Bourchier, John (1417 - 1474)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 1
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

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

Siblings

Male

Bourchier, Henry (1408 - 1483) (patron)
Bourchier, Thomas (1411 - 1486) (patron)
Bourchier, William (1414 - 1469) (patron)

Female

Bourchier, Eleanor ( - 1474)

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Offspring

From Berners, Margaret ( - 1475)

  1. Male offspring: Bourchier, Humphrey (d. 1471)
  2. Female offspring: Bourchier, Joan (d. 1470)

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

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

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Surrey 1452 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1453/4 n.d.
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 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1456 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1456 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1456 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1456/7 1461
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1457 1459
JP, Berkshire 1458 1460
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Southampton 1461 1462
Keeper, Suffolk 1461/2-3-18 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1462/3 1464
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1462/3 1464
JP, Berkshire 1462/3 1464
Commissioner of Array, Norfolk 1464 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Huntingdonshire 1464 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Cambridgeshire 1464 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Suffolk 1464 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Southampton 1464 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1464 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Essex 1464 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Middlesex 1464 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Hertfordshire 1464 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1464 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1464 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1464 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1465 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1465 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1465 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1465 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1466 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1466/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1467/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1467/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1467/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1467/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1467/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1467/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1467/8 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1467/8 1470
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1468 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1468 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1468 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1468 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westmorland 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, York 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1469 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1470 1471
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1471/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Berkshire 1471/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1472 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1472 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1472 1473
JP, Berkshire 1473 n.d.

Lands

  • Surrey

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1467-1468 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Lord Bourchier's Minstrels
Performance 1444-1445 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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)