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Bourchier, Fulk (1445 - 1479)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1445-10-25
Death Date: 1479-09-18

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Dinham, Elizabeth (1450 - 1516)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 4th Baron FitzWarin

Titles

  • 4th Baron FitzWarin
    Assumed: 1469-12-12
    Vacated: 1479-09-18

General Lands Note

Special livery of father's lands 12 Dec. 1469

Details of Offices

Began Ended
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1469 1470
JP, Devon 1469/70 1472
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1470
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1471/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1472
JP, Devon 1473/4 1479

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Bampton Castle, Devon
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1469-12
    Divested: 1479-09
    Patrimony (via mother)
  • Tawstock Court, Devon
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1469-12
    Divested: 1479-09
    Patrimony (via mother)

Lands

  • Somerset: Wigborough Manor
    patrimony

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrel

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord FitzWarin's Minstrel Bourchier, Fulk (1445 - 1479) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Bampton Castle Devon Private Residence
Tawstock Court Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV – Henry VI [1467–77]. London: HMSO, 1900
  • 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.
  • Page, William, and R.W. Dunning, eds. The Victoria History of the County of Somerset. 4 vols. London; Oxford: Constable [vols 1--2]; Oxford UP [vols 3--8], 1906--12 [vols 1--2]; 1974--2004 [vols 3--8]