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Bourchier, John (1417 - 1474)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1417
Death Date: 1474-05-21 (possibly died 16 May 1474)

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Berners, Margaret ( - 1475)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • 1st Baron Bourchier of Berners
    Assumed: 1455-05-26 (date summoned to parliament by this title)
    Vacated: 1474-05-16
  • Knight
    Assumed: 1426-05-19
    Vacated: 1474-05-21

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Surrey 1452
JP, Berkshire 1453/4
JP, Surrey 1454 1455
Constable, Berkshire 1455 -6 -2 1474 -05 -21 Held jointly, then solely from 29 Nov. 1458. Held jointly for life from 30 April 1472
JP, Berkshire 1455/6
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1456
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1456
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1456
JP, Surrey 1456/7 1461
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1457 1459
JP, Berkshire 1458 1460
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1459
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Southampton 1461 1462
Keeper, Suffolk 1461/2 -3 -18
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1462/3 1464
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1462/3 1464
JP, Berkshire 1462/3 1464
Commissioner of Array, Middlesex 1464
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1464
Commissioner of Array, Huntingdonshire 1464
Commissioner of Array, Norfolk 1464
Commissioner of Array, Hertfordshire 1464
Commissioner of Array, Essex 1464
Commissioner of Array, Southampton 1464
Commissioner of Array, Cambridgeshire 1464
Commissioner of Array, Suffolk 1464
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1464
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1464
JP, Surrey 1464
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1465
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1465
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1465
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1465
JP, Surrey 1466
JP, Berkshire 1466/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1467/8
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1467/8
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1467/8
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1467/8
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1467/8
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1467/8
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1467/8
JP, Surrey 1467/8 1470
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1468
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1468
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1468
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1468
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1469
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, York 1469
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1469
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westmorland 1469
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1469
JP, Berkshire 1470 1471
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1471/2
Commissioner of Array, Berkshire 1471/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1472
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1472
JP, Surrey 1472 1473
JP, Berkshire 1473

Lands

  • Surrey

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Lord Bourchier's Minstrels
Performance - Chartham Manor, near Canterbury, Kent Sir John Bourchier's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Bourchier's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1417 - 1474) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir John Bourchier's Minstrel/s Bourchier, John (1417 - 1474) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.