1]
2. ↑ "Date of marriage indentures," (Lewis, n.d.).[2]
3. ↑ " Age 25 in 1457," (Lewis (n.d.), citing Watney, Paget, Richardson).[3]
4. ↑ Burke and Richardson call her Anne, (Lewis, n.d.).[4] But the majority of Richardson's sources name her: "Mary," (Lewis, n.d.).[5]

• Lewis, M. (n.d.). "Elizabeth Ferrers #39300, b. circa 1419, d. circa 23 Jan 1483," citing: Wallop family (n.d.); Richardson; Paget; Cokayne; Burke (n.d.). ORTNCA. Web.[8]
• Burke's Dormant & Extinct Peerages, p. 291.
• Cokayne, G.E. (n.d.). The Complete Peerage, VIII, p. 59-60.
• Paget, G. (n.d.). The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, I, p. 98.
• Richardson, D. (2011) Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed, II, p. 285, 301-302; IV, p. 403.
• Richardson, D. (2004). Plantagenet Ancestry, pp. 358-359, 364.
• Richardson, D. (2013) Royal Ancestry, III, p. 128, 140, 157 - 158.
• Edward Grey, Knt., Lord Ferrers of Groby, married Elizabeth Ferrers, (p. 128).
• 1st marriage: Edward. They had four sons, and two daughters, (p. 158)
• 2nd marriage: John Bourgchier (or Bourghchier), Knt., They had no issue. He married (2nd) before 6 July 1490 Elizabeth Chichele. (D. Richardson does not mention any children with his 2nd wife, Elizabeth). Sir John Bourgchier left a will dated 4 June 1495, proved 3 Nov. 1495, (p. 158).
• Richardson, D. (2013) Royal Ancestry, V, pp. 451.
• Watney, V.J. (n.d.). The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, pp. 383-384.
• Burke, B. (1866). A Genealogical History of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited and extinct peerages of the British Empire. London.
• Doubleday, H.A. & Walden, H. (1936). The Complete Peerage.
• Cahiers de Saint Louis , Dupont, Jacques and Saillot, Jacques, Reference: 410, 972