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Bourchier, John (1470 - 1539)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1470-07-20
Death Date: 1539-04-30

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Daubeney, Cicely ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Bonville, Florence (1472 - 1524)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
  3. Wentworth, Elizabeth ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Female

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 5th Baron FitzWarin
  • 2nd Earl of Bath

Titles

  • 5th Baron FitzWarin
    Assumed: 1479-09-18
    Vacated: 1539-04-30
  • 2nd Earl of Bath
    Assumed: 1536-07-09
    Vacated: 1539-04-30

General Lands Note

Stepfather Sir John Sapcote appointed reciever-general of the Shropshire and Stafford lands of Fulk Bourgchier during John's minority 7 Nov. 1480; John received livery of his father's lands 29 March 1491

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Somerset 1491
JP, Devon 1492
JP, Somerset 1492/3 1495
JP, Devon 1494 1496
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1497
JP, Dorset 1497 1503
JP, Somerset 1497/8 1500
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Ilchester 1498
JP, Devon 1501 1502
JP, Somerset 1502 1503
JP, Devon 1504
JP, Somerset 1504/5 1509
JP, Dorset 1505 1510
JP, Devon 1506
JP, Devon 1509 1515
JP, Dorset 1511
JP, Somerset 1511/12 1514
JP, Dorset 1511/12 1514
Commissioner of Array, Dorset 1512/13
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1512/13
JP, Devon 1517
JP, Dorset 1519 1520
JP, Devon 1519
Privy Councillor, England 1520
JP, Somerset 1520/1 1522
JP, Dorset 1522
JP, Devon 1522
JP, Devon 1523/4
JP, Dorset 1523/4
JP, Somerset 1524
JP, Devon 1525/6
JP, Dorset 1525/6
JP, Dorset 1528
JP, Somerset 1528/9
JP, Devon 1529 1530
JP, Dorset 1530
JP, Somerset 1530/1 1532
JP, Devon 1532
JP, Devon 1536
JP, Somerset 1537/8

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Shropshire
  • Somerset: Wigborough Manor
    patrimony
  • Staffordshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance - Town Hall, Bridgwater, Somerset Earl of Bath's Players
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrels
Performance - Mayor's House, Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrels
Performance - Town Hall, Bridgwater, Somerset Lord FitzWarin's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrels
Performance - Mayor's House, Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord FitzWarin's Performers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord FitzWarin's Performers Bourchier, John (1470 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord FitzWarin's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1470 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord FitzWarin's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1470 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord FitzWarin's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1470 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord FitzWarin's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1470 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord FitzWarin's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1470 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord FitzWarin's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1470 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Bath's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1470 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Bath's Players Bourchier, John (1470 - 1539) Players 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, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914--16
  • 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
  • Hoskins, W.G. Devon. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1973
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • 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]