Robert Bourchier (aft. 1306 - bef. 1349)

Born after 1306 in Essex, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before 18 Aug 1349 before age 43 in Halstead, Essex, England

Robert Bourchier was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Biography

Robert Bourchier was the eldest son of John de Bourchier (d.circa 1330) (alias Boucher, Boussier, etc.), a Judge of the Common Pleas, by his wife Helen of Colchester, daughter and heir of Walter of Colchester of Stanstead Hall, in Halstead, Essex.

John Lord Mohun of Dunster, fought at the battle of Crécy, Ponthieu, on 26 August, 1346. He was a Banneret in the first division which was under the nominal command of Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, then sixteen years old.^[1]

Research Notes

Cracroft also lists service as Member of Parliament in 1329, 1332 and 1339 - but it's not clear which parliaments these were (none in 1329, and multiple in 1332 and 1339). Elkin-76 16:54, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Major-General The Hon. George Wrottesley, "Crecy and Calais", Collections for a History of Staffordshire Volume XVIII, The William Salt Archaeological Society, (1897), 31. e-Book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/collectionsforhi18stafuoft/page/31/mode/1up : accessed 30 June, 2022).

See also:

• Bourchier, Baron (E, 1348 - abeyant 1646) Cracroft's Peerage
• Rose, Richard K. 2004 "Bourchier [Bousser, Robert, first Lord Bourchier (d. 1349), administrator."] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 9 Jan. 2019.
• Beltz, George. Memorials of the Order of the Garter (William Pickering, London, 1841) Page 343
• Wikipedia: Robert Bourchier, 1st Baron Bourchier
• The Peerage: Robert Bourchier, 1st Baron Bourchier

Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.