Thomasine (Hankeford) Bourchier (abt. 1423 - 1453)

Born about 23 Feb 1423 in Tawstock, Devon, England

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Died 3 Jul 1453 at about age 30 in Bampton, Devon, England

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Biography

Thomasine Hankford was born at Tawstock on 23 February 1423 and baptised in the church there.^[1] She was the daughter of Richard Hankford and Elizabeth FitzWarin.^[1]

She married before 3 August 1437 William Bourchier.^[1][2] He was the 3rd son of Sir William Bourchier, Count of Eu and Anne, Countess of Buckingham, Hereford and Northampton,1st daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester.

She d. 3 July 1453, aet. 30.^[3]

Children:

1. Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin
2. Blanche Bourchier

Research Notes

CP asserts that this peerage was recreated multiple times starting with her spouse William, 3rd creation, because the 2nd creation was never called out of abeyance.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/24-720/ [Accessed: 13/10/2020] Proof of age for Thomasia, daughter of Richard Hankeford, knight, and Elizabeth lately his wife 1437
2. ↑ Abstracts of Feet of Fines CP 25/1/293/70, number 272. Image of document at AALT
3. ↑ Complete Peerage 2nd ed. v. 5. pp. 507-510

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p10747.htm#i107464
• "Royal Ancestry" 2013 Douglas Richardson Vol. I. page 484
• "Royal Ancestry" 2013 Douglas Richardson Vol. II. page 666
• British History online: Wantage