Isabel (Barre) Bourchier (abt. 1453 - 1489)

Born about 1453 in St. Andrew Rural, Hertfordshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Humphrey Stafford — married after 3 Sep 1463 in England

Wife of Thomas Bourchier — married about 1472 in England

Died 1 Mar 1489 at about age 36 in England

Biography

Isabel Barre was born circa 1453 at Knebworth, Ayot St. Lawrence, & Panshanger in St. Andrew Rural, Hertfordshire, England.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} She was the daughter and heiress ofJohn Barre, by his first wife Idoine.^[6]

Marriage & Children

She married, firstly, Sir Humphrey Stafford, 15th Earl of Devon, Lord Stafford of Southwick, Sheriff of Somerset & Dorset, High Steward of Cornwall, Constable of Bristol & Bridgwater, son of William Stafford, Esq., Sheriff of Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, & Wiltshire and Katherine Chideocke, after 3 September 1463; No issue.^[2][4][5]

She married, secondly, Sir Thomas Bourchier, Constable of Leeds Castle, son of Sir Henry Bourchier, 1st Viscount Bourchier, Earl of Essex, 2nd Count of Eu and Isabel Plantagenet, circa 1472. They had 2 daughters, both of whom died without issue:^{[1][2][3][4][5][7][8]}

1. Joan
2. Isabel

Death

Isabel Barre died on 1 March 1489.^[6] She was buried in the parish church of Ware, Hertfordshire.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 71.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 142.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 462-463.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 661-662.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 680-681.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Maskelyne and H. C. Maxwell Lyte, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Entries 451-500', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Series 2, Volume 1, Henry VII (London, 1898), pp. 190-211. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/series2-vol1/pp190-211 [accessed 14 October 2020].
7. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 403.
8. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 451.

See Also:

• Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. IV p. 683 - 4

• Marlyn Lewis

• Dict. of National Biography