Cecily (Bourchier) Devereux (abt. 1468 - bef. 1500)

Born about 1468 in England

Ancestors

Wife of John Devereux — married 1477 in Chartley, Staffordshire, England

Descendants

Died before 10 Oct 1500 before about age 32 in England

Cecily Bourchier was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Father Sir William Bourchier, Viscount Bourchier d. 14 Apr 1471

Mother Anne Wydeville d. 30 Jul 1489

Cicely Bourchier was born circa 1468.^[1]

She married John Devereux, 3rd Lord Ferrers, son of Sir Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers and Anne Ferrers, circa 1489.^[2]

Family

• John Devereux, 3rd Lord Ferrers b. c 1464, d. 3 May 1501 or 7 May 1501

Children

• Sir Walter Devereux, 1st Viscount Hereford b. 1491, d. 17 Sep 1558
• Anne Devereux b. c 1495, d. a 1554

Cicely was buried in the Church of St. Michael, Whittington College, London. Her sister Isabel requested to be buried in this place 'where my sister, the Lady Ferrers, lyeth'.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 564-565.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 512-514.
3. ↑ Nicolas, N. H. Testamenta vetusta. Vol. II. Parliament Street, London: Nichols and Son, 1826, p.440.

• St Michael's Church Whittington College
• Marlyn Lewis