Sir John Bourgchier, 1st Lord Berners

Also known as John Bowsey

• John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners, KG (died May 1474) was an English Peer.
• Fourth son of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu, and his wife Anne of Woodstock, Countess of Buckingham, daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester. Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, and William Bourchier, 9th Baron FitzWarin jure
• Knighted in 1426 and in 1455 he was summoned to the House of Lords as John Bourchier de Berners,
• Coat of Arms of Sir John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners, KG
• John was Made a Knight of the Garter.
• John also served as Constable of Windsor Castle from 1461 to 1474.
• Died: May 21,1474, killed at the Battle of Barnet.
• Left a Will proved June 21, 1474
• Buried in the Chertsey Abby Surrey England

Married

• Married: Margaret (Margery) Barnes, widow of John Ferreby/Feriby (died testate 10/10/1441) before February 1441, daughter & heryr of Sir Richard Berners & Phelype, daughter of Sir Edward Dalyngridge. She was named as one of the Executors of the 1470 Will of her daughter Elizabeth, Lady Wells.

Children with Margaret (Margery) Barnes

• Humfrey Bourgchier, married Elizabeth, daughter and heryr of Tylney. Sir Humfrey was killed at the Battle of Barnet in 1474
• Joan/Jane Bourgchier, married Henry Neville, knight of Isenhampstead (in Chesham) Buckinghamshire
• Elizabeth Bourgchier, married Robert Welles, knight

The Magna Carta Ancestry

Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners, by Wikipedia

John Bourchier, 1st Baron Berners, KG (died May 1474) was an English peer.

Bourchier was the fourth son of William Bourchier, 1st Count of Eu, and his wife Anne of Woodstock, Countess of Buckingham, daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester. Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex, and William Bourchier, 9th Baron FitzWarin jure uxoris, were his elder brothers. He was knighted in 1426 and in 1455 he was summoned to the House of Lords as John Bourchier de Berners, which created the title of Baron Berners. In 1459 he was further honoured when he was made a Knight of the Garter. He also served as Constable of Windsor Castle from 1461 to 1474.

Lord Berners married Margery, daughter of Sir Richard Berners. He died in May 1474 and was succeeded in the barony by his grandson John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, his son Sir Humphrey Bourchier having been killed at the Battle of Barnet in 1471. Margery, Lady Berners, died in 1475. His daughter Joan Bourchier married Sir Henry Neville (d. 26 July 1469), son of George Neville, 1st Baron Latimer and Elizabeth Beauchamp, and had issue which included Richard Neville, 2nd Baron Latimer, father of John Nevill, 3rd Baron Latimer.[3]

John Bourchier was buried at Chertsey Abbey, in the Runnymede borough of Surrey

Sources

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