Bourchier, John (1470 - 1539)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 5
Total events naming patron - 9
Troupes - 4
Venues - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 5
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Born / Died

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

Siblings

Female

Bourchier, Elizabeth (1473 - 1557)

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.

Offspring

From Daubeney, Cicely ( - )

  1. Male offspring: Bourchier, John (1499 - 1561) (patron)
  2. Female offspring: Bourchier, Dorothy (n.d.)
  3. Female offspring: Bourchier, Elizabeth (n.d.)

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

Details of Offices

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

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 Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Shropshire
  • Somerset: Wigborough Manor
    patrimony
  • Staffordshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1535-1536 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Bath's Minstrels
Performance 1537-1538 Town Hall, Bridgwater , Somerset Earl of Bath's Players
Performance 1529-1529 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrels
Performance 1529-1530 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrels
Performance 1530-1531 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrels
Performance 1532-1533 Mayor's House, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrels
Performance 1533-1533 Town Hall, Bridgwater , Somerset Lord FitzWarin's Minstrels
Performance 1533-1534 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrels
Performance 1527-1527 Mayor's House, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord FitzWarin's Performers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Bath's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1470 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Bath's Players Bourchier, John (1470 - 1539) Players 1
Lord FitzWarin's Minstrels Bourchier, John (1470 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 6
Lord FitzWarin's Performers Bourchier, John (1470 - 1539) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue 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. A New Survey of England. 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. Victoria History of the Counties of England. 4 vols. London; Oxford: Constable [vols 1–2]; Oxford UP [vols 3–8], 1906–12 [vols 1–2]; 1974–2004 [vols 3–8].