William Bourchier

Born [date unknown] in Great Totham, Essex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Wydeville) Grey — married 15 Aug 1467 in North Fambridge, Essex, England

Descendants

Died 14 Apr 1471 in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England

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Sir William Bourchier was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Father Sir Henry Bourchier, 1st Viscount Bourchier, Earl of Essex, 2nd Count of Eu^[1]b. c 1404, d. 4 Apr 1483

Mother Isabel Plantagenet^[2] b. 1409, d. 2 Oct 1484

Sir William Bourchier, Viscount Bourchier married Anne Wydeville, daughter of Sir Richard Wydeville, 1st Earl Rivers, Constable of England, Lord High Treasurer and Jacquetta (Jacqueline) of Luxembourg, before 15 August 1467; They had 1 son (Sir Henry, 2nd Earl of Essex, 2nd Viscount Bourchier), & 2 daughters (Cecily, wife of John Devereux, Lord Ferrers of Chartley; & Isabel).^[3][4]

Sir William Bourchier, Viscount Bourchier died on 14 April 1471 at Battle of Barnet, Barnet, Middlesex, England.^[5]

Family

• Anne Wydeville d. 30 Jul 1489

Children

• Sir Henry, 2nd Earl of Essex, 2nd Viscount Bourchier
• Cecily, wife of John Devereux, Lord Ferrers of Chartley
• Isabel

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 401-402.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 449-450.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 280-281
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 402-403.
5. ↑ The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. VII, p. 167; Vol. II, p. 249

• Marlyn Lewis
• Essex, Earl of (E, 1461 - 1540) Cracroft's Peerage